Minnesota Vikings DBs ditch Mike Zimmers game plan

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Minnesota Vikings DBs ditch Mike Zimmer's game plan Published: Dec 24, 2016 at 10:06 AM Around the NFL Writer defensive backs in Saturday's lo s to the . Coach Mike Zimmer planned for corner to shadow the entire game. Instead, corners decided to each play their side of the field. "To be honest, I really don't want to answer that," Rhodes said, , then explained what happened. "A matter of fact, forget it. We felt as a team, as players, we came together and we felt like Myles Dorn Jersey we'd never done that when we played against the ," Rhodes said. "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, so that's what we as DBs went with." Ditching the game plan helped Nelson go off in the first half. ' favorite target complied 145 yards and two TDs on seven first-half receptions -- some of that yardage came against Rhodes. The led 28-13 before the got to the locker room and Zimmer took control. With Rhodes Ben Ellefson Jersey shadowing Nelson in the second half, the ' receiver caught two pa ses for nine yards. "That's what he was supposed to do the whole game," Zimmer said. "Someone decided they wouldn't do that." Zimmer said corner mentioned something to him on the sideline about the change in plans. "In the first half when 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.'" Newman declined to comment on the i sue saying simply, "nothing. I have no idea." On Sunday morning, Rhodes denied the reports and said there was more to the story: In a season that started out with so much promise before spiraling out of control, the defensive back revolt is a bad look for a team that lost Chris Doleman Jersey its way down the stretch. This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be mi sing content or contain faulty links. Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue.
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