EAGAN, Minn. -- The bye week allows Mike Zimmer to take an introspective look at his Minnesota Vikings defense and how far it has come from hitting rock bottom just over a month ago.
Since giving up 38 points to the Los Angeles Rams in Week 4, when Zimmer said he'd probably never had a unit that poor in pass coverage, the uptick for the Vikings' defense hasn’t stopped.
After yielding 381.5 yards and 27.5 points per game the first four weeks, the Vikings' defense experienced a considerable shift in Weeks 5 to 9, dropping those figures to 274.