Vikings ignore head coach's game plan

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"To be honest, I really don't want to answer that," Rhodes said, per the Star-Tribune. "A matter of fact, forget it. We felt as a team, as players, we came together and we felt like we'd never done that when we played against the Packers. Us as DBs felt like we could handle him. That's how we felt as DBs that we could stay on our side and cover him. In the beginning, we'd always played against them and played our sides, we never followed, so that's what we felt as DBs. That's what we went with."

It didn't work. Below, Zimmer explained how he found out.

"In the first half when Terence Newman came over and said something to me like 'I can cover this guy, let me have him,'" Zimmer said. "I said, 'Do what you're supposed to do.'"

At halftime, Zimmer made sure the team used his game plan and Rhodes tracked Nelson around the field. And it worked.

"That's what he was supposed to do the whole game," Zimmer said. "Someone decided they wouldn't do that."

So, clearly this is a concerning development for the Vikings. Zimmer isn't just a defensive coach, he's the team's head coach. Nobody should take the news lightly. Zimmer probably won't.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.cbss...plan-to-cover-jordy-nelson/amp/?client=safari


I wonder how often this happens and it just doesn't make the news.

 

[Lucky]

Stunned that it took an entire half before it was corrected. I would think Zimmer would call timeout after seeing that.

 

[JB]

Stunned that it took an entire half before it was corrected. I would think Zimmer would call timeout after seeing that.

yeah I would think it would only take 1 play