Zimmers Begin Countdown
The atmosphere at the Zimmer household has been one of amazement and confusion.
Mike Zimmer is going to the Super Bowl, and his three children - Adam, Marki and Corri - say it’s the neatest thing in the world.
Mike Zimmer is going to the Super Bowl, and his wife, Vikki, doesn’t really know what to do.
“It’s great, but it’s been kind of a pain trying to get the logistics of everything down,” said Zimmer, the Cowboys’ secondary coach.
“My wife was asking me what the weather is going to be, wanting to know what kind of clothes to bring. I told her to look in the paper and see what the weather will be like.”
The forecast is clearing for Zimmer, 39. In his second season with the Cowboys, including his first as defensive backs coach, Zimmer has readied a unit that, through injury and suspension, has had five starting cornerbacks. Its most expensive one, $35 million man Deion Sanders, made it to the starting lineup Oct. 29, and since then, the Cowboys have held six of eleven opponents below 200 yards passing.
“Through most of my career, I can’t remember when I have not had healthy defensive backs,” said Zimmer, the defensive coordinator at Washington State from 1989-1993. “It’s been rough trying to get guys in and out. It’s been a long grind. To do the things that we’ve done, to come together like we’ve done, I’m glad.”
Dodgers ponder NFL team
The Los Angeles Dodgers said they have formed an alliance with a development company to study the feasibility of acquiring an NFL expansion franchise and building a football stadium. The Dodgers said last September the idea of building a football stadium on the 300-acre Dodger property appealed to them.
Around the league
Defensive end Chris Doleman became the fourth Atlanta Falcons player on the NFC Pro Bowl roster when Mike Holmgren of the Green Bay Packers chose him as his “need player.” … Former Tampa Bay and Seattle defensive coordinator Rusty Tillman interviewed with the Oakland Raiders on Monday and several Raiders sources said current coordinator John Fox has fallen out of favor with team owner Al Davis. … Baltimore Stallions owner Jim Speros has come up with an idea that he says would delight fans in Cleveland and Baltimore - let the Browns stay where they are and allow his CFL champs to join the NFL in 1996. … Dallas defensive end Charles Haley, bothered by back problems and the flu, said he will start in the Super Bowl.