Had Bill Parcells found himself in the same position Mike Zimmer was in on Thursday night — as the head coach of a team with a defense good enough to propel the club to the NFC Championship Game — there’s a good chance he would have done exactly what the Vikings did with the 30th overall pick.
Zimmer said Friday “a famous old coach called me this morning” — and when Zimmer talks that way, it’s usually safe to assume he’s talking about Parcells — to give a thumbs-up to the fact the Vikings added Central Florida’s Mike Hughes to a cornerback group already headlined by two first-rounders.