Everson Griffen‘s reunion with the Vikings has already come to an end. The veteran defensive end was among the team’s cuts today.
Griffen spent his entire career with the Vikings up until 2020. Splitting time between the Cowboys and Lions, Griffen finished out with six sacks in total. Meanwhile, no Vikings edge rusher finished with more than five. His ten-year run with the Vikes saw four Pro Bowl appearances and 74.5 total sacks.
Running back Ameer Abdullah was among the other players to earn their walking papers today. The veteran spent the past two-plus seasons with the Vikings, collecting 313 yards from scrimmage and three touchdowns on 55 carries.
The Vikings made the following moves to get down to 53 players:
Released
- LS Andrew DePaola
- OG Dakota Dozier
- CB Tye Smith
Waived
- OT Zack Bailey
- FB Jake Bargas
- LB Tuf Borland
- QB Jake Browning
- TE Zach Davidson
- S Myles Dorn
- OG Kyle Hinton
- DE Hercules Mata’afa
- WR Myron Mitchell
- CB Parry Nickerson
- WR Whop Philyor
- RB A.J. Rose, Jr.
- DE Kenny Willekes
- TE Shane Zylstra
Waived/Injured
- WR Chad Beebe
- S Luther Kirk
- OG Dru Samia
- QB Nate Stanley
What’s the deal on the bears 53 man roster? Sorry to anyone who wanted to speak about Minnesota, I’m just anxious and don’t know where else to write about it at
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There are other teams looking for help at EDGE who could give Everson Griffen a call. The Jets come to mind first.
Griffen is staying with the Vikings. He was only cut because he doesn’t need to pass through waivers and they don’t have a spot for him right now until they put some guys on the injured list such as Irv Smith etc. So they needed to cut him so that they didn’t have to pass a rookie through waivers. So because of the big delay between 53 man cuts and week 1 you are seeing more vets cut to try to game the waivers system and protect some players that would have to pass through them.