Strib: Shaq to set the cornerback room

Montana Tom wrote:

I am optimistic that in Flores' system that he will thrive again.  He's got lots of tread still on the tires at only age 28.
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"Yeah, I love it," Griffin said after a recent practice during organized team activities. "I think it's a perfect fit, a great opportunity, I love the defensive scheme that they have. I feel they put me in the right spot to be able to play my game how I'm used to playing it."

Griffin is also enjoying a full offseason of good health. He said that during 2022 training camp with the Jaguars he tore a back muscle, then played through the injury for five games, taking cortisone tablets that wore off by the fourth quarter. When he couldn't feel his leg, he decided to undergo surgery to address the issue around his L5 and S1 vertebrae.

He was cut by the Jaguars in March 2023. He signed with the Texans last year but said he wasn't the same player. He had been sidelined for six months and couldn't stay in shape. He felt he was still getting his legs under him during camp, when he had a backup role, as well as after injuries vaulted him into six starts last season.

Griffin said he has no such reservations this time around.

"Moving really well now," he said. "Way faster than I did last year."

Griffin ran a 4.38-second 40-yard dash at the 2017 combine before the Seahawks drafted him in the third round.

I will say this: Shaq looks a little pudgy. He's needed not only as vet presence and leader for the CBs, but he needs to ball as well. Lay off the McDonalds, Shaq.....