When defensive end Everson Griffen worked out at TCO Performance Center last week, his former position coach, Andre Patterson, pulled him aside afterward for an hourlong conversation to see where the former Pro Bowler's head was at.
That conversation went "really well," Patterson said Tuesday, but the process will take much longer to figure out how much the 33-year-old Griffen can give them physically as he donned pads this week for the first time since last year's regular season finale.
"We'll continue to see how he's doing and where he's at and how long he can move the way he's moving," Patterson said, "so it's all an evaluation thing right now.