Vikings coach Mike Zimmer might have been wearing a patch, but he could still see what the Vikings were doing wrong in practice.
“He still can see everything with one patch over his eye,” cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said, via Andrew Krammer of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “If you made a mistake, he still sees it — ‘I see that!’ I’m like, ‘Wait a minute!’ ”
That Zimmer’s back on the job already after having his fourth eye procedure Friday isn’t surprising. But he said during his weekly interview on KFAN that he’s following doctor’s orders carefully. He’s expected to travel with the team to Jacksonville this week but said there was “still a lot to be determined” regarding the health of his right eye.
“I understand the seriousness of the issue and what it is,” Zimmer said. “If they tell me it’s in my best interest to sit in the box during the game or in my best interest to not go to the game, or there’s a possibility of losing my eyesight in this eye, then I’m going to listen to them.
“I think there’s a lot of speculation out there that says I’m not doing what the doctors are telling me to do, and I don’t believe that’s right.”
He said doctors told him to not look up, instead limiting him to “horizon, down,” He also needs to limit his physical activity as he recovers.
He’s continued to work through four procedures to repair a detached retina, and skipped last Thursday’s game. But he was back at Tuesday’s walk-through with a white patch over his eye.
And apparently, he can still see problems with his good eye, which is a good sign.