The Facts: Patterson didn’t take the step forward that the team wanted to see last season, leading Patterson to say this offseason that 2015 is going to be a make or break year for him. If he wants it to wind up in the make column, he still has some work to do. “Cordarrelle is on a good track right now, OK? Now, can he sustain? Can he continue to sustain what he’s doing? Because like today, I thought he had a good day,” HC Zimmer said. “In OTAs, I thought he improved. He’ll have really good days, and then he’ll have some not-so-good days."

Diehards Line: As is the case with many players, Patterson needs to find a way to be better on a more consistent basis. "Really," Zimmer explained, "I think what he needs to do is just the consistency every single day and the consistency in studying, the consistency in getting extra help that he needs if he needs it, running the routes the same all the time and understanding that there’s a lot of great athletes that play professional sports, and there’s a lot of great athletes that don’t make it in professional sports because they don’t have the other intangibles. To me, the biggest thing with him is that: Does he want to be ‘Flash’ or does he want to be a great receiver? I’m not trying to dog him or anything, but that’s really what it is.” As PFT's Josh Alper notes, Patterson’s behind Mike Wallace, Charles Johnson and Jarius Wright at receiver with fifth-round pick Stefon Diggs also vying for time on offense. "If the Vikings can’t count on consistent practice performances," Alper wrote."It’s hard to imagine he’ll be doing anything more than returning kicks as long as he’s in Minnesota." No argument here.