Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson said he had a good conversation with coach Mike Zimmer about his game and where to go from here.
The Minnesota Vikings miss the Cordarrelle Patterson from a year ago. The bubble screen fiend who could rip any run into a touchdown has been largely non-existent this season, culminating in a two-game stretch in which Patterson has seen all of four offensive snaps. As a result, Patterson and coach Mike Zimmer sat down to have a little chat and clear the air.
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“Me and Coach Zimmer, we had a little heart-to-heart talk this morning,” Patterson said per the Star-Tribune. “He kept it real with me and I told him how I feel, so just talking to him, I believe in everything he says. I stand behind him and Coach Turner. I respect everything they’re doing. Getting that talk out of the way, it makes have a little less pressure on me. It makes me feel good to go in there and talk to him.”
So what exactly did Coach Zimmer say to keep it as real as possible?
“That’s nothing that any of y’all should know,” Patterson said. “Whatever me and Coach Zimmer talk about, that stays between us. That’s how I feel like it should be and that’s how it’s going to be.”
With just 30 catches for 350 yards and one touchdown, Patterson has been a colossal disappointment in 2014, but Zimmer isn’t giving up on him.
“I want this guy to be a great player. I really do. I want him to be a great player,” Zimmer said. “I don’t know when it’ll happen and I’m hoping like crazy it does because I want him to be a great player.”
If the staff can maintain that faith in Patterson and give him chances to produce, the receiver could reward them sooner rather than later as the Vikings continue to grow around rookie quarterback Teddy Bridgewater.
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