Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer who looks to be unmoved by the NFL’s investigation of New England using under-inflated footballs, weighed in with his opinions on the recent accusations of the Patriots (via NFL.com).
In addressing the under-inflated football findings, Zimmer said
I think it was like 41-7, right? I don’t think the balls had a lot to do with it.
The score was actually 45-7, but we get Zimmer’s drift. However, one thing that did seem to concern Zimmer was the question of improper usage of ineligible or eligible receivers in the Patriots-Ravens game just one week before.
That’ll be the deal this year. The only thing I didn’t like about it was that one time you say the guy is eligible and another time you say he’s ineligible. So now I gotta listen for who is eligible…
But I’m sure they’ll talk about it at the league meetings this year.
The fact that Zimmer considers this a “deal” that will be discussed over the offseason in meetings is intriguing. This could possibly impact the type of player a coordinator is looking for. Are we going into an era where teams are going to come up with offensive schemes to trick opposing defenses?
Zimmer’s comments should make us think. However, next time he’s quoting a game score, he should quickly check his mobile NFL app.
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