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Under Mike Zimmer, Vikings have needed good health to reach the playoffs

Welcome to our morning-after Vikings blog, where we'll revisit every game by looking at two players who stood out, two concerns for the team, two trends to watch and one big question. Here we go:

Mike Zimmer will address reporters for the final time in the 2020 season on Tuesday morning, but his last remarks on Sunday in Detroit sounded a bit like a closing argument. He discussed the effect of injuries to players like Danielle Hunter, Anthony Barr and Eric Kendricks for the second game in a row, also alluding to Michael Pierce's decision to opt out because of COVID-19 concerns, and then said this:

"With the turnover that we had, the injuries that we had on defense, we just weren't good enough.