Defensive linemen Griffen, Weatherly and Sheldon Richardson have all chosen as free agents to reunite with the Vikings this offseason, and so has cornerback Mackensie Alexander.
Vikings Assistant Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator Andre Patterson, who coached Griffen from 2014-19, referenced Griffen last week before his tryout when describing how he coaches players to avoid jumping from a quarterback's hard count.
"With [Griffen], it was more about me getting him to breathe. It really wasn't the quarterback making him jump offsides," Patterson said. "It was just him in a cannon ready to explode and come out. … In a high-pressure situation, when he felt like, 'I had to get a good get-off to go sack the quarterback,' those were when those times would come."
Griffen spent the first four seasons of his career as a backup who started one of the 59 games he played from 2010-13, but when Zimmer arrived, he advanced to the starting lineup and started 87 of a possible 96 games in the next six seasons.
Griffen and Hunter were integral to Minnesota's defensive game plan that led to an upset of the Saints in New Orleans in the Wild Card Round of the NFC Playoffs that followed the 2019 season. The edge rushers kicked inside multiple times for matchups against Saints interior linemen and totaled 1.5 sacks apiece.
The 2019 season marked an impressive comeback for Griffen, who needed to take time away from the team in 2018 for a personal matter.
"We talked to him for quite a while the other day, and I think it seems like he's in a good place," Zimmer said. "Hopefully he continues to do that, and if he does, he can help us."
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