{"id":510466,"date":"2026-03-08T03:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T03:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/510466\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T03:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T03:53:08","slug":"vikings-redo-hockensons-contract-clear-5-million-off-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/510466\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings redo Hockenson’s contract, clear $5 million off cap"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kevin SeifertMar 7, 2026, 07:47 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n

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EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings<\/a> tight end T.J. Hockenson<\/a> has agreed on an adjusted contract that will save the team more than $5 million in salary cap space, a move that appears to affirm Hockenson will remain with the team in 2026.<\/p>\n

The Vikings entered the offseason roughly $43 million over the NFL’s $301.2 million cap, and before Saturday’s agreement, Hockenson was set to have the highest cap number for an NFL tight end this season ($21.3 million). He signed a four-year, $66 million contract extension in August 2023 but tore multiple ligaments in his right knee four months later.<\/p>\n

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Hockenson’s production has dipped since the injury — he caught 92 passes for 893 yards and three touchdowns in 25 games over the 2024 and 2025 seasons — and there had been speculation in league circles that he could be released if his contract wasn’t adjusted.<\/p>\n

The Vikings have been working all offseason to reduce their cap deficit. They’ve already informed running back Aaron Jones Sr<\/a>., along with defensive tackles Javon Hargrave<\/a> and Jonathan Allen<\/a>, that they will be traded or released next week. They are open to trading outside linebacker Jonathan Greenard<\/a>, and they have restructured the contracts of receiver Justin Jefferson<\/a>, cornerback Byron Murphy Jr<\/a>. and left tackle Christian Darrisaw<\/a> to push some of their cap hits into future years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin SeifertMar 7, 2026, 07:47 PM ET CloseKevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-510466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}