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Kyle Sloter's strong preseason doesn't mean he'll pass Sean Mannion for Vikings backup QB spot

Mike Zimmer threw a giant bucket of calm the heck down on any notion of Kyle Sloter and his 137.1 preseason passer rating unseating Sean Mannion as the primary backup to Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins.

Asked if another statistically strong preseason has moved Sloter any closer to Mannion, the Vikings coach said, "I don't know. I don't know that you guys [media] know all the little details about what you see in how he goes and does the game.

"He's got to get a lot better in a lot of the other parts of being a quarterback.