As I covered a few weeks ago, no NFL head coach has been handed more than Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer. Some of those things he’s requested (cap spend, draft picks) and some he just had good timing for (US Bank Stadium, TCO Performance Center), but regardless of the motivation it’s safe to say that Zimmer has wanted for nothing since 2014.
Despite the maxed out cap, first-round corner after first-round corner, the new way contracts were handled for NFL QB’s starting with Kirk Cousins in 2018, the insane continuity on his dream defense, etc. Zimmer has produced a good regular season team that manages to simply get embarrassed in the playoffs every other season.