The 2022 NFL season did not end as planned for Vikings tight end TJ Hockenson.
Instead of the two-time Pro Bowler competing for an opportunity to play in Super Bowl LVII, Minnesota was eliminated in this year’s wild-card round with a 31-24 loss to the Giants that included a questionable pass on fourth-and-eight from quarterback Kirk Cousins to Hockenson that fell four yards short of the first-down marker.
With the game on the line and a big play needed, critics pontificated about Cousins’s performance, saying he could not be trusted in big games. As the battle for the Vince Lombardi Trophy approaches, Hockenson weighed in on the final play of Minnesota’s season with Sports Illustrated’s Lacey Jane Brown, saying he wished the outcome would have been different.
