The Minnesota Vikings disbursed an offseason plan centered on revamping a secondary that was uncharacteristically bad in 2020. The defense as a whole was the unabashed point of emphasis for the entire free agency period after players like Danielle Hunter, Michael Pierce, Anthony Barr, and Eric Kendricks missed considerable amounts of time during the pandemic season, causing head coach Mike Zimmer’s defense to rank as the NFL’s fourth-worst leaguewide.
This revamping of the secondary should indicate that things “are back to normal” for the back end of Zimmer’s defense, right? Nope. At least not according to Pro Football Focus.