Vikings coach Mike Zimmer evaluates team entering training camp

For the first time since 2013, the Vikings are neither playing in a temporary stadium nor moving into a new one, not preparing to host the Super Bowl nor opening a massive practice facility. The identity of the starting quarterback, for the first time since training camp 2016, is the same as it was the previous season.

Yet to assume things will be business as usual, as the Vikings kick off their second training camp in Eagan this week, might not be quite right.

The Vikings spent much of the spring experimenting with different looks on defense — partly to modify a unit that will again be tested by a series of road games against prolific QBs, and partly to provide scout-team looks for an…