Over the past couple of weeks, we haven’t seen much of T.J. Hockenson at Vikings practices.
The Vikings TE was dealing with an ear infection for awhile, and then, during Kevin O’Connell’s press conference on Tuesday afternoon, he revealed that Hockenson has been working through a back injury.
Then, later in the evening, more reports surfaced that indicated that the injuries may not be the only motivator behind Hockenson’s absence. Dianna Russini of The Athletic tweeted on Tuesday, “The Vikings and tight end T.J. Hockenson have been working on an extension, but both sides are far apart, per league sources.