Josina Anderson: Panthers NOT trading Adam Thielen

[frankw]

2 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

https://x.com/polymarketblitz/status/1959013921991672053?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA
 

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐎𝐑
#Panthers want a 3rd for Adam Thielen, #Vikings willing to give a 4th. 

Standstill has gone on all day with no movement. Minnesota is now looking at other WR options

Stupid. Take the pick and use it to add a cheap rookie next year or package it to try and acquire some LB depth.

If Bryce Young taking the next step as a first overall pick hinges on 35 year old Adam Thielen he's already cooked.

[Icege]

 

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, Icege said:

 

Wait a minute....they don't actually fuging HAVE a 4th yet???

How are we to believe this rumor about a 4th being offered? They quite literally don't have one. 

[Mr. Scot]

43 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Curious to see who makes it instead of him.

I haven't come to a point of taking this source all that seriously yet.

[Mr. Scot]

36 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Wait a minute....they don't actually fuging HAVE a 4th yet???

How are we to believe this rumor about a 4th being offered? They quite literally don't have one. 

It'd have to be a following season's pick, I guess.

As with previous notes, my answer would be some combination of the words "you" and "f---"

[WUnderhill]

1 hour ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

https://x.com/polymarketblitz/status/1959013921991672053?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA
 

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐎𝐑
#Panthers want a 3rd for Adam Thielen, #Vikings willing to give a 4th. 

Standstill has gone on all day with no movement. Minnesota is now looking at other WR options

 

Seems pretty obvious the team isn’t super interested in trading him or they’d take the 4th. Don’t mind them standing firm on their price, it’s not like we’re turning down 1sts like with Burns.

[HPPantherzfan]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

Wait a minute....they don't actually fuging HAVE a 4th yet???

How are we to believe this rumor about a 4th being offered? They quite literally don't have one. 

No but they just picked up an additional 3rd the panthers are asking for

[TheSpecialJuan]

Per Bill Barnwell 

Vikings bring back a familiar face

Vikings get: WR Adam Thielen
Panthers get: 2026 sixth-round pick, 2027 seventh-round pick

A reunion between Thielen and his former team seems too easy. The Vikings are struggling with injuries at wide receiver and a potential Jordan Addison suspension. The Panthers want to see what they have with their younger wideouts, and Hunter Renfrow's emergence in camp as a potential fourth or fifth option could squeeze a roster spot for Thielen, who doesn't play special teams.

The problem is Thielen's $6.25 million base salary. The Vikings obviously would prefer the Panthers cut the 34-year-old and pick him up for free, but Carolina already paid Thielen a $1.5 million roster bonus earlier in the offseason, suggesting it expected to have him. His salary isn't yet guaranteed, but it will become so if he's on the roster in Week 1, leaving the Panthers until then to make a decision. If he does get released, he isn't likely to get anything close to $6.25 million from another team, so he also is facing some uncertainty.

All sides involved probably would need to give a bit to make a mutually advantageous deal work. The Panthers would eat $1.5 million of Thielen's contract, getting two of the three picks the Vikings got from the Jets in the Harrison Phillips trade in return. Thielen would take a $1 million pay cut in return for having the remaining $3.8 million guaranteed. The Vikings cleared out almost exactly that much when they made the Phillips trade, allowing them to absorb what's left of Thielen's contract as part of the deal.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46053274/nfl-preseason-trades-2025-team-offers-players-draft-picks-contracts

[toldozer]

7 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Per Bill Barnwell 

Vikings bring back a familiar face

Vikings get: WR Adam Thielen
Panthers get: 2026 sixth-round pick, 2027 seventh-round pick

A reunion between Thielen and his former team seems too easy. The Vikings are struggling with injuries at wide receiver and a potential Jordan Addison suspension. The Panthers want to see what they have with their younger wideouts, and Hunter Renfrow's emergence in camp as a potential fourth or fifth option could squeeze a roster spot for Thielen, who doesn't play special teams.

The problem is Thielen's $6.25 million base salary. The Vikings obviously would prefer the Panthers cut the 34-year-old and pick him up for free, but Carolina already paid Thielen a $1.5 million roster bonus earlier in the offseason, suggesting it expected to have him. His salary isn't yet guaranteed, but it will become so if he's on the roster in Week 1, leaving the Panthers until then to make a decision. If he does get released, he isn't likely to get anything close to $6.25 million from another team, so he also is facing some uncertainty.

