EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Eight months after initially injuring his right eye, Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer is still having trouble seeing out of it thanks to a gas bubble put there to hold the retina in place.
During a two-week leave ordered by the team to help his eye recover from an eighth surgery on a detached retina, Zimmer appears to have found some clarity for his plight.
“I’ve probably done a little bit more research with this stuff since the season’s gotten over with, and I’ve probably needed to take it a little bit more serious than I did,” Zimmer said Tuesday, one day after rejoining the Vikings following two weeks at his ranch in Kentucky.