Mike Zimmer couldn’t recall the last time, if ever, he coached an NFL defense that started two rookie cornerbacks before Jeff Gladney and Cameron Dantzler did in the Vikings’ 31-23 win on Sunday in Houston.
Zimmer’s next-day assessments of his young corners weren’t all that bad — they did “pretty well,” actually, he said. Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson had six completions at halftime but still finished with 300 passing yards buoyed by a second-half comeback attempt.
Zimmer admitted “it’s not going to get any easier” for Gladney, Dantzler and whichever young corners are available with Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson up next in Seattle.