Cedric Griffin has had a terrible year: he tore his left ACL in overtime against the Saints in the NFC championship game, and tore his right ACL on Monday against the Jets. He’s out for the remainder of the season:
Griffin suffered the injury while making a tackle in the fourth quarter in Monday’s 29-20 loss to the New York Jets. This is a tough blow for Griffin, who tore the ACL in his left knee while covering a kickoff in the NFC Championship game last January.
Griffin worked extremely hard to return from that injury and made his season debut in the third game against Detroit. Griffin surprised the coaching staff by playing the entire game. Griffin tore the ACL in his right knee while tackling Braylon Edwards on a short pass in the fourth quarter. He left the locker room on crutches and received words of encouragement from several teammates.
Coach Brad Childress acknowledged Griffin is done for the season and said he talked to the player about 3:30 this morning after the Vikings arrived back at Winter Park. “I think he was in a little bit of a fog,” Childress said. “He was in this morning and got in and got out of here very quickly, which we wanted to facilitate. I think he’s probably just taking it all in right now. … It’s probably kind of a, ‘Why me’ thing right now.”
As rookie Chris Cook is recovering from a minor knee injury, the Vikings will probably have to start Asher Allen in place of Griffin.
