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Vikings bring back WR Thielen from Panthers Vikings get: WR Adam Thielen, conditional 2026 seventh-round pick, 2027 fifth-round pick Panthers get: 2026 fifth-round pick, 2027 fourth-round pick Vikings grade: A- Panthers grade: C+ The Vikings have re-united with their longtime receiver Adam Thielen. Assuming the conditions of the 2026 pick headed to Minnesota are met, the Vikings will have moved back two rounds in next year's draft and one round in 2027's draft to acquire the single year remaining on the 35-year-old receiver's contract. This is fine business. The Vikings' receiver depth will be tested early this season, as WR3 speedster Jalen Nailor recovers from a hand injury and WR2 Jordan Addison serves a three-game suspension. Depth receiver Rondale Moore had a season-ending knee injury early this offseason, leaving rookie Tai Felton and veteran Tim Jones as the depth behind Justin Jefferson to start the season. Thielen should slot right into a familiar offense and provide a good safety blanket for young quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who needs strong early performances in September to boost his confidence and generate some positive momentum. I like the deal a lot for that reason: McCarthy won't spend the first three starts of his NFL career endeavoring to make up for bad receiver play. This is actually a bigger risk for the Panthers than it appears. From Week 8 on last season -- the stretch in which quarterback Bryce Young came back and looked solid -- Thielen was the Panthers' best receiver. Sure, guys like Jalen Coker and Ja'Tavion Sanders were having breakout games, and the backs were getting involved as pass catchers, but it was Thielen who drove the ship. Thielen averaged 2.47 yards per route run in that stretch, which was the 14th best number in the NFL. He also caught 80% of his targets when Coker and Xavier Legette caught 63.2% and 56.4%, respectively. Thielen was so valuable that the Panthers gave him a raise in March worth $1.5 million to encourage him to stave off retirement. The drafting of first-round receiver Tetairoa McMillan always foretold a decrease in target share for Thielen. But keeping Thielen around for another year would have helped smooth the transition. Now the Panthers enter the season with a starting receiver trio (McMillan, Coker and Legette) full of big-play potential but no proven chemistry with Young over the middle of the field. That's an important cornerstone of the Panthers' offensive system that needs replacing. -- Solak

I would question that assertion. He stinks.

You guys are such chicken littles. Its a relatively minor procedure. He will miss week one and that's it.

Best news I've heard all day

I don't really care so much about the 4th round pick. The Cap space savings is a bigger benefit.

yall are crazy, we traded the oldest WR in the league, a guy that nearly retired a few months ago, and got a fourth rounder for it. That's insane by Dan.

For me, the first red flag was saying that it would be a five year rebuild. Then cutting Cam, and then inexplicably signing Bridgewater for a significant amount of money, basically saying that just because we were in a five year rebuild didn't me we couldn't win now. All before he coached a single game. That whole thing was just baffling. Better to just stick with Cam for his final year, see if his arm had anything left and if not, draft someone else.

Love Hendon Hooker!! I know he had some struggles in Detroit, but I think he’s got the potential to be a solid backup.

depends on the surgery but even laparoscopic surgery you have lifting restrictions for a few weeks

Lap appy recovery is very quick for the average person. NFL starting left tackle though...they might keep him out a month

I wish you a quick recovery and more huddle posts to come prayers for you and your family

Surgery Sunday night day to day per Canales in presser

For those of you that haven't followed Sellers, he is the real deal.

Based on the videos he’s posted, he looks ecstatic. Property a sign of the type of season we’re about to have.

Canales wasn't the OC in Seattle.

Not that I really believe any of them, but I trust Canales more than I do some random guy on x. And whatever desires Thielen had, it would be unprofessional to express those desires to his current employer. That being said, I have no doubt that Theilen is glad to be going back to the place where he started, and maybe to a contender. And his family spent a long time there, and probably like the place.

People didn’t realize how many times players were rolling their eyes at the poo Rhule was doing Should have been a new and exciting time to finally be rid of Rivera and yet the Carolina Teppers found a way to screw it all up Truly impressive tbh

Because Canales runs a chunk ball O scheme. It’s what he did in Tampa. What he did in Seattle. And he largely is just going to be that. he acquires talent that fits that and Bryce Young will never fit that

The fact some of y'all are STRESSING over trading Thielen is wild. We flipped a 35 year old for what equated to the value of a 4th (4th, and 5th in reality) with the swaps. TMac, XL, Coker, Horn, Sanders, and Tremble (who's back at practice); also factor in a top 10 OL, and two top 12 HBs in yards from last season...and y'all acting like its the end of thw world. These younger guys need to play, and we also have future assets to further improve depth.

How? We got two years out of him now he is off the books and we got picks in return for him vs walking away for nothing next year? We have younger talent behind him in Coker.

Sounds like Renfrow and Panthers still in talks.

Week 3 vs the first round duo in ATL is probably the first time we’ll see him. Which is very understandable that would be 4 weeks since the surgery (reported it was done Sunday 9/24)

Remember DJ Johnson was a 3rd round pick for this team.