{"id":164393,"date":"2024-03-19T16:16:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T20:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=164393"},"modified":"2024-03-19T16:17:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T20:17:56","slug":"shaquill-griffin-signs-contract-minnesota-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/03\/19\/shaquill-griffin-signs-contract-minnesota-vikings\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Bowl Cornerback Signs Contract With Minnesota Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NFL veteran cornerback Shaquill Griffin signed a new contract with the Minnesota Vikings. Griffin started the 2023 season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/texans\" target=\"_self\">Houston Texans<\/a>\u00a0before signing with the Carolina Panthers. He has also played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/seahawks\" target=\"_self\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\" target=\"_self\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: Free agent CB Shaq Griffin is signing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vikings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Vikings<\/a> on a 1-year deal, up to $6M, sources tell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BleacherReport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mup4d6LFkY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Mup4d6LFkY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/1770182035421761901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Shaquill Griffin, Minnesota Vikings, Agree to Contract<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaquill Griffin began the 2023 season with the Houston Texans, quickly becoming their starting cornerback. During that time, he was having his best season to date in terms of yards allowed per reception to his side of the field, per PFF.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is why it was surprising to many that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/torotimes.com\/posts\/cutting-shaquill-griffin-was-a-mistake-the-houston-texans-will-regret-01hge52vj2n6\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Texans waived Griffin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after their Week 12 loss to the Jaguars. Griffin was then <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/panthers-claim-shaquill-griffin-off-waivers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">claimed off waivers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the Carolina Panthers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Panthers largely made this move to add some cornerback depth while they managed multiple injuries to the secondary. It was also a cheap move, as the Texans had to pay $2.8 million in guaranteed money when they cut Griffin. That enabled Carolina to spend just under $400K on the veteran cornerback, per Over The Cap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Griffin only played 77 snaps for the Panthers, allowing three catches and 67 yards during that time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaquill Griffin was drafted in the 2017 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. He established himself as a disruptive defender, recording 40 pass breakups during his four seasons with the Seahawks, per PFF. He also logged six receptions and was selected for the Pro Bowl in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Seahawks let Griffin walk after his rookie contract expired. He was then <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/03\/16\/shaquill-griffin-signs-contract-with-jacksonville-jaguars\/\" target=\"_self\">signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, who originally signed him to a three-year contract. He entered the Jaguars locker room during that tumultuous Urban Meyer season, but still recorded his best season in terms of yards allowed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His 2022 season was cut short due to injury. Griffin only played five games before being shut down the remainder of the season. After the season, he was cut by the Jaguars as a salary saving move. The Texans then signed him on a 1-year, $3.5 million contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Corey Perrine &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL veteran cornerback Shaquill Griffin signed a new contract with the Minnesota Vikings. Griffin started the 2023 season with the Houston Texans\u00a0before signing with the Carolina Panthers. He has also played for the Seattle Seahawks and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Breaking: Free agent CB Shaq Griffin is signing with the #Vikings on a 1-year deal, up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5011,"featured_media":164518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,30,26],"tags":[246,7661,2176],"class_list":["post-164393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-panthers","category-vikings","tag-nfl-news","tag-panthers-featured","tag-shaquill-griffin"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}