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When you have a group like the tight end position, a certain camaraderie surrounds them. Minnesota Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson felt that with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and spoke highly about their time together at Tight End U.
“He’s just such a great player, so to be able to kind of pick his brain in certain situations and Trav’s my guy,” said Hockenson when speaking to reporters on Wednesday.
Buy Vikings TicketsHockenson spoke about watching film with Kelce and how they would break it down together, but also that he can’t always take his advice because he likes to freelance.
“Trav will get up there and talk about some of the stuff he does. Sometimes that applies, sometimes it doesn’t because he kind of freelances every once in a while.”
Arguably the two best tight ends will be taking the field against each other on Sunday afternoon in Hockenson and Kelce and the respect between them is palpable.