Defensive Coaching News Today

We are nearing the end of our Report Card series for 2022. Sorry for the delay: these do take a good bit of time, since I have a lot of homework to do, including watching every snap again....

Mo Linguist has been everywhere, man. He’s a top cornerbacks guy, a good recruiter, and an absolute pro at moving cross-country—I have a Linguist map that covers 7,169 miles in tomorrow’s post. His short stint at Minnesota in 2017 is the only one I’ve scouted thoroughly and that was mostly making chicken salad with his entire starting four injured; that defense finished 32nd in S&P+ against the pass. Ed Warinner was also with Minnesota at the time so Linguist is familiar with someone on...

Evaluating Mike Zimmer Following the evaluation of Vikings’ GM Rick Spielman, let’s move on to head coach Mike Zimmer and the job he’s done this year for the Vikings. As an NFL head coach, Mike Zimmer is responsible for every aspect of planning, analyzing, coaching, preparing and motivating his team to perform at their best each and every game. Nobody can do all that himself, so it’s up to the head coach (and GM) to hire a staff to help in all these tasks, directing them himself and be...