Vikings Daily Digest: Griffen Gives Hat Off His Head to Special Guest

[Viktor]

Each young person received a backpack from the Vikings and a special welcome from Head Coach Mike Zimmer, who insisted that the group walk out on the practice fields to be closer to the action.


Zimmer, whose Mike Zimmer Foundation held its own backpack distribution on Tuesday, opened his press conference by saying how great it was to welcome the group to Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center.


“We’ve got the Bloomington Police Department out here today,” Zimmer said. “They’re taking kids from Bloomington shopping, getting ready to get back to school. Vikings Ownership gave them all backpacks, so that was nice.”


One shy young man was able to meet Everson Griffen for a few minutes. Griffen gave the boy the bucket hat off of his head for a photo.


“It’s a little sweaty, but you can keep it,” Griffen told the young man.


After they chatted for a few minutes, Griffen returned from the locker room with a new pair of gloves for the young man, who smiled broadly.


“Everson Griffen gave a little kid his hat,” Potts said. “The kid was a little bit anxious. You could see he was starting to get a little bit restless, and Everson just calmed him down, gave him his gloves and a hat. The kid was just ecstatic.”