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Zimmer referenced former Dallas Cowboys Barry Switzer, who had a specific philosophy on running the football:
“He talked to them all the time, ‘It might be a 1 [-yard gain] here, a 2 here, and then a minus-1 here, and then pretty soon it’s a 13, then it’s a 20.’ They’re not all going to be explosive runs, but the idea of sticking with it and having that mindset that, ‘We’re gonna pop one of these in there eventually,’ and we popped a couple,” Zimmer said. “And also, it’s going to help in the play-action. Because the linebackers, they’re trying to [defend the] run, and the safeties are trying to [defend the] run, and that’s kind of what happened on those two plays.
“To see that happen the first time out, it’s nice,” he added.
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Vikings fans received a potential glimpse into the future when a video was captured of Kirk Cousins’ son, Cooper, “passing” the football to Adam Thielen’s son, Asher, who turned and ran excitedly with the ball.
Cousins later retweeted the video with the caption, “Bring on the RPO.”