Vikings working out Everson Griffen

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Re: Vikings working out Everson Griffen

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RandyMoss84 wrote: Tue Aug 31, 2021 5:54 pm
VikingsVictorious wrote: Tue Aug 31, 2021 5:50 pm
I could easily see Griffen not clearing waivers. His contract is so team friendly another team might take a chance on him.
Yeah that is true but if some team picks him up, I just hope he does not go to a division rival
I don't see a team picking him up. He's made it clear he only want's to play here. If a teams picks him up he'll just say F it I'll retire without a farewell tour.
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Re: Vikings working out Everson Griffen

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CharVike wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:38 am
RandyMoss84 wrote: Tue Aug 31, 2021 5:54 pm

Yeah that is true but if some team picks him up, I just hope he does not go to a division rival
I don't see a team picking him up. He's made it clear he only want's to play here. If a teams picks him up he'll just say F it I'll retire without a farewell tour.
He isn't subject to waivers so he would have to agree to a new contract for any team that wanted to sign him.

Not sure why another team wouldn't take a shot at him either after what he did in just 4 snaps in preseason. He beat his man at least 3 of the 4 pass rushes and 2 resulted in sacks even if he only recorded the one.
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Re: Vikings working out Everson Griffen

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StumpHunter wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:50 am
CharVike wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:38 am
I don't see a team picking him up. He's made it clear he only want's to play here. If a teams picks him up he'll just say F it I'll retire without a farewell tour.
He isn't subject to waivers so he would have to agree to a new contract for any team that wanted to sign him.

Not sure why another team wouldn't take a shot at him either after what he did in just 4 snaps in preseason. He beat his man at least 3 of the 4 pass rushes and 2 resulted in sacks even if he only recorded the one.
Yeah I was forgetting about the vets not going through waivers.
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Re: Vikings working out Everson Griffen

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VikingsVictorious wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:29 am
StumpHunter wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:50 am

He isn't subject to waivers so he would have to agree to a new contract for any team that wanted to sign him.

Not sure why another team wouldn't take a shot at him either after what he did in just 4 snaps in preseason. He beat his man at least 3 of the 4 pass rushes and 2 resulted in sacks even if he only recorded the one.
Yeah I was forgetting about the vets not going through waivers.
Well he's back. So much for outside interest.
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Re: Vikings working out Everson Griffen

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CharVike wrote: Thu Sep 02, 2021 5:30 am
VikingsVictorious wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:29 am

Yeah I was forgetting about the vets not going through waivers.
Well he's back. So much for outside interest.
Since he was a free agent the interest had to be mutual. So it could have just been that Griffen wasn't interested.
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Re: Vikings working out Everson Griffen

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VikingsVictorious wrote: Thu Sep 02, 2021 12:22 pm
CharVike wrote: Thu Sep 02, 2021 5:30 am
Well he's back. So much for outside interest.
Since he was a free agent the interest had to be mutual. So it could have just been that Griffen wasn't interested.
The Vikings did bump up his pay by about 200K. Ended up working out for Griff.
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Re: Vikings working out Everson Griffen

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StumpHunter wrote: Thu Sep 02, 2021 3:06 pm
VikingsVictorious wrote: Thu Sep 02, 2021 12:22 pm
Since he was a free agent the interest had to be mutual. So it could have just been that Griffen wasn't interested.
The Vikings did bump up his pay by about 200K. Ended up working out for Griff.
That's about 20%. NICE.
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