Mackensie Alexander was a second-rounder from the NFL draft pick factory at Clemson last year, with the potential to step up. The Vikings are 10th in the NFL in passing yards per game allowed and seventh in passing yards per play against them. This quartet, with three former first-round draft picks and the second-rounder Alexander, is quite the advancement from Zimmer’s first year in 2014. “He’ll have moments where he won’t do what he is supposed to do all the way, but he’s getting a lot better with it,” Zimmer said of Alexander. “Each game I tell him, ‘Make them change their minds,’ if they’re ever throwing your way,” Rhodes said, “and he’s starting to do that.”——For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP–NFL

Source: National Post December 06, 2017 23:15 UTC