Everson Griffen just gave his former team some bulletin board material.
Griffen is a Detroit Lion by way of a trade from the Dallas Cowboys, a team with whom Griffen spent just seven games before he was dealt. Griffen spent his first 10 seasons in Minnesota, racking up 258 tackles, 74.5 sacks, nine forced fumbles, two interceptions and two defensive touchdowns.
“Everson was a good player for us,” Zimmer said, per the St. Paul Pioneer Press’ Chris Tomasson. “I wish him well, just not this week.”
Good, not great, wasn’t good enough for Griffen.
“I’m ready to play. This is the best I’ve felt in a long time, and I got a little frustrated when I read that comment, what Zimmer said about, ‘Everson was a good player,'” Griffen said Thursday. “Coach Zimmer just wasn’t a good coach, he was a great coach to me, so for him to call me a good player, that kind of hurts my feelings. On Sunday, I’m really looking forward to playing the Vikings and showing them that I am a great player.
“I’m gonna go out there and execute. I’m not going to let the emotions get to me. I’m going to stay locked in and I’m going to go do my job.”
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“I miss Zimmer,” Griffen feverishly explained, “so when Zimmer said that about that, I’m a ‘good player,’ all right, we’re gonna see who’s a good player on Sunday, all right? That’s what I got for him.
“They gonna put some respect on my name, he gonna put respect on my name, that’s all I’m saying. He just wasn’t a good coach to me, he was a great coach. He helped me improve, he helped me grow. I don’t ever talk bad about people, so for him to call me a good player, all right, I got something for him on Sunday.”
