That's eight consecutive quarters — and 24 offensive possessions — after halftime without a trip to the end zone. The Vikings have kicked seven field goals in the second half, including Greg Joseph's 54-yard, game-winner on Sunday.
"We just need to execute. We need to find a way in the second half to be more productive, to score touchdowns," said Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins. "And in the Seattle game, it was red zone, we would get down in the red zone but then we didn't finish.
"Last week, it was a combination of factors, and we didn't do as well in that four-minute trying to run the clock out. And the week before that, it was a gain a combination of things," Cousins added. "So we've just got to find a way to not only move the football, convert third downs, stay on the field, but then when we get down in red zone, come away with a touchdown instead of kicking field goals."
Zimmer said Wednesday that he made the struggles an emphasis for his coaching staff earlier this week.
"I don't know if I pinpointed it, but we've researched it an awful lot," Zimmer said. "We went through every possession in the second half. We've gone through down-and-distance tendencies, first-and-possession, earned first downs, second-down-and-long after a penalty, after a sack.
"I gave the coaches a lot of projects to do this week, on Monday," Zimmer said.
The main takeaway, Zimmer noted, was to start fast coming out of the break.
"I think probably being a little bit more specific coming out of halftime, instead of saying, 'Hey, these are the plays that we're thinking about running,' … going, 'All right, here's what we're going to run. Here's the first play, second play, third play,' and we go from there," Zimmer said.
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