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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - During a pre-practice stretch on the first day of Vikings minicamp Tuesday, wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson caught Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer as he walked by.

"I'm going to get better today," Patterson told Zimmer.

Zimmer told Twin Cities media that Patterson's comment seems to reflect a honed-in mindset for the receiver heading into his fourth NFL season.

"He's not making mental errors - very, very few mental errors," Zimmer said of Patterson. "He's running the routes at the proper depth, he's lining up in the proper place. I don't know that it's ever been an issue with athletic ability with him, but maybe sometimes the focus."

Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater echoed Zimmer's sentiments on Patterson and said he's noticed the same focused mentality.

"Just from sitting back there throwing the ball to [Cordarrelle], he has looked good," Bridgewater said. "He's a guy that works extremely hard. Every day, he comes to work, and he has one mentality - that's to get better. We've all been seeing it.

"I can't sit up here and judge players - that's not my job," Bridgewater added. "But from just completing the football to him, throwing routes out there and just watching him detail his work, I've been pretty impressed."

dead_poet wrote:Mandatory Minicamp #1 notes

There's too much relevant information to post so bang on the link. It's a worthy read:

http://espn.go.com/blog/minnesota-vikin ... or-vikings

Floyd, Boone still out but Barr, Joseph doing individual work, Patterson getting work with the 1s (Jim!), Berger at LG for Boone (NOT Fusco), Smith at RT (unsurprising as Phil continued to recover), etc.

"We'd like to have everybody out there, but it shouldn't be a big deal," Zimmer said. "He's a pretty smart guy, even though he went to Ohio State."

#Vikings defense was really on point today. Lots of interceptions and deflections in team drills. Jabari Price was locking down Treadwell.

Today's O-line combos:
1's: Loadholt, Fusco, Sully, Berger, Kalil
2's: Bykowski, Beavers, Kerin, Sirles, Clemmings
*Smith left midway thru.

Floyd, Boone and Harris were observers once again. Barr semi-active. Ellison still rehabbing. No sign of LB Travis Lewis.

Cordarrelle Patterson said he'll spend a week or two in Florida this summer working with Teddy Bridgewater at passing academy & individually

Cordarrelle Patterson said he may do some more work in Cali with Hell's Trainer Frank Matrisciano, but working with Bridgewater comes first

S197 wrote:Came here to post the same thing, shame we paid Kalil all that money, no one will take that contract and I can't see them tying up another $6.5M on the line.

S197 wrote:

Zimmer said this is the first time he's seen Xavier Rhodes consistently try to make plays on the ball, and the cornerback pulled in another interception in the red zone on Tuesday, leaping to take away a corner throw from Bridgewater that was intended for Thielen. "I think he’s starting to get the mentality of denying the ball from his guy, and this is the first time that I’ve really seen him go after the football since I’ve been here," Zimmer said. "There have been some plays where he really tries to intercept it, as opposed to just covering them."