Minnesota Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson was listed as questionable for his team's Thursday Night Football game against the Los Angeles Rams on the Vikings' injury report released on Wednesday (October 23).
Hockenson is working his way back from surgery on ACL and MCL tears in his right knee during Week 16 of the 2023 NFL regular season and would need to be added to the Vikings' 53-man roster from the reserve/PUP list in order to be eligible for Thursday's game. Minnesota opened Hockenson's 21-day practice window on October 4 and has listed him as a limited participant each day since.
“Yeah, it’s early. We’ll make that determination these next couple days,” O’Connell said Monday (October 21) when asked about the possibility of Hockenson making his season debut in Week 8. “Very much a possibility.”
Hockenson led all NFL tight ends and all Vikings players with 960 receiving yards and ranked second at his position for receptions (95) and eighth for touchdown receptions (5) at the time of his injury last December. The Vikings are currently tied for first place with the Detroit Lions -- who own a tiebreaker for their win in the two teams' Week 7 matchup on Sunday (October 20) -- having began the season with five consecutive wins.