MINNEAPOLIS -- The third preseason game of a NFL season is colloquially, and somewhat traditionally, referred to as a "dress rehearsal" for the regular season. In the pure sense of how much a team's starters will play, it's probably the closest thing there is to a regular-season game on the exhibition schedule. But from a game-planning perspective, there still isn't much resemblance between what the Minnesota Vikings are doing this week and what they'll be doing before the Sept. 11 regular-season opener in Tennessee.
Coach Mike Zimmer said the Vikings did some work off of play cards on Wednesday.