Ntxiv TJ Hockenson yog qhov tseem ceeb ntxiv rau Vikings. (Duab los ntawm Stephen Maturen / Getty Images)
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Ib yam dab tsi tau ploj lawm los ntawm Minnesota Vikings ua txhaum. Txawm hais tias pab pawg tau tawm mus rau 6-1 pib thiab 3 1/2-kev ua si ua tus thawj coj hauv NFC North hla Green Bay Packers thiab Chicago Bears, qhov kev ua txhaum tsuas yog tsis tau ua rau theem siab.
Txawm hais tias muaj Justin Jefferson, Dalvin Cook, Adam Thielen, thiab, yog, Kirk Cousins, Vikings tsis tau ua ib pab neeg ua phem. Tsis yog tias lawv tau ua phem heev, tab sis lawv tau mus tom ntej hauv kev sib haum xeeb thiab pib.
Cov lej lees paub zaj dab neeg ntawd. Vikings qeb duas 22nd nyob rau hauv qhov chaw hla, tom qab pab pawg xws li Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars thiab Washington Commanders. Cov kev ua si loj tsis tshua muaj raws li Vikings qib khi rau 28th hauv kev ua si ntawm 20 yards lossis ntau dua.
Nws tsis txawv hauv av, raws li 1-2 ua ke ntawm Cook-Alexander Mattison Qib 24th nrog 760 rushing yards, thiab lawv 4.6 yards ib nqa nruab nrab yog khi rau 15th.
Cov Vikings pom tau tias muaj kev paub txog tus kheej zoo heev, thiab lawv tau txav mus rau lub sijhawm kawg ntawm kev lag luam hauv kev mob siab los kho lawv qhov kev ua txhaum tsawg dua-stellar. Lawv tau txais nruj kawg TJ Hockenson los ntawm Lions los ntawm kev sib pauv cov ntawv xaiv.
Cov Vikings tau xa ib qho kev xaiv thib ob hauv 2023 cov qauv thiab xaiv thib peb hauv 2024 rau Detroit. Nyob rau hauv rov qab, Lions pauv ib tug 2023 plaub-round xaiv thiab ib tug conditional plaub-round xaiv nyob rau hauv 2024. Xav txog qhov no deal yog ib tug tseem ceeb yeej rau general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah.
Cov Vikings xav tau qhov kev ua tau zoo kawg txij li kev koom tes nrog Kyle Rudolph thaum kawg ntawm 2020 lub caij. Irv Smith Jr. yog ib tus neeg ncaws pob muaj peev xwm, tab sis kev sib raug zoo tsis yog nws lub cev muaj zog. Yog tias muaj kev sib cav txog seb nws puas tuaj yeem ua tiav lub luag haujlwm ua tus txhawb nqa rau qhov kev ua txhaum, nws tuaj yeem nres rau hnub Sunday yeej dhau Arizona Cardinals thaum nws raug mob pob taws siab.
Tab sis txawm tias Smith tau noj qab nyob zoo, Vikings xav tau Hockenson. Nws yog tus ua yeeb yam loj uas yuav tsum tsis muaj teeb meem qhib. Jefferson tsis tu ncua mus ua ob pab pawg thiab Cook kuj tseem yog qhov tseem ceeb rau kev tawm tsam tiv thaiv.
Nrog rau ob qhov chaw suav nrog, muaj qhov kawg nruj uas tuaj yeem mus rau hauv qhov chaw thiab ua si loj yog ib qho cuab yeej zoo. Hockenson tau ntes 26 kis rau 395 yards thiab 3 touchdowns lub caij no, thiab tej zaum qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, muaj kev txais tos ntev ntawm 81 yards. Qhov kawg nruj uas tuaj yeem ncav cuag kev tiv thaiv yuav tsum qhib rau nws cov phooj ywg. Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog kev txhawb nqa nruj kawg.
Qhov ntawd tsuas yog qhov Hockenson yog. Ntxiv nrog rau kev mus los ntawm Lions qis mus rau thawj qhov chaw Vikings, Hockenson ua si nws lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab hauv Iowa thiab loj hlob saib pab pawg hauv NFC North sib ntaus sib tua tsis tu ncua.
Nov yog qhov Hockenson tso tawm rau pej xeem noj ntawm nws tus account Instagram: “MINNESOTA!!! Txiv neej kuv zoo siab heev! Kuv tos tsis tau los ua ib feem ntawm lub koom haum no. Ua ib tug menyuam yaus Midwest txij li Hnub 1 thiab tos tsis tau rov qab los. "
Hockenson cov txuj ci dhau los txhais tau tias yog qhov ua txhaum cai, tshwj xeeb yog kev ua si khiav. Thaum Hockenson nyob hauv thaj teb, qhov kev ua si khiav zoo dua. Cov Lions nruab nrab 5.37 yards ib qho kev sim nrawm thaum Hockenson nyob ntawm thaj teb, thiab 4.66 yards ib sim thaum nws nyob ntawm lub rooj ntev zaum. Hockenson yog tus txaus siab blocker, thiab tsis yog me me tiv thaiv rov qab. Nws blocks defensive xaus txaus siab thiab nyob twj ywm ntawm nws thaiv los ntawm xuav.
Cov Vikings yog ib pab neeg zoo hauv kev tswj hwm ntawm kev faib thiab ua kom tiav nrog cov ntaub ntawv thib ob zoo tshaj plaws hauv NFC. Rau ib tug txiv neej, lawv ntseeg tias lawv tsis tau los ze rau tsoo lawv lub qab nthab. Nqa hauv Hockenson txhim kho qhov kev tawm tsam dhau mus, kev ua si khiav thiab kab tias tiv thaiv.
Raws li Vikings mus txog lub caij nruab nrab, lawv tau dhau qhov kev cia siab. Thaum lawv nkag mus rau hauv ib nrab ntawm lub caij, lawv tuaj yeem ua tiav me ntsis ntxiv.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevesilverman/2022/11/02/minnesota-vikings-improve-2022-title-chances-by-acquiring-te-hockenson-from-lions/