What to Make of the Vikings with 4 Games Left?

The thing I’m disappointed with the corners is, you know, a guy got a cut [tight] split and they line up head up on the guy and give him a chance to get there. The guy is supposed to be on top of the receiver, [but] they’re running hip to hip with him,” Zimmer said. “Those kinds of things are really disappointing. Allowing 50-50 balls … that’s disappointing to me. We’ve got guys in wide splits, and we’re lined up head up on them instead of being inside.

“We didn’t tackle a couple of times on the perimeter. The ball got outside the corners a couple times on the perimeter in the run game,” Zimmer added. “I thought Boyd competed really well. He had the one poor penalty. He did a nice job on things like tackling, but if he’s on top of that receiver, that ball is not thrown or has to be a back-shoulder fade, which is much, much tougher. And I don’t think Dantzler played very good in the red zone.”

That, uh, about covers it.

Zimmer has always been one to call it like he sees it, and that hasn’t changed after nearly eight years.

Yet it will need to be a team effort from the Vikings if that group wants to play a positive role in the final month. Yes, the entire group will need to pick up its game and play better.

But Zimmer, a noted defensive backs guru, will also need to try and work his magic to try and find more success with those players than what we’ve seen for most of the season.

The Vikings still have to play Matthew Stafford and Aaron Rodgers, so some consistency from the Minnesota secondary could mean the difference between an extra win or not.

The Vikings, whether it’s at cornerback or overall, don’t have a lot of margin for error right now.