MANKATO, Minn. — At first, Laquon Treadwell wasn’t about to share the piece of motivation Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer recently gave him.
Once Treadwell opened up, however, the rookie wide receiver revealed that Zimmer’s tough love approach is prepping him for what both hope will be a successful career.
“He says he’s going to make me hate him, if that says anything,” a smiling Treadwell said Friday after Minnesota’s first training camp practice. “He said I’m going to hate him at the end of the day but love him at the end of my career.