When the Vikings traded for Yannick Ngakoue at the end of August, general manager Rick Spielman claimed on Thursday, they hoped they’d have Ngakoue and Hunter on the field at the same time this season. because “we didn’t know where Danielle was at the time.”
Now, the Vikings won’t have either player on the field this season.
Sources confirmed Hunter has decided to have surgery on a herniated disc in his neck, an option he has been mulling since he visited a specialist in New York earlier this month. It will end Hunter’s season just before he turns 26 next week.