Griffith retires as a Viking
June 26th, 2008 – 12:36 PM by Judd ZulgadFormer Vikings safety Robert Griffith signed a contract with the team on Wednesday for the purpose of retiring as a member of the franchise.
“I had a nice 13-year career that ended where it started,” he said. “It was always my intent to get back there and retire as a Viking.”
Griffith got his start with the Vikings in 1994 and played with the team until 2001. He signed as an undrafted free agent out of San Diego State but went on to become a Pro Bowl selection after the 1999 season.
Griffith joined the Cleveland Browns as a free agent in 2002. Released in February 2005, Griffith joined the Arizona Cardinals and spent two seasons with that team. He did not play last season.
Griffith, 37, was reunited with head coach Dennis Green in Arizona. Green had given Griffith his chance with the Vikings.
Griffith thanked Vikings VP Rob Brzezinski for making it possible to retire with the Vikings.
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87 Responses to "Griffith retires as a Viking"
Torgo = Dorko
First.
Torgo = Dorko
If we had the 3rd pick, I would suggest a trade with the Chiefs for Tyler Thigpen
Griffith never had any help in the secondary when he played for the Vikes. He was one of the best safety’s in the league at one time. Good for him.
griffith was a beast. a big time competitor. remeber when he was getting in his teammates arses in the 41-0 blowout at giants stadium in the 2000 title game. cover skills weren’t great, but the man was solid against the run and put the smack on the ball carrier regularly.
VJ:
Vj,buddy. The draft tonight isn’t for football players. They get a bunch of ping pong balls and if they draw your ping pong ball out you get the first pick. Completely fair way of doing it, that is why a team from one of the world’s most famous cities with about the largest fan base in the country and World Championships in every sport including five or so in this sport gets the first pick! ! !
And no, it’s not Ping Pong players they are drafting. Brother! Sheesh!
Torgo = Dorko
my office smells like a catfish smothered in cucumber
what’s up with that?
VikingJ = dur duuuuur duuur dur dur duuuuur dur duuuuuuuuuuuuur
Griff played on that great ‘98 team that went 15-1. Maybe the best Viking team of all, I don’t know. Definately the best offense of all-time. I wouldn’t trade anyone of those guys for a Patriot. I believe the lying cheating biggest chokers ever broke the record this year. Ok, maybe trade for Tom Brady, but Cunningham had a better arm and much faster, which had to have helped that team assembled around him.
There, I said it.
The Patriots are winners. You are jealous.
Hmmm, let’s see…started in ‘94, made the Pro Bowl in ‘99. Wow, maybe it takes a few years to become a top-notch defensive back. Naw, can’t be that; all the pessimists have assured us that McCauley and Griffin will suck forever based on their first and second years.
A pass rush will make all the difference in the whole entire world.
There, I typed it.
King- what is up you fool?
If I’d draft a team, I’d have 9 Robert Griffins and 2 Duane Ruuds.
Griffith must plan to do business in MSP. Seems like a PR move to get the locals feeling good about him again.
HOPPY=Can’t spell Dwayne Rudd
Robert Griffith Fish-n-Chips…
What is happening?
i think ruud is a furnace or air conditioner
i think arthur treacher is fish and chips
Jerkpepper is a no-working, Silver Spoons train riding, fancy boy.
Robert Griffith Used Cars…
That he is. That he is.
Dwayne Rudd was horrible! How did the Vikings defense let Kerry Collins look like Joe Montana in the NFC Championship game and get beat by another team that called themselves the dirty birds? The defense has always doomed the Vikings.
LMAO at ricky schroeder, alfonso ribeiro, and jerk riding a mini train looking all fancy and stuff with their pinkys held out
I think that was more our defensive line and cornerback fault.
That about sums it up yukon. Just picture Ricky, Alfonso, and something that looks like Mark Cuban rolling down the tracks.
Them damn dirty birds came into our house and embarrassed us. That was the worst day of my life.
apparently you break some guys neck at a bar for not giving up your vip lounge to you and all it costs you is a deferred sentence and ordered to pay 52 grand in damages. Didnt realize a broken neck and rehab was so cheap, thats what happened today in court with the lions 1st rounder gosder cherilus and his co hort a 6th rounder by the chargers
Ghost, too bad for all of us that you didn’t kill yourself…..
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for chiming in Buster. No run off and impersonate someone. Maybe you could do your wisvike act where you talk about action figures and sock puppets. Or the tired routine of stealing someones name and posting profanities. Your a winner!
Here is our Dbacks from that year. Robert Tate, Antonio Banks, Tyrone Carter, Wasswa Serwanga, Kieth Thibodeaux, Orlando Thomas, Robert Griffin, and Kenny Wright. I think you owe Rudd an apology Jack.
Thibodeaux was terrible and horrible. That MacDonald guy was bad too.
Try you’re or you are…. freakin moron….
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!
serwanga could punt a nice angling spiral though
How do you choose between jerkpepper & Tan Ghost? Must take an IQ challenged person such as yourself hours to decide…..
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!!!
What are you talking about? You can’t even spell Busta Rhymes right. Idiot.
Robert Griffith had some memorable times as a Viking but we’ll remember his a fierce hitter and defender. Great coming up in a run defense.
Thirteen years is not a bad run for an undrafted player with a suspect 40 time. Great team player. Hopefully, he’s socked away those Free Agent bonuses. We should be honored he’s retiring as a Vike.
Agree with Mud. Give your secondary guys some time and space and watch to see if they come through for you. Recall Griffith as only a special teamer and situational guy who turned himself into a Pro Bowler
Griffin and Macauly will be fine.
