Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer delivered a message to his players as they left minicamp to embark on a month-long vacation before the start of training camp: Be smart for the next few weeks and stay out of trouble.
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These are sentiments I’m sure everyone in the Vikings organization from Zygi Wilf on down would like to echo.
I don’t need to remind you but this team has had some players get involved in some incidents in recent years. You can understand why the coach, and everyone else in the organization, would be extra-adamant about preaching intelligent behavior.