When we are about to play, have just played, or are even thinking about the Minnesota Vikings, my thoughts immediately zone in on by far the greatest player connection we have, the incomparable Gary Zimmerman.
And those thoughts are, in this case, a little like this column, worth savoring for a moment because guys like Zim are like the eclipse that we all recently watched. They do not come along very often. Fans know he is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, having played the best five seasons (1993-97) that any offensive lineman ever had in Denver.