The elephant in the room went unnoticed for one more day as the news media and Vikings coach Mike Zimmer met Friday via Zoom to put an awkward five-and-a-half-minute bow on the final week of preparation for what could be his 129th and final game in Minnesota.
"Good week of practice," Zimmer opened with. "Bears coming into town. Very stout defense. Sounds like we're going to see Andy Dalton, which we were with in Cincinnati for a long time. They got some speedy receivers. [David] Montgomery's a really good back.
"And we're excited to get out there and go.