The T.J. Hockenson trade is (basically) complete

Let’s see how both sides did

Now that we’re through the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft, the trade between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions that saw tight end T.J. Hockenson come to Minnesota is, essentially, complete.

Let’s take a look at how both sides fared in that deal, shall we?

Minnesota Vikings receive

• TE T.J. Hockenson
• 2023 fourth-round pick (Traded to Chiefs)
• 2023 fourth-round pick (Jay Ward)
• 2024 fifth-round pick (Traded as part of move up to select Dallas Turner in 2024 first round)
• 2024 fourth-round pick (Traded as part of move up to select J.J. McCarthy in 2024 first round)

Detroit Lions receive

• 2023 second-round pick (Traded to Chiefs)
• 2023 second-round pick (Traded to Broncos)
• 2023 second-round pick (QB Hendon Hooker)
• 2023 fourth-round pick (Traded as part of move up to select DT Brodric Martin in 2023 third round)
• 2023 seventh-round pick (Traded as part of move up to select WR Antoine Green in 2023 seventh round)
• 2024 third-round pick (Traded as part of move up to select CB Terrion Arnold in 2024 first round)

So, of all of the players that have been a part of the deal to this point, the only one that’s actually done anything of note on the field is. . .Hockenson.

On the Vikings’ side, there’s Jay Ward, who to this point is best known for lining up offside on special teams. For the Lions, Hooker missed all of last season rehabbing an injury, Martin had exactly three tackles in his rookie season and Green had one catch for two yards.

Of course, some of the picks that the Vikings and Lions received after moving around with some of the picks they got out of the trade aided them in acquiring their first-round selections in this year’s NFL Draft, but none of them have taken the field yet so we really don’t know what sort of value they’re getting from them.

Oh, and the Vikings do have a seventh-round pick in 2025 as a result of trading the Vikings’ 2024 third-rounder to the Cowboys on Thursday night. If that actually amounts to anything, we’ll update this whole thing again next year.

All things considered, the Hockenson trade looks like a pretty good one for the Vikings. If he can come back from the injury he suffered last season, it will likely just continue to get more lopsided in Minnesota’s favor.