Adam Schefter BREAKING NEWS: Vikings plan to keep T.J. Hockenson on the PUP list to start the season

Vikings are hoping to get back their tight end TJ hackinson in week five as early as week five but he's not going to be able to play the first four weeks after he tore his ACL and MCL on Christmas Eve last year against the line so still a very strong recovery from hackinson he's been spotted at training camp running around looking good but he's not there enough to where the team wants to keep him on the roster he now will be ineligible to play the first four games this season Laura yeah it makes sense that BG was telling us he's got to get that calloused football shape as well so we'll see if he can do that by week five by the way last year was hackinson first full season with the Vikings he thrived he was top two among tight ends in receptions receiving yards per game 20 yard catches and first downs Hawk does hackinson staying on the pup hurt the offense with quarterback Sam darnold now under Center absolutely the biggest question mark for the Minnesota Vikings offense is Sam darnold and his ability to kind of make up for what they're losing and Kurt Cousins heading to Atlanta now how do you do that you do that with the weapons they have and they are a deep team we know that Addison has some injury things going on but they added Jones obviously you get Jefferson back on the outside but hackinson is essentially your number two wide receiver like what he was able to provide for that pass game should not be understated like those numbers aren't flukes if you ever watch him play he is one of the best young tight ends in the NFL so not having him out there puts even more pressure on Sam darnold without the weapons that you know he came into the season hoping to have early on yeah H I would agree we it puts more pressure on Sam Don but here's what I would say because of the play caller and the head coach and Kevin okono because of Jordan Addison because of Justin Jefferson I think you can figure out a way to spread those touches that hackinson was going to get spread those around let's not forget Aaron Jones comes over from Green Bay they're going to split him out some you're going to see two backs in the back field Little Pony Personnel I think Coach O Connell is going to figure out a way to to make up for the touches that TJ hackinson will get and spread him around and I think Sam Don although a tight end is usually a quarterback's best friend I think Sam Don is going to be just fine with all the weapons that he has there in Minnesota yeah the Vikings averaged a half yard more per play with Hawkinson on the field last season Bo you may be right though just spread it out to somebody else that offense can get really creative all right coming up rookie Drake May in pressed in the preseason however the Patriots have still not announced their starting quarterback we'll discuss how New England should approach this situation week one tonight which would be Monday Night Football 49ers jets for this game 8 Eastern on ESPN ABC ESPN Deportes and ESPN plus Payton and Eli are back on ESPN 2 and ESPN plus coverage gets started right here on NFL live we're going to come your way live from Levi Stadium we're followed by Monday night countdown at 6 Eastern some interesting news out of the Jets camp today Robert Salah announcing that receiver Mike Williams would take team Reps for the first time of course William Williams coming off that torn ACL so another step in the right direction for him and look New York needs Williams healthy in playing he's averaged 15.9 yards per reception in the last five seasons first in the NFL among the 81 players with at least 300 targets the Jets ranked 31st in the NFL in yards per reception as a team last season excited to see how this affects Garrett Wilson too Hawk how big of an ad is Mike Williams to this Jets offense it's a huge ad it's a huge ad because it it it forces defense to play their passing game honestly like if Garrett Wilson is going to feel that Devonte Adams style role that we're used to seeing Aaron Rogers with and he will he's an incredible player this will prevent defenses from being able to play him with too much attention and too much over the top because you'll have a guy on the other end who is a great down to field threat incredible in 50/50 balls and again just a realistic and uh complete number two receiver the question is how quickly can he get back up to speed coming off that ACL injury and getting used to running getting used to you know doing it when the bullets are flying because there is a domino effect that if he's not able to in quick enough time and you're allowed to put that kind of attention on GAR Wilson it then affects the Run game and then again it throws his whole offense out of whack so so Mike Williams being back healthy is huge for the New York Jets yeah again they get about 13 days before this game so we'll see how up to speed he can get in that time before the opener let's go to the other side of the ball where pass pressure Hassan reic is still a noow for the Jets but is coach Robert Salah concerned about him playing week one I'm assuming he's in phenomenal Shadee you know like I said he's a he's a veteran he's he knows what he needs to get ready um you know he's had success in multiple buildings and multiple schemes uh with multiple coaching staffs and so he's going to know what he needs to do to be ready for week one so he still has plenty of time he posted a video did you see it just working out one of those did it look good it's after that press conference Sal was like let me check this video out Adam he sounds optimistic about reic playing should he be listen again we're at the point in the calendar Laura where teams and players have to make moves there hasn't been any movement between the Jets and Assan reic so there's nothing that would give you any hope right now other than the fact that it is in late August and their regular season opener is 13 days from now so there is a pressure point in terms of the regular season beginning but right now Assan reic has already racked up close to $2 million in non forgivable mandatory fines by not being in training camp so you just wonder how much longer he's willing to push this clearly he's determined to get what he wants here he's been unwilling to budge so far the Jets want him in Camp before they're talking contract he wants a new contract before he goes to camp and so there's a star down that nobody has won all summer long and continues to linger into the start of the Season yeah Boogie probably didn't feel great about any of this you think reic needs some time to mesh with the team before getting out on the field if this hold out ends well I don't know if he needs time to mesh with the team but he definitely needs time to get in football shape here's something for everyone out there to understand you can run all the wind Sprints you want to run you can run up and down every Hill in your hometown but until you strap that helmet on and put that mouthpiece in and somebody hit you you can't get in football shape so I get it he may be in the greatest shape of his life just like every NFL player was this offseason but you got to come in you got to go through the grind you got to callous your body up talk how many times have we heard coaches tell us that training camp is meant to callous your body up get those muscles ready to go and Hassan rdit listen the Jets made a mistake by trading farming not giv him a new deal so that's already out there if I'm him I would I would probably not come in and tell the Jess hey you want me in sign me and add two and a half to three million on top so I can pay my f so I can break even when this deal is over because you knew exactly what I wanted when you traded for me but as far as football shape Laura there's only one way to get in football shape that's to play football yeah it's fascinating because I I truly Wonder as Adams talked about they want in there in person before they want to do a new deal and 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