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Vikings' rookie cornerbacks face another test in Seattle

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.