(AP) — Sam Darnold's renaissance pushed Minnesota to one of the ... Darnold finally threw a touchdown pass in the third quarter, finding T.J. Hockenson for a 26-yard score. The Vikings' 2-point ...

Sam Darnold closed out 2024 as one of the feel-good NFL stories ... tandem in the NFL with Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison to go along with tight end T.J. Hockenson and a solid ground game.

Sam Darnold. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. In his nine appearances this season, Hockenson has averaged six targets per game. In turn, he has reopened a dimension of an ...

The Detroit Lions defense held Minnesota Vikings QB Sam Darnold to a 43.9% completion percentage and just 166 yards passing ...

The pressure got to veteran quarterback Sam Darnold. Both literally and figuratively ... 27-3 before Darnold threw a touchdown to tight end T.J. Hockenson to cut the deficit to 27-9.

Since returning from a knee injury in November, former Detroit Lions tight end T.J. Hockenson has helped lift the Minnesota Vikings' passing game.

One bad game does not negate all the good things Sam Darnold has done this season ... when he put a ball out of T.J. Hockenson's reach near the sideline on third down. One possession later ...

Darnold angled a third-and-9 throw to tight end T.J. Hockenson on Minnesota’s first drive. The football grazed Hockenson’s hands near the right sideline, forcing a punt. On the Vikings’ next ...

Hockenson, Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison combined for just six receptions on 23 targets (26 percent catch rate) in quarterback Sam Darnold's worst game of an otherwise impressive season.

Jahmyr Gibbs topped 100 yards rushing in all 3 games the Lions played without David Montgomery and fell just shy of 2,000 scrimmage yards.

The matchup between the Vikings and the Lions on Sunday night at Ford Field in Detroit should, in theory, have some extra meaning for star tight and TJ Hockenson. Not only is it a game against his ...