GREEN BAY, Wis. -- If you were the Minnesota Vikings in 2014 and you needed a coach, why not hire one who had figured out a way to slow down Aaron Rodgers?
That's exactly what they found in Mike Zimmer.
It was a small sample size but in two games against the Green Bay Packers quarterback as the Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator, Zimmer found a way to limit Rodgers' effectiveness. In losses to the Bengals in 2009 (Zimmer's second year as coordinator) and 2013 (his last season), Rodgers managed just two touchdowns and two interceptions combined and finished those games with passer ratings of 83.