Edwards on Vikings Defensive Players, Goals for 2017

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Vikings players have been excited to get back to football with organized team activities, and Vikings coaches are equally eager to be on the field.

While Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer announced Monday that he will take a brief respite away from the team to focus on recovering from an eighth eye surgery, he expressed full confidence in his coaching staff to hold down the fort in his absence.

One of those coaches is Vikings Defensive Coordinator George Edwards, who sat down for a 1-on-1 interview with Vikings.com’s Mike Wobschall last week. Edwards told Wobschall that although Minnesota’s defensive unit has been a strong one over the past few years, Zimmer and his staff…