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.