(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Defensive end Everson Griffen not at Vikings game due to 'personal matter'
Defensive end Everson Griffen had already been ruled out for Sunday's loss to the Bills due to what the team listed as a knee injury while he missed practice all week.
September 23, 2018 at 11:52PM
Defensive end Everson Griffen had already been ruled out for Sunday's loss to the Bills due to what the team listed as a knee injury while he missed practice all week.
The 30-year-old Griffen was not at U.S. Bank Stadium for the game due to a "personal matter," according to head coach Mike Zimmer.
"He's having a personal matter and I'm going to leave it at that," Zimmer said.
Griffen missed just his third start since becoming a fixture in the Vikings lineup in 2014. He had played 69 snaps (90 percent) during the tie game in Green Bay before the knee injury popped up on the injury report last week.
It remains to be seen whether the Vikings will have Griffen for a quick turnaround into Thursday night's game at the L.A. Rams.
Mike Conley was in Minneapolis, where he sounded the Gjallarhorn at the Vikings game, on Sunday during the robbery.
