The Minnesota Vikings have moved from their long-time star wide receiver Adam Thielen.
Minnesota Vikings, how can’t you not be Thielen this after all this time together, y’all?
Shockingly, the Vikings have released their native son in former Skol brother Adam Thielen. While he is good enough to be a huge piece on some other team’s receiving corps, the news of the Vikings punting on Thielen is still quite upsetting. The man lived and breathed purple and gold. Now, he must travel to another, and almost certainly warmer, metroplex to find new employment.
If you do not have Sarah McLachlan tears streaming down your face, you are not a human being.
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So … let’s put Thielen on a new NFL franchise after the Vikings’ fate fell short this time yet again.
Adam Thielen released: 3 new teams for former Minnesota Vikings wide receiver
Green Bay Packers probably have a better feeling on Thielen than any other team
One way or another, the Green Bay Packers need to improve their receiving corps. They have talented, young wideouts on their roster, but could use a veteran pass-catcher to help even things out not named Randall Cobb. Aaron Rodgers may be tight with Cobb, but he is only in Green Bay for as long as Rodgers wants to play there. Even with Jordan Love, the Packers may want Thielen.
No matter what happens in the latest eye-gouging saga known as the Aaron Rodgers chronicles, it still serves Matt LaFleur and the boys to go out and win games anyway. He may have an affinity for pounding the rock, but he is going to have to put his faith in Love if Rodgers is not for long in Green Bay. The best way to bring Love along is to add a trusted, veteran wide receiver like Thielen.
In truth, Thielen probably fits into what the Packers are trying to do offensively, regardless of what the team’s plans are long-term at quarterback. He can help bring Love along, as well as help Rodgers get this underachieving team over the top and finally back to the Super Bowl. Thielen is about ball, which makes him a great fit to play in a place like Green Bay. He is used to the cold.
Thielen swapping out purple for green and doing the reverse Greg Jennings would be interesting.
New York Giants will be Thielen themselves with some Adam in the Big Apple
This is a fit where Thielen can get the best of both worlds, to be honest. The New York Giants are certainly trending up under head coach Brian Daboll. They were so good in fact that they beat Thielen’s former team on the road in the Wild Card round to advance. Daniel Jones is now a well-compensated, are we sure he’s a good quarterback? Does that sound familiar or what? Oh, well…
With Jones back on a long-term deal and running back Saquon Barkley getting slapped with the franchise tag, it serves the G-Men to be in hot pursuit of a veteran wide receiver who can complement them. Screwing the pooch on the disaster that was the Kadarius Toney pick and trade made later with the Kansas City Chiefs gets worse by the nanosecond. Perhaps Thielen can fix it?
Since it is so early in the process in the Daboll/Joe Schoen era of Giants football, we don’t really know what their definitive ceiling is. Even though New York is all about the glitz and glamor, Thielen’s lunchpail mentality to playing wide receiver would be well-received by Giants fans everywhere. It will be like getting Odell Beckham Jr. production without the ice-cream headaches.
Given that the Giants have cap space and are trending up as a franchise, this fit is not a bad one.
Atlanta Falcons with Thielen will slap harder than Adam’s Song’s intro guitar riff
I kind of low-key want this to happen. The Atlanta Falcons have more cap space than god, so you would think they’d spend it on veteran free agents who are ready to make a huge impact in the Dirty South. Jessie Bates of the Cincinnati Bengals is No. 1 for me, but I gotta say, getting Thielen to The ATL would be absolutely primo, Dawg. I think he is exactly what my Falcons are in need of.
Atlanta has two emerging stars in its receiving corps in Drake London and tight end Kyle Pitts. Tyler Allgeier could be special at running back, and maybe Desmond Ridder is a guy at quarterback, although my mom would beg to differ. Regardless, Thielen can be an effective No. 2 wide receiver to help support the growth and development of the emerging Atlanta offense that’s not so bad.
Furthermore, you have to remember that the Falcons are very much the Atlanta Bears. So many guys with Chicago Bears backgrounds are either on the team, coaching staff or front office. You think key people in the organization like Ryan Pace, Cordarrelle Patterson and Dave Ragone would want some of what made the Vikings so special for the better part of the last decade. Sign me up!
Atlanta needs to add a veteran receiver and strangely enough, the Thielen fit does make sense.