Adam Thielen on Young

[frankw]

2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

You can attempt to gaslight all you want but you are the one acting crazy about a pretty logical discussion up to this point.

We get it, you hate AT, JT. 

It's funny you keep bringing up every insult you can sling including politics about what you perceive to be bias while claiming others are the ones acting "crazy" and portraying yourself as being a completely neutral observer with absolutely zero emotional attachment.

Good luck with that.

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, frankw said:

It's funny you keep bringing up every insult you can sling including politics about what you perceive to be bias while claiming others are the ones acting "crazy" and portraying yourself as being a completely neutral observer with absolutely zero emotional attachment.

Good luck with that.

I am pretty sure everyone reading this has the exact same opinion of your emotional tantrum, frank.

Good luck with that.

[toldozer]

48 minutes ago, strato said:

Deserved, I wouldn’t use that word. Asked for? For sure. Am I upset over it? No. 

People forget that AT was throwing his helmet in frustration last season over his QB’s ineptitude. The same QB was pretty inept to start this year, no guarantee AT would have helped him in those games any more than he did last year. 
Just sayin. 
And Dan doing him a solid probably did not go unnoticed by players around the league. I think it increases his rep with potential FAs. It sure can’t hurt it. 

From Dan's interview it wasn't a solid. Adam told him he was going to be a colossal asshat if his wife didn't get her way. Lost all respect for the man. 

[frankw]

1 minute ago, kungfoodude said:

I am pretty sure everyone reading this has the exact same opinion of your emotional tantrum, frank.

Good luck with that.

Your jimmies are hella rustled for a Thursday bud.

[strato]

6 minutes ago, toldozer said:

From Dan's interview it wasn't a solid. Adam told him he was going to be a colossal asshat if his wife didn't get her way. Lost all respect for the man. 

I assume you are paraphrasing with the ‘asshat’ lol but what interview was this?

Even without that info it was pretty clear to see that his home life was taking a nosedive over the wife and kids being homesick, when this came up. 
And you don’t want someone who doesn’t want to be there spreading the old negative vibes around your young players, your decision is pretty much made for you. 
I have fired people and instead of letting them do a notice just paid them for that time and told them to not show up. 

Edited 5 hours ago by strato

[toldozer]

2 minutes ago, strato said:

I assume you are paraphrasing with the ‘asshat’ lol but what interview was this?

Even without that info it was pretty clear to see that his home life was taking a nosedive over the wife and kids being homesick, when this came up. 
And you don’t want someone who doesn’t want to be there spreading the old negative vibes around your young players, your decision is pretty much made for you. 
I have fired people and instead of letting them do a notice just paid them for that time and told them to not show up. 

Of course I'm paraphrasing if you heard the interview he backed Dan in to a corner. Could have been a threat to retire vs saying he'd be a jerk. Either way he forced Dan's hand and I'm sure the Vikings were fully aware 

 

[strato]

1 minute ago, toldozer said:

Of course I'm paraphrasing if you heard the interview he backed Dan in to a corner. Could have been a threat to retire vs saying he'd be a jerk. Either way he forced Dan's hand and I'm sure the Vikings were fully aware 

 

Yeah. Agree, what was Dan to do? You have to take the L and protect your team from a bad apple at that point. 
 

FWIW, I saw through AT completely with his behavior on the field and sideline last season week two I think it was. 
He is really good at feeding the press an image of great teammate all about the team and blah blah but it is lip service. The helmet throwing stuff completely confirmed it for me. The joy at having a quarterback (Dalton) that could open up the playbook was obvious too. 
 

Bryce has to learn to sink or swim without training wheels. The young WRs need to get their field time. He was probably addition by subtraction in the big picture. Plus we got a 4th and saved some money. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

2 minutes ago, strato said:

FWIW, I saw through AT completely with his behavior on the field and sideline last season week two I think it was. 
He is really good at feeding the press an image of great teammate all about the team and blah blah but it is lip service. The helmet throwing stuff completely confirmed it for me. The joy at having a quarterback (Dalton) that could open up the playbook was obvious too.

He has been clearly visibly upset on the field and sidelines a number of times.  I thought he would have forced his way out last season but his hammy put him on IR.

[jb2288]

We win the Cardinals game if AT was still here and it played out the same with the final drive 

[jfra78]

He was good at giving Bryce a target that wasn't moving and that's why they worked so well together. AT was great at finding the hole in the defense and sitting in it, but he did nothing after the catch. He is a good number 3 but he is not a number 1 reciever and as long as Bryce is the QB, he would be featured as one.

[Captroop]

I'd rather Bryce develop a rapport with the receivers of the future. If we had AT, we wouldn't know what we've got with Tet. Horn Jr. wouldn't be on the roster. And I guarantee you we wouldn't know the name Mitch Evans. 

I am grateful for AT for the time he spent here, and for helping to develop Bryce. But he was the training wheels that we needed to take off at a certain point.

[flagfootballcoach28]

Adam Thielen is old news. If he would rather be a WR4 just to be closer to his family when he could’ve just waited 9 more months to do so after his inevitable retirement, than more power to him. I hope he’s enjoying the bench in his more than likely final year in the NFL 

[cranky]

2 hours ago, strato said:

Yeah. Agree, what was Dan to do? You have to take the L and protect your team from a bad apple at that point. 
 

FWIW, I saw through AT completely with his behavior on the field and sideline last season week two I think it was. 
He is really good at feeding the press an image of great teammate all about the team and blah blah but it is lip service. The helmet throwing stuff completely confirmed it for me. The joy at having a quarterback (Dalton) that could open up the playbook was obvious too. 
 

Bryce has to learn to sink or swim without training wheels. The young WRs need to get their field time. He was probably addition by subtraction in the big picture. Plus we got a 4th and saved some money. 

You guys are hilarious at times. He played one game with Dalton. He had 5 passes thrown his way catching three and from that limited play you can tell he was "joyfull" for having Dalton.

[strato]

Just now, cranky said:

You guys are hilarious at times. He played one game with Dalton. He had 5 passes thrown his way catching three and from that limited play you can tell he was "joyfull" for having Dalton.

Okay smart guy. See if you can find the postgame. Let’s just say there were no helmets being thrown