Adam Thielen Requests and is Granted Release

[PadresPanthersFan]

1 hour ago, