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The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs make use of Travis Kelce and Noah Grey at tight finish, however former Minnesota Vikings tight finish Robert Tonyan will return anyway.
Former Vikings TE Picks the Chiefs
Tonyan re-signed with the Chiefs this week as NFL free company hit a fever pitch.
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NFL Community‘s Tom Pelissero tweeted Tuesday, “Veteran TE Robert Tonyan signed with the Chiefs.”
Tonyan will be part of this Chiefs TE room:
Travis Kelce
Noah Grey
Jared Wiley
Peyton Hendershot
Robert Tonyan
Baylor Cupp
And right here’s Tonyan’s NFL resume to this point:
Detroit Lions (2017)
Inexperienced Bay Packers (2017–2022)
Chicago Bears (2023)
Minnesota Vikings (2024)
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (2024-)
Tonyan joined the Chiefs’ roster simply earlier than Christmas final season, and he’ll extend the connection this offseason, hoping to earn a roster spot in the summertime. Final spring and summer time, the Vikings required tight finish depth as a result of TE1 T.J. Hockenson confronted an extended ACL restoration, so the purple workforce signed Tonyan, a person on deck for tentative TE2 or TE3 responsibility within the Twin Cities. The plan by no means panned out, and Tonyan exited stage left in October.
Tonyan performed 33 particular groups snaps and 13 on offense in 2024 for Minnesota, and the Vikings ran off form squad elevations for the 30-year-old. A participant can solely be known as up from the observe squad thrice earlier than needing to hitch the 53-man roster.
Minnesota tight finish R. Tonyan addressed the media from the TCO Efficiency Heart throughout Minicamp. Tonyan joined the Vikings’ roster this offseason after taking part in for the Chicago Bears, Inexperienced Bay Packers, and Detroit Lions. He’s in line to carry out tight finish duties with T.J. Hockenson’s ongoing damage restoration.
The veteran tight finish was hampered by again spasms in the course of the summer time, canceling his preseason participation and permitting fellow TEs like Johnny Mundt and Nick Muse to surpass him on the depth chart. The Vikings even launched him amid roster trimdowns in late August however swiftly added him to the PS.
Tonyan encountered a quiet season with the Chicago Bears in 2023, receiving simply 17 targets in 17 video games whereas banking 11 receptions for 112 yards. Earlier than 2023, Tonyan spent 5 seasons in Inexperienced Bay, with 1,437 yards on 148 catches for 17 touchdowns in 68 video games as a Packer. At occasions, he was one in all Aaron Rodgers’ favourite targets.
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He was the newest in an extended checklist of Packers defectors to hitch the Vikings in the previous couple of years, together with Bashaud Breeland, Chandon Sullivan, Za’Darius Smith, Dean Lowry, Aaron Jones — and Tonyan.
The Chiefs disappointingly misplaced Tremendous Bowl LIX to the Philadelphia Eagles and are utilizing the offseason to rebound, maybe to their dynastic type. They’ve signed offensive sort out Jaylon Moore, working again Elijah Mitchell, and cornerback Kristian Fulton to this point in free company.
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Kansas Metropolis additionally employs former Vikings linebacker Blake Lynch.
Tonyan will flip 31 subsequent month.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his each day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options visitors, evaluation, and opinion on all issues associated to the purple workforce, with 4-7 episodes per week. His MIN obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band). He follows the NBA as carefully because the NFL.
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