The Minnesota Vikings are signing veteran tight end Robert Tonyan, per Adam Schefter of ESPN. Tonyan, 30, is in his seventh year in the NFL and has played for two other NFC North teams.
The tour of the NFC North continues for one veteran tight end.
The trend of former Green Bay Packers players flooding onto the Minnesota Vikings’ depth chart is alive and well. Early this offseason, Aaron Jones signed his name on the purple team’s dotted line.
The Chicago Bears are a different looking team after an active offseason. Aside from the additions of Caleb Williams, Keenan Allen, and Rome Odunze, the Bears also added at the tight end position.
The Minnesota Vikings announced the signing of veteran tight end Robert Tonyan on Thursday. Tonyan, 30, caught 11 passes for 112 yards and no touchdowns in 17 games (six starts) for the Chicago Bears in 2023.
The Minnesota Vikings are signing TE Robert Tonyan, who needs only to join the Detroit Lions at some point in his career to have run through the whole of the NFC North.
According to Adam Schefter, the Vikings signed TE Robert Tonyan to a contract on Thursday. Minnesota confirmed they signed Tonyan and cut LB Donovan Manuel in a corresponding move. Tonyan, 29, originally signed on with the Lions as an undrafted free agent out of Indiana State back in 2017.
Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets are being hyped up once again this offseason as a potential dark-horse Super Bowl contender for the upcoming 2024 NFL season.
Tonyan has been with the Packers since the team signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2017.
According to Bill Huber with Sports Illustrated, Rodgers mentioned tight end Robert Tonyan as a player to get going in the team’s passing scheme this season.
Tonyan is ready to prove he is still an effective weapon and also to apply what he learned as he watched the Packers form the sideline during his injury.
In his last full season in 2020, Tonyan caught 52 passes for 586 yards and a league-leading 11 touchdowns among tight ends.
Matt Schneidman of The Athletic notes that Packers tight end Robert Tonyan spent all of the team’s OTAs and minicamp rehabbing his knee.
Packers fans should be very excited about this news.
Aaron Rodgers won't have Davante Adams to throw to next season, but he is getting back one of his familiar targets.
It was announced that running back Kylin Hill suffered a season-ending knee injury on a third-quarter kick return, and later Friday afternoon, multiple reports confirmed that starting tight end Robert Tonyan tore his left ACL.
Tonyan has been re-signed to a new deal that treats the bulk of his of $3.384M restricted free agent tender as a bonus for salary cap purposes.
Tonyan had a breakout campaign in 2020, finishing with 52 receptions for 586 yards and 11 touchdowns.
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