Ex-Vikings QB Kellen Mond Bashes Mike Zimmer in LinkedIn Post – Sports Illustrated

Former Vikings quarterback and draft bust Kellen Mond, who most recently played in the United Football League, is now an artist and photographer who also posts influencer content on LinkedIn. Mond’s most recent post talks about his rookie year with the Vikings in 2021, specifically through the lens of the disconnect between Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman in their final year together before both were fired. Much of the information is stuff that’s been made public in the past, but it’s interesting nonetheless. Mond’s post starts like this: “When I was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings, my head coach walked out of the draft room. We never spoke. Not once.” Zimmer walking out when Spielman took Mond in the third round of the ’21 draft is something the former eight-year Vikings head coach revealed in an August 2024 interview with the Star Tribune. Mond saying the two never had a single conversation that year is remarkable. An NFL head coach and a rookie QB not talking for an entire season is hard to fathom. Mond’s post then talks about how the Zimmer-Spielman relationship began to sour as far back as 2018, when the Vikings signed Kirk Cousins in free agency.
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