@Yahoo 29/07
Buoyed by experienced 'D,' Zimmer exudes unfamiliar optimism
For all his decades in football as a decidedly no-nonsense coach, Mike Zimmer has long defended his ability and willingness to adapt strategies to match shifts in styles and trends around the NFL. The 65-year-old Zimmer has made it look at the start of training camp as if he's evolving into an optimist, too. “I think these guys upstairs have done a great job, honestly, filling a lot of the holes that we have,” Zimmer said, reciting the long list of veterans added to the lineup since his lament late last year that the depleted 2020 group was “the worst he's ever had.”