INDIANAPOLIS – Six winters ago, after he took a Vikings head coaching job that became available in part because of the 480 points the team allowed the year before, Mike Zimmer surveyed his roster and readied himself for a massive fix-it job.
“We looked at the depth chart,” he said. “It was pretty ugly at that point, so we had to manipulate that.”
The Vikings parted with longtime fixtures Jared Allen and Kevin Williams, signed nose tackle Linval Joseph and cornerback Captain Munnerlyn in the first days of free agency and used the 2014 draft’s ninth overall pick on linebacker Anthony Barr.