All sides involved probably would need to give a bit to make a mutually advantageous deal work. The Panthers would eat $1.5 million of Thielen's contract, getting two of the three picks the Vikings got from the Jets in the Harrison Phillips trade in return. Thielen would take a $1 million pay cut in return for having the remaining $3.8 million guaranteed. The Vikings cleared out almost exactly that much when they made the Phillips trade, allowing them to absorb what's left of Thielen's contract as part of the deal.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46053274/nfl-preseason-trades-2025-team-offers-players-draft-picks-contracts

They can get fuged for a 6th and 7th. Doesn't make sense for us for anything less than a 4th and them paying a majority of his salary. 

Edited August 25, 2025 by toldozer

[Mr. Scot]

11 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Per Bill Barnwell 

Vikings bring back a familiar face

Vikings get: WR Adam Thielen
Panthers get: 2026 sixth-round pick, 2027 seventh-round pick

A reunion between Thielen and his former team seems too easy. The Vikings are struggling with injuries at wide receiver and a potential Jordan Addison suspension. The Panthers want to see what they have with their younger wideouts, and Hunter Renfrow's emergence in camp as a potential fourth or fifth option could squeeze a roster spot for Thielen, who doesn't play special teams.

The problem is Thielen's $6.25 million base salary. The Vikings obviously would prefer the Panthers cut the 34-year-old and pick him up for free, but Carolina already paid Thielen a $1.5 million roster bonus earlier in the offseason, suggesting it expected to have him. His salary isn't yet guaranteed, but it will become so if he's on the roster in Week 1, leaving the Panthers until then to make a decision. If he does get released, he isn't likely to get anything close to $6.25 million from another team, so he also is facing some uncertainty.

All sides involved probably would need to give a bit to make a mutually advantageous deal work. The Panthers would eat $1.5 million of Thielen's contract, getting two of the three picks the Vikings got from the Jets in the Harrison Phillips trade in return. Thielen would take a $1 million pay cut in return for having the remaining $3.8 million guaranteed. The Vikings cleared out almost exactly that much when they made the Phillips trade, allowing them to absorb what's left of Thielen's contract as part of the deal.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46053274/nfl-preseason-trades-2025-team-offers-players-draft-picks-contracts

Just for clarity, this is not news. It's a trade proposal suggestion from Bill Barneell.

Edited August 25, 2025 by Mr. Scot

[WUnderhill]

9 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Per Bill Barnwell 

Vikings bring back a familiar face

Vikings get: WR Adam Thielen
Panthers get: 2026 sixth-round pick, 2027 seventh-round pick

A reunion between Thielen and his former team seems too easy. The Vikings are struggling with injuries at wide receiver and a potential Jordan Addison suspension. The Panthers want to see what they have with their younger wideouts, and Hunter Renfrow's emergence in camp as a potential fourth or fifth option could squeeze a roster spot for Thielen, who doesn't play special teams.

The problem is Thielen's $6.25 million base salary. The Vikings obviously would prefer the Panthers cut the 34-year-old and pick him up for free, but Carolina already paid Thielen a $1.5 million roster bonus earlier in the offseason, suggesting it expected to have him. His salary isn't yet guaranteed, but it will become so if he's on the roster in Week 1, leaving the Panthers until then to make a decision. If he does get released, he isn't likely to get anything close to $6.25 million from another team, so he also is facing some uncertainty.

All sides involved probably would need to give a bit to make a mutually advantageous deal work. The Panthers would eat $1.5 million of Thielen's contract, getting two of the three picks the Vikings got from the Jets in the Harrison Phillips trade in return. Thielen would take a $1 million pay cut in return for having the remaining $3.8 million guaranteed. The Vikings cleared out almost exactly that much when they made the Phillips trade, allowing them to absorb what's left of Thielen's contract as part of the deal.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46053274/nfl-preseason-trades-2025-team-offers-players-draft-picks-contracts

So the Panthers turned down a 4th and his proposal is the Panthers accept even less plus eat some of his salary? Rigghhhtttt.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

So the Panthers turned down a 4th and his proposal is the Panthers accept even less plus eat some of his salary? Rigghhhtttt.

See above...

[CRA]

The real point made in the Barnwell piece….is how fans over value AT.  It doesn’t exist elsewhere.  The 4th only exists because it’s the Vikings.   It’s like the Burns for 2 1sts deal.   It’s just a random window that you won’t find again.  No team is offering a 4th for AT but the Vikings and we are making the easy hard.  4th is a good deal

[TheSpecialJuan]

The latest from Adam Schefter: 

Vikings and Panthers have tried to work out a trade for Carolina WR Adam Thielen, who would like to return to Minnesota, but the two sides continue to struggle to agree on compensation.

https://x.com/adamschefter/status/1960168087442837594?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA