Mike Zimmer said during a press conference a few months ago that he was making some scheme changes on defense, indicating, “some of it is big change, some of it is minor tweaks.” Both Zimmer and co-Defensive Coordinator Andre Patterson talked about the meetings the Vikings’ defensive coaching staff had early in the off-season, and Patterson elaborated on them a little more after mini-camp:
As a defensive staff, we did a lot of work on studying different fronts, different coverages around the league, and even some in college football that people are doing to handle what offenses are doing today.