Christian Darrisaw Undergoes Successful Knee Surgery

Why the timing of this is important

Some positive news coming out of Eagan this evening for the Minnesota Vikings, and the timing of it could prove important for the 2025 season.

According to Ben Goessling of the Minnesota Star-Tribune, offensive tackle Christian Darrisaw underwent successful surgery to repair the torn ACL and MCL he suffered in the team’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams nearly two weeks ago.

As we mentioned when we talked about tight end T.J. Hockenson getting activated after tearing his ACL and MCL, the timing of the surgery is important when it comes to Darrisaw’s availability for the start of next season. If you’ll recall, because of the swelling that Hockenson experienced with his injury, he had to wait a full month between the time he suffered the injury and the date of his actual surgery. Darrisaw had to wait about a week and a half, having suffered his injury on 24 October and having his surgery on 4 November.

Hockenson went nine months from the day he had his surgery to the day the Vikings placed him back on the active roster. If Darrisaw follows a similar trajectory, that would put his timeline for being ready for football in the early part of August. There’s an outside chance that he could even, potentially, be ready for the start of training camp in late July, barring any setbacks. However, it seems more likely that the Vikings could start him out on the PUP list for camp and bring him back to the active roster in time for the start of the season.

In any case, the timing of this surgery appears to bode well for the chances of Darrisaw being ready for the start of the 2025 season rather than having to go through an extended absence as Hockenson did. We won’t know for sure until Darrisaw starts really going through the rehab process, but this seems to be a pretty positive development.