Mike Zimmer

Matt Cassel was crisp from the start, giving Teddy Bridgewater a model touchdown drive to watch. Bridgewater showed his age, aside from a few flashes of brilliance, and that's the early snapshot of the Minnesota Vikings starting quarterback competition.

Whenever Mike Zimmer has felt uneasy about the safety situation on his defense, he's called Chris Crocker to come in and stabilize things. So it's no surprise with the safety position opposite standout Harrison Smith up for grabs, Zimmer is bringing back old reliable one more time.

"Teddy, Teddy, Teddy!"

Basketball's over, baseball's heating up, and soccer in the limelight right now with the World Cup. On the horizon is football season, and the Minnesota Vikings will have a battle at quarterback.

Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman joined ESPN 99.1's Jeff Thurn on Monday's edition of Overtime. Spielman discusses letting Leslie Frazier go, and hiring Mike Zimmer as head coach:  "You know those are all very difficult decisions, but when we decided to make the change, we went through our head coaching process very thorough, ended up interviewing seven guys with our ownership,

Adrian Peterson is still working his way back from offseason groin surgery. He says he is eager to rejoin his Minnesota Vikings teammates for the team's offseason program once his body is ready.

Matt Cassel was one day away from hitting the free agent market and fielding offers from other suitors. Then the Minnesota Vikings swooped in at the last minute.

The Minnesota Vikings have finalized their assistants under new coach Mike Zimmer, including special teams coordinator Mike Priefer, the target of a discrimination complaint by one of his former players.

ESPN's Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter reported on Wednesday morning that the Minnesota Vikings will hire Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer as their next head coach.

Mike Zimmer is finally a head coach in the NFL. The Minnesota Vikings think now is the time for the veteran defensive coordinator. The Vikings announced Wednesday night that they had hired Zimmer for their top coaching position.