The Vikings are only a few days from their season opener in St. Louis, thankfully, because we're tired of preseason football. Finally, it's time for real games.
Here are a few things that we're particularly interested to see as the Mike Zimmer era begins:
Zimmer's debut
This obvious, of course.
Zimmer went 4-0 in the preseason, but this will be his first official game as a head coach. We'll start to get a sense for how Zimmer will handle clock management and other in-game situations in those pressure situations.
Zimmer rehearsed his decision-making in simulated scenarios with General Manager Rick Spielman during training camp. Now he gets to do it for real.
Peterson's role
The Vikings wisely held Adrian Peterson out of preseason games to keep him fresh, so this will be our first glimpse of Peterson in Norv Turner's offense. I'm curious to see No. 1, how Peterson looks physically after dealing with a number of injuries last season and being a year older, and No. 2, how Turner uses him in the offense.
