Mike Zimmer would have loved watching the Vikings game on Sunday — if he wasn't the coach of the Vikings.
He would have loved watching a team rely on a power running game and a run-stopping defensive front take control of a game and put a sleeper hold on its opponent.
He would have loved the superior clock management, and a team's ability to win without relying on a highly-paid quarterback.
He even would have loved the old-school uniforms.
If all of those things hadn't belonged, on Sunday afternoon, to the visiting Cleveland Browns.
The Browns suffocated the Vikings 14-7, leaving the Vikings at 1-3.