Do you even know who BUSTER RHYMES is? Hoppy= in same cesspool IQ as Ghost/jerk…. no wait they are the Triangle of STupid on AV….
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!
I’ve heard of Busta Rhymes not Buster. Frankly it sounds made up.
No, Hoppy simply used his sense of humor to make a joke rather than simply act like a huff and puff tough guy who like to insult people. That act never gets old. What time will your wisvike appear to talk about action figures?
buster: take it easy on the guy wouldja?? he’s not used to you yet.
Mercy’s for the weak. No surrender. No retreat.
Your a Viking Fan and haven’t heard of Buster Rhymes?? Pathetic…
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!
Try you’re or you are……sheesh.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Rhymes
Looks like he was really good. Made it a whole 2 years with the Vikings, and a couple years with the Winnepeg Blue Bombers, that’s pretty good. Can’t believe I was an Anthony Carter fan over him. What was I thinking.
Tan Ghost, thanks for sticking up for me. I haven’t been on here for some time but have been watching the idiotic stuff that has been posted under my name. I take my name and reputation very seriously and just wanted to make it clear that I had nothing to do with all that other crap posted under my name.
So you don’t think Garrett Mills is going to the Pro Bowl after all?
I never said that Mills would be a Pro Bowler. I do like his route running and his hands. I believe he and Jackson will develope into a deadly combination.
Hey Buster, the CFL called they want their fan base back.
… from the 2 routes he ran and balls he caught in the last game of the season, you extrapolate that into the idea that he and Tarvaris Jackson, our Tarvaris Jackson, THE Tarvaris Jackson, will become a deadly combination?
a) Deadly for whom?
b) Spouting that kind of drivel is taking your reputation seriously?
In that case, I’d stick with letting people think you play with action figures as your reputation.
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Although Griff was a fierce hitter and good run-stopper, he had terrible hands. He dropped a lot of sure int’s including one in the end zone late in the game against the f***ing Falcons in that NFC title game in ‘98. Damn it, now I’m depressed.
RTG, my reputation for knowing talent speaks for itself.
… that’s what the sock puppet said.
Wisvike and his sock puppet collection is quite humorous
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I always loved watching Griffith stomp out WR’s especially against GB, other than that sounds like the same old stuff going on here, everybody arguing with Buster, and torgo not making any sense, oh its good to be back…
hof: got some of that all star purp for ya! you good??
all star purp, im not exactly sure what that means but…i’m guessing I’m good…lol…allright I’ll blog’all later.
got some of that all star purp for ya!you good? That English? Hopefully you did not reproduce.
dogs: you must like me. you can’t leave me alone for anything. had no idea that i am that important to you.
here’s a tip for you…..avoid the dog catcher…..”the dog catcher the dog catcher, do the dog catcher!”
dogs was dollars’ stunt double on the richie rich cartoons…….
Well hellos there, it’s me, your old pal Fred. Fragile will be signing as a Vikings when he is ready to retires!
Captain Fred will go into the Halls of Fames as a Vikings.
evenin’ fragiles!
what do you think of mayo?
Checking in from the road (Valentine, Nebraska, en route to Mott, N.D.).
My first thought on seeing the headline: Chilly’s collecting safeties again.
Second thought: Retire in peace, Griff. You were great in purple.
Third thought: It’s 11 freakin’ 15. What am I doing on AV?
Until I blog again. Could be a while; I don’t think they have the Inter-Net in Mott.
[…] http://ww3.startribune.com/vikingsblog/?p=1672 Former Vikings safety Robert Griffith signed a contract with the team on Wednesday for the purpose of retiring as a member of the franchise. […]
As long as it’s Hellmans’s “Real”…..
You have to love what McHale did last night! He is the best GM in sports! He picked up a future Larry Bird in Love and then picked up the best 6th man in the NBA in Miller! The T-Wolves will be in the NBA Championship in 2009! Woooooo!
There’s another “s” for you Fragiles.
Thank you Robert Griffith for wanting to retire as a vike. And another thank you for the vike organization for letting it happen.
Now about Griffin and McCaulley, they will cost us at least a half a dozen games, with there on the job training, evey though we upgraded our pass rush. Griffin has to play ten yards off of the line of scrimmage, so he doesn’t get beat deep. McCaulley still and unproven pass defender. Vikes will finish another year, in the bottom ten percent, for pass defense.
All you homies need to keep the faith..
11-5 playoffs
Go Vikes
viking john: yessirrrr!
bengraved: i think griffin plays ten yards off the ball because he is slow out of is back pedal when opening up his hips and turning. a db coach needs to teach him to use his hands around the los to neutralize the wr. good db’s have the ability to alter the routes of the receiver at the line of scrimmage(champ bailey, chris mcallister, deshea townsend etc…) forcing them to play into the hands of the db. i think cedric and marcus just need a solid db coach to improve on those mechanics. mike jenkins from south florida is going to be an absolute beast.
For the football deprived you might want to search out the CFL opener tonight - Blue Bomber v Argonaut.
Two entertaining teams. Two of the best CFL offenses. Starts about 6:30 Central
Give you someplace to go to between innings…
Wait wis…we have a basketball team???
LV: didn’t kelly campbell sign with one of those teams?
WISVIKE:
Don’t know how serious you were at 9:54,
but McFail made the best trade since Jared Allen. Memphis got absolutely 100 percent shafted! Minnesota got two starters who come to work in suits and ties and Memphis got a So.Cal dude who shows up with flip flops and a tank top and has the infamous “character issues”.
In getting Mike Miller you get a kid from the same quality background as Chad Greenway and Ben Leber and grew up in the same general area of SoDak.
These are the quality type of Pros you don’t mind paying to see perform and won’t embarass the state with “character issues”.
Steven
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