Minnesota Vikings star defensive end Everson Griffen returned to practice on Wednesday after spending the last five weeks away from the team dealing with some mental health issues, and it's unclear if he will go on Sunday night football against the New Orleans Saints.
Everson Griffen back at practice. Some footage. pic.twitter.com/hXFESDgYuf
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) October 24, 2018
When asked if he would play on Sunday Griffen deferred those types of questions to coach Mike Zimmer and just said he was excited to be on the field again. In September it was reported that Griffen threated to shoot up a hotel in downtown Minneapolis and also jumped out of an ambulance during a mental health crisis. Griffen took his time on the podium to apologize to everyone that he hurt during that episode and took full responsibility for his actions.
“First off, I want to take full responsibility for my actions that went on in September,” Griffen said via ESPN. “I had a lot of support from my family, the Minnesota Vikings, the doctors, my teammates, the fans and, you know, I want to give my apologies to people I impacted. I'm sorry if I affected them in any type of way. I'm just excited to get back here with my team and get back to the grind of things. It's been hard to be away, but I'm happy to be back. It's a good feeling right now, and I'm taking one day at a time and one thing at a time to get things back on track.”
On the field, the Vikings are getting back a huge part of their defense, but it's just good to hear that he is mentally back in a good place.
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