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NorthernCalVike · 11-05-2018, 06:48 PM

Living here in the Bay area does not lend me the ability to see all the Vikes games, but can I get some feedback on how Griff's looked coming back? I see he had 1.5 sacks, which is great! How many snaps was he in - is he playing most of the snaps? Hows he looking when he's in? Very happy he's back and that he's taking care of himself off the field - wondering how he's been looking on the field - Thanks!

11-05-2018, 07:13 PM

Griff had a nice game and was disruptive. He looked way more like his old self than last week against NO. He and Hunter were monsters on the outside, while Sheldon and TJ on the inside were in Stafford's face for what seemed like the good majority of the day.
Zim also mixed in some nice blitzes too for added unexpected pressures.

It was great having Griff back though. He looked good and was having fun out there.

11-05-2018, 10:24 PM

thanks Happy - that news makes me very happy!

11-05-2018, 10:28 PM

He looked good. They all looked good. Richardson, Hunter, Griff...and damned if Tom Johnson isn't ideally suited for Zimmer's defense. He's a below average player everywhere else, but he seems to really excel in Zimmer's scheme.

11-05-2018, 10:37 PM

They were getting push up the middle.
However also off the edges and around the sides. Stafford was side of beef hanging in the Shamrock meat packing plant.

11-05-2018, 10:38 PM

Quote: @"MaroonBells" said:
He looked good. They all looked good. Richardson, Hunter, Griff...and damned if Tom Johnson isn't ideally suited for Zimmer's defense. He's a below average player everywhere else, but he seems to really excel in Zimmer's scheme.

Not sure he is a below average player elsewhere, where has he been other than here? He is a good pass rush specialist. Not big enough to hold up all game against the run, but a great sub.

As to how they looked. Stafford just looked like, well Stafford out there on some plays. One play Griffen blew up the screen by knocking his guy into the RB that was supposed to leak out. Stafford looked like Fred Astaire out there, his feet jumping every which way. I can only imagine his thoughts, "oh shit, the line is letting everyone through and my RB is on his ass."

So once the jailbreak was on, they all looked like all stars. Weatherly knocked Stafford off his feet by pushing the LT back into him. Even Bradford was laughing at how awkward Stafford looked on that one.

11-05-2018, 11:15 PM

Weatherly walking Decker back into Stafford for the sack is also worth a call out...we are set for a long time at DE...

11-06-2018, 01:11 AM

Quote: @"greediron" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:
He looked good. They all looked good. Richardson, Hunter, Griff...and damned if Tom Johnson isn't ideally suited for Zimmer's defense. He's a below average player everywhere else, but he seems to really excel in Zimmer's scheme.
Not sure he is a below average player elsewhere, where has he been other than here?

Colts, Saints, Seahawks...

11-06-2018, 11:41 PM

played 52 out of 70 defensive snaps
— Everson Griffen tallied his first sack since returning from a six-game absence last week. He played in 74 percent of the snaps against Detroit, up a bit from 70 percent against New Orleans in Week 8.

11-07-2018, 12:05 AM

Quote: @"MaroonBells" said:

@"greediron" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:
He looked good. They all looked good. Richardson, Hunter, Griff...and damned if Tom Johnson isn't ideally suited for Zimmer's defense. He's a below average player everywhere else, but he seems to really excel in Zimmer's scheme.
Not sure he is a below average player elsewhere, where has he been other than here?

Colts, Saints, Seahawks...

Point being, he was with us for most of his years, then had a cup of lukewarm coffee in Seattle before they foolishly tried to play roster games with him.

So yeah, he was briefly elsewhere, so how is below average?