Mike Zimmer calls loss to Eagles ’embarrassing’

Mike Zimmer was all over his Minnesota Vikings after their loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, which he termed “embarrassing.”

But Zimmer’s criticism of his previously undefeated Vikings did not end there; he also called his offensive line “soft.”

“It was embarrassing in at least two of the phases,” Zimmer said after the game Sunday, via the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “And I’m very disappointed in the performance that we gave today. We turned the ball over offensively, we didn’t block people, we dropped balls, we got the quarterback hit, we [need] two inches and we can’t convert on third down or fourth down, we got three shots in the red zone in the first half, we throw an interception, we gave up a 98-yard kickoff return, we fumbled a punt. If you’re going to do those things, you have no chance to win.”

The Vikings only rushed for 93 yards in the 21-10 loss. They fumbled the ball five times, losing three of them, which is highly troubling for any offense.

The team’s patch-work offensive line that has been hit with injuries struggled too.

“We didn’t block anybody,” he said. “We were soft. We got overpowered.”

With Zimmer holding his team to such high standards, it’s easy to see why they’ve gone 5-1 to start the year. They will look to turn things around when they face the Chicago Bears next Monday night.