EAGAN, Minn. -- Mike Zimmer stood at a podium inside a ballroom at the Indiana Convention Center fielding questions from reporters at the NFL combine.
Several minutes into a discussion of offseason topics, Zimmer was asked what 2016 first-round pick Laquon Treadwell needed to do to turn his career around.
It was a question the Minnesota Vikings coach had been asked regularly over the previous two years, one that was met with his quintessential brutal honesty.
"Laquon needs to get out of his own way," Zimmer said. "He's a guy that works extremely hard, probably doesn't do things the right way all the time.