Last season was a year to forget for Everson Griffen, but he’s back with the Minnesota Vikings.
He just needs to clear up some awkwardness with Kirk Cousins.
The four-time Pro Bowler signed with the Vikings on Monday, returning to the team that he spent the first 10 seasons of his career with before signing with the Cowboys (and getting traded to Detroit) last season.
Now, in that one season away from Minnesota, Griffen and the Vikings weren’t on the best of terms. He wasn’t pleased when head coach Mike Zimmer called him a “good” player as opposed to great. He also sounded off about Cousins on Twitter back in January.
Speaking to reporters, Everson Griffen said he will apologize to Kirk Cousins for tweeting this in January. Griffen says he already apologized to Mike Zimmer. pic.twitter.com/FTIQ1lrqX5
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) August 23, 2021
Yeah, that could get awkward.
Upon meeting with reporters on Monday, Griffen was asked about the tweets. He said that he had already apologized to Zimmer and GM Rick Spielman. He just needs to catch up with Cousins.
Everson Griffen is back with the #Vikings. Here's a snippet of what he told us this afternoon. @JoeSchmitKSTP will have more on the #Vikings on @KSTP at 5p, 6p, 6:50p, and 10:20p. pic.twitter.com/0iP7xyK25O
— KSTPSports (@KSTPSports) August 23, 2021
Griffen said:
“I haven’t really talked to him yet, but I’m gonna get around to doing that. You know, apologize to him. I apologized to Coach (Zimmer) and Rick (Spielman) about what I said. I take full ownership in that. I still gotta talk to Kirk and apologize to him about that.”
I can only imagine how fun that conversation will be.
