When Mike Zimmer was hired as the Minnesota Vikings’ head coach back in 2014, his first task was to fix the team’s awful pass defense. During the season before Zimmer came to town, the Vikings gave up the second most passing yards per game to opposing offenses.
Minnesota and their new head coach knew the team pretty much needed to clean house in their defensive backfield during the 2014 offseason and bring in some veteran talent. One of those veteran players the Vikings brought in was cornerback Captain Munnerlyn.
After spending his first five NFL seasons in Carolina with the Panthers, Minnesota was able to lure Munnerlyn over to their side and sign the corner to a three-year contract.