If you believe running the football is an outdated mode of NFL transportation, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer disagrees. And this year, he has more people of like mind backing him inside the walls of TCO Performance Center.
Gary Kubiak and Rick Dennison — cohorts as teammates through the '80s and coaches for much of the past quarter century — have been reunited in Minnesota to help Zimmer prove old school is the best school. Kubiak, the assistant coach/offensive consultant, and Dennison, the line coach and run-game coordinator, both have three Super Bowl rings as Broncos coaches in run-oriented systems similar to what the Vikings will run this season.