CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Mike Zimmer finished his postgame news conference and was leaving the interview room when he offered a final thought.
"I'm worn out," he said.
His quarterback agreed.
"I'm spent," Kirk Cousins said.
They should be. The Vikings season is aging in dog years.
The folks that run the team's marketing department should strike a deal with an antacid brand. Might as well fully embrace the heartburn they are causing on a weekly basis.
The Vikings have done a masterful job of turning games into the theater of the absurd. Nothing is ever easy.