Mike Zimmer was the driving force behind the recent decision to trade linebacker Gerald Hodges, says Patrick Reusse of 1500ESPN.
In a series of tweets posted Wednesday and Thursday, Reusse gave a brief breakdown of why Zimmer went to GM Rick Spielman and requested that Hodges be moved on.
According to Reusse, Zimmer had become fed-up with Hodges’ mistake-prone ways and was at the point where he just wanted Hodges off the team and didn’t care what the Vikings received in return.
When Mike Zimmer says "Vikings have to play as team to win,'' he's telling fans why he asked Spielman to trade mistake-prone Gerald Hodges.