Perhaps it's fitting that it took just three snaps after a mere three practices for T.J. Hockenson to become a guy Kirk Cousins can trust when things get hairy and the sideline sticks are screaming "3."
"It was weird," said Hockenson, remembering that first third down 90 seconds into the Washington game on Nov. 6, five days after the Vikings acquired him and two draft picks from NFC North rival Detroit for a 2023 second-round pick and a 2024 third-round pick.
"I remember we got the look we wanted, and I saw the ball in the air.