The Minnesota Vikings continue to shift money around in order to get themselves prepared for the start of the 2026 NFL league year.
Numerous sources are reporting that the Vikings and tight end T.J. Hockenson have agreed to a restructure of his contract. While the full details of the new deal have not been released, the move will reportedly lower his cap figure for 2026, which was set to be around $21.3 million, by approximately $5 million and keep him on the roster for this coming season.
The Vikings acquired Hockenson from the Detroit Lions at the trade deadline in 2022. He was just 40 yards away from becoming just the second tight end in franchise history to go over the 1,000-yard receiving mark in 2023 when he suffered a. . .we’ll call it “unfortunate” knee injury that stopped him at 960 for that season. That injury also cost him the first half of the 2024 season as he recovered. His numbers were also down in 2025 as the Vikings had issues at the quarterback position, and he finished the year with 51 receptions for 438 yards and three touchdowns.
Hockenson still performed very well as a blocker this past season, and there’s still plenty of reason to believe that the 28-year-old still has plenty left to offer the Vikings’ offense if they can figure out their issues behind center. Hopefully, that will be the case and Hockenson will be closer to the player that we saw prior to his knee injury than what we’ve seen over the past couple of seasons.
Our favorite team still, likely has some moves left to make before the “legal tampering” period of free agency gets underway at 11:00 AM Central time on Monday morning, and whenever they make those moves we will bring you news of them right here as soon as we’re able.
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