It was about time for head coach Mike Zimmer to wrap up his official NFL scouting combine press conference last Thursday. All of the pressing questions, like the ones about Adrian Peterson and the team's plans for free agency, had already been asked when a reporter slipped in a question about defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd, who thrived under Zimmer when healthy enough to play.

"Sharrif, I thought he had a good year," Zimmer said. "He improved quite a bit. Losing weight at the beginning of the season helped him quite a bit. He changed his diet. And he's a very conscientious hard-working kid who has a chance to be a very good three technique."

That wasn't all Zimmer had to say about Floyd, but we'll get to that in a minute.

In his second NFL season, Floyd made 42 tackles, recorded 4.5 sacks and had 30 total quarterback pressures, according to Pro Football Focus, which was tied with Tom Johnson for the team lead among defensive tackles. PFF, by the way, graded him as one of the league's best at his position.

Injuries were an issue, though, as Floyd missed two games and got knocked out of a couple others. As a result, he only played 52.5 percent of the defensive snaps in 2014.

Floyd's level of durability was on Zimmer's mind as he wrapped up his answer to that question.

"He's got to continue to stay healthy," Zimmer continued. "That will be a big thing for him. He's got to understand that the NFL is a big man's game. You have to go out and play all the time. But he's a young developing player and I think he'll get that figured out too.''

I'll let you read between the lines on that one.