Shortly after the Vikings' 14-7 loss to the Browns on Sunday — his team's third one-score loss in four weeks — coach Mike Zimmer responded to a reporter's question by paraphrasing the speech he'd just given his players in the locker room.
"Like I told the team, I've been doing this 27 years, I know good teams and I know bad teams," he said. "I know this team has a chance to be pretty darn good. We may not look like it right now because we're 1-3, but even like [Browns coach] Kevin [Stefanski] said to me before the game, 'You got a really good football team here.