EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings, thoroughly beaten and unquestionably embarrassed in their season opener, were expecting the worst from coach Mike Zimmer when they gathered two days later to begin preparation for the next game.
Oh, Zimmer was upset. The team that lost 20-3 to San Francisco in front of a national television audience, he said shortly after that humiliation, was not one that he recognized. His sharp, blunt criticism had no bounds anywhere on the roster last week.
Zimmer decided not to dwell on the performance, though. He hardly harped on the mistakes at all.