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Mike Zimmer’s Tell-All Season off to Rocky Start

In the most topsy-turvy Week 1 game of Mike Zimmer’s head coaching career, the Cincinnati Bengals outlasted the Minnesota Vikings 27-24 in overtime on Sunday. Dalvin Cook fumbled — although FOX announcers claimed his buttocks were down before the ball popped out — and the Bengals found victory on the leg of a rookie kicker.

The Vikings defense shined early on, forcing Cincinnati to punt repeatedly out of the gate. Then, the penalties started.

All told, Minnesota was responsible for 17 flags, an abhorrent amount for any Pop Warner, high school, college, or professional team. And this is the same Vikings team that finished 2020 with the NFL’s eighth fewest penalties.