#378: Minnesota Vikings place T.J. Hockenson on PUP LIST

Minnesota Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson will miss at least the first four games of the season after he injured vs. the Detroit Lions last season which resulted in a torn ACL and MCL in his right knee.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's not a surprising move, but it is a move
worthy of discussing. The Minnesota Vikings have officially put Minnesota
Vikings tight end TJ. Hockinson on the pup list, the
ir list, whatever it's called, so he will miss at

(00:20):
least the first four weeks of the season. Throughout the
entire training camp sessions, TJ. Hockinson has been doing his
own little field work on the side, no earaches or
back aches this season. To hold out of training camp practice,
he has been doing his own individual work on the side.

(00:42):
And the reason why this isn't surprising is he tore
his ACL and his MCL last year versus the Detroit
Lions after a lot of people criticized the Detroit Lions
safety Kirby Joseph after being dirty for going low on
t J. Hockinson and other players throughout the NFL season,
and TJ. Hockinson was injured, and ever since he was injured,

(01:07):
there was even a delay on his surgery, so people
were thinking that he would take even longer to come
back for the Minnesota Vikings this season. But he will
be back this season for the Minnesota Vikings, and you
should not be surprised because he was never going to
start the season activated on the Minnesota Vikings fifty three

(01:28):
man a roster. It takes a long time to come
back from these injuries, as you all already know, and
with a bye week early on in Week six of
the NFL season, you know he's off and unavailable to
play for the first four weeks of the season. But
there's no chance he comes back to play before the
bye week. It's unlikely and the Minnesota Vikings are just

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holding out hope that TJ. Hockinson will be ready to
go by Week eight when the Minnesota Vikings come out
of their bye and face off versus the Detroit Lions.
So he will be unavailable versus the Giants in week one,
the forty nine Ers in week two, the Texans in
week three, the Packers in week four. Technically he could

(02:14):
come back versus the Jets in Week five, but he won't,
so he will come back after the Week six bye
week for the Minnesota Vikings in Week seven, hopefully versus
the Detroit Lions. And this is going to be an
important thing for the Minnesota Vikings if they can keep
their head above water through the first five weeks of

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the season. If the Minnesota Vikings can get their act
together for the first five weeks of the season and
come out of that stretch three and two if you
bring back TJ. Hawkinson. Of course, even when you bring
them back, he's still not going to be one hundred
percent full go. It's going to take time and hopefully

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by mid season he can be playing one percent of
this naps or whatever. But probably when he comes back,
you'll see him in red zone situations, you'll see him
on third downs, but it'll probably be a gradual process
back into the Minnesota Vikings starting offensive lineup. So that's
the plan for TJ. Hogginson, Minnesota Vikings. TJ. Hoginson, it's

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cut down day. Lots of news happening, lots of things
are being discussed, and lots of action is going on.
So I will be back, I'm sure later today to
break down anything that is worthy of this day.