During the seven seasons that Mike Zimmer has skippered the Minnesota Vikings, his team has sponsored offensive line pass protection better than 18th in the NFL just once (per Pro Football Focus).
That season was 2017, and the Vikings reached the NFC Championship.
On the whole, Minnesota ranks as the NFL’s 26th-best pass-protecting team on average under Zimmer. So, general manager Rick Spielman has taken remedial steps to fix the longstanding conundrum. He drafted Brian O’Neill, Garrett Bradbury, Ezra Cleveland, Christian Darrisaw, and Wyatt Davis inside the last four NFL drafts.