Star Tribune · Jan 14, 2020
Getting 'over the hump' for Vikings is next step for success
Vikings coach Mike Zimmer had been talking about the ups and downs of the 2019 season when he was asked to put a finger on what the heck disappeared in the six days between the highest of the highs against a 13-win team in New Orleans to the season-ending lowest of the lows against a 13-win team in San Francisco.
"We kind of ran into a buzz saw a little bit, I think," Zimmer said Monday, two days after the 27-10 divisional playoff loss to the 49ers. "We didn't look as fresh in that ballgame as we did the week before. Obviously, I'm not making any excuses. They're a good football team."
It's not an excuse. It's fact. And not the alternative kind.
