The Vikings are reportedly looking at blocking tight ends in free agency in the expectation that Rhett Ellison will not be back for 2016.
This is not to say the Vikings don’t want Rhett Ellison back, it’s just a case of a team having to make a tough, practical-minded decision on a player. Ellison tore his patellar tendon in the final game of 2015 and there’s a very good chance he won’t be ready for the start of the year.
In fact, there’s a fairly decent chance Ellison won’t be able to play at all in 2016.