As the Vikings’ veterans assemble at the team’s practice facility in Eagan on Wednesday for the start of training camp, they should be well aware of how little their 13-3 record a year ago means to their prospects for the 2018 season.
Their coach made sure of that.
“We can’t start at 13-3. We have to start at 0-0,” Mike Zimmer said as the Vikings wrapped up their mandatory minicamp on June 14. “Obviously, it’s a tough schedule. We’re playing both coasts. We’re playing Thursday night in L.A. There are a lot of things we are going to have to overcome.