Mike Zimmer believes people are underestimating Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings have kicked off training camp and Mike Zimmer seems to be happy with what he has seen.

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Zimmer sat down with the Minnesota Star Tribune for a Q&A about the team and their upcoming season, and he shared his belief that the team is being underestimated by a number of people.

While that could upset Zimmer, he is okay with being underestimated.

In fact, Zimmer believes he can use that as a motivating factor for his team as they look to prove people wrong.

“I think that maybe everyone is underestimating us. I love to prove people wrong, and hopefully our team will want to be the same way,” Zimmer told the paper. “It’s easy to sell the guys on proving people wrong. Saying that, we can’t talk about it. We’ve got to go out there and do it.”

Zimmer is very excited for his first year as the Vikings head coach, and he is hoping that enthusiasm carries over to his players.

"“It seems like every night I dream about football, even when I’m off. It will be fun to get going again and try to figure out how to win with the team that we have and what strengths we have and how we can accentuate them. I’m excited about our coaching staff. I think they did a great job in the spring. And we’ll continue to coach our rear ends off to try to get better every day. And I think the players are excited, too.”"

The Vikings kick off their 2014 regular season against the St. Louis Rams on Sept. 7.

We will have to tune in to see whether or not the team can begin proving those who are underestimating them wrong right out of the gate.

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