{"id":735379,"date":"2026-06-14T05:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/735379\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T05:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:07:13","slug":"vikings-66-million-playmaker-listed-among-worst-contracts-in-nfl-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/735379\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings’ $66 million playmaker listed among worst contracts in NFL for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vikings’ $66 million playmaker listed among worst contracts in NFL for 2026<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s been three years since tight end T.J. Hockenson<\/a> signed his record-breaking, four-year $66 million contract extension with the Minnesota Vikings<\/a>.\u00a0Unfortunately for Minnesota, the deal hasn’t aged especially well.<\/p>\n

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Hockenson’s production has left a lot to be desired over the past two seasons, but he’ll still be compensated like one of the top tight ends in the league in 2026.<\/p>\n

T.J. Hockenson’s contract with Vikings ranked as one of the worst in NFL<\/p>\n

As a result, Hocken’s deal was recently named as one of the worst in the entire NFL by Brad Gagnon of Bleacher Report.\u00a0Gagnon ranked the 10 worst current contracts in the league<\/a>, and Hockenson’s came in at No. 9.<\/p>\n

“The nearly 29-year-old has scored just three touchdowns since the start of 2024 and has fallen short of 500 yards in each of the last two seasons. His body might not have a lot left,” Gagnon wrote.<\/p>\n

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“Hockenson is the third-highest-paid tight end in the sport and carries the top salary-cap hit at the position in 2026, despite the fact the team reworked his deal in March. There’s also no more wiggle room as he’s entering a contract year.”<\/p>\n

Hockenson has had a good run, but his days of being a majorly impactful player on the offensive end might be behind him. The silver lining for Minnesota is that Hockenson has just one year remaining on his deal, so it won’t be an albatross for much longer.<\/p>\n

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