The Minnesota Vikings lost one of their best players for the season in Sunday afternoon when T.J. Hockenson went down with a knee injury in the third quarter.
On Tuesday afternoon, head coach Kevin O’Connell said that he tore both his ACL and MCL in his right knee and would be placed on season-ending injured reserve. That paired with OLB D.J. Wonnum also was injured with a torn quad muscle and he would also join Hockenson on injured reserve.
Needless to say, Vikings fans were really upset by the news of Hockenson’s injury and they expressed their frustrations on Twitter.
TJ Hockenson being out for the remainder of the year sucks for the Vikings.
— Maya Wilkes (@QueenLeCreep) December 26, 2023
-Kirk Cousins (Achilles)
-Cam Akers (Achilles)
-TJ Hockenson (ACL)
-DJ Wonnum (Quad)
-Marcus Davenport (Ankle)All season ending injuries…
We are so cooked
JJ, O’Neil, Murph, etc all misses excess time also hurts this team. To be 7-8 is wild. KOC has done what he can 🤷🏼👏
— Enjoi (@Enjoi27_) December 26, 2023
TJ Hockenson done for the season 😔 my fantasy team is officially in shambles. prayers up to that man 🙏🏾
— iseecolor. (@richinnairobi) December 26, 2023
Imagine how much worse the TJ Hockenson news would've been if the #vikings were a top-3 seed
— Ali Siddiqui (@asiddiqui15) December 26, 2023
Prayers to TJ Hockenson hopefully a speedy recovery!#NFL #Vikings #Skol
— Josh6242 (@Josh6242) December 26, 2023
That's so sad for TJ Hockenson. Was becoming the best TE in football imo. He's a stud. Hope he gets healthy asap.
— Real Alpha Kenny Body (@CantHitWRISP) December 26, 2023
Extremely rough injury for TJ Hockenson who was having a career year in Minnesota and will now miss the remainder of the season.
Already set a career high in REC yards and was on pace for well over 1000. Hopefully he can come back strong!#NFL #Vikings #SKOL #BroItsFootball https://t.co/8eoZobNuQ9 pic.twitter.com/3BrnqDRyQ3
— Bro, it’s football. (@BroItsFootball) December 26, 2023
Prayers up for TJ Hockenson man 🙁
— The Milkman (@milkmanism) December 26, 2023
Dropping TJ Hockenson to waivers after being TE1 all year 🥺 pic.twitter.com/P8WoRtLgCd
— joey coldcuts (@joero_7) December 26, 2023
I’m gutted for TJ Hockenson
Was having such a great yr— Christian Reynolds (@cmgolfs17) December 26, 2023
TJ Hockenson is out for the rest of the season now too? I don't know that I've ever seen a team so snakebit with injuries. Anyone who doesn't think the injuries affected the outcome of this season for the Vikings is a moron and not to be taken seriously.
— CleverNameBrah (@CleverName_Brah) December 26, 2023
Xmas eve torn acl. This is tj hockenson’s Adrian peterson arc https://t.co/gXXGpF7Lcn
— 𝘛𝘳𝘦 🇯🇲 (@SKOLNETS) December 26, 2023
This is the worst day of my life https://t.co/btE7Of8Mm6
— Cole(TJ Hockenson fan page) (@cdeegz8) December 26, 2023
Vikings can't catch a break
— matt (@OCPDesigns) December 26, 2023
He's likely going to miss at least the first month of next season with how late it occurred.
— Eric Hovland (@EricJHovland) December 26, 2023
Vikings fans must be going through hell this year
— matt (@OCPDesigns) December 26, 2023
absolutely brutal season of injuries for the Vikings
— Vikeologist™ (@Vikeologist) December 26, 2023
That sucks
He's been a beast this season 🙏— UkUsaNFL (@ukusaNFL) December 26, 2023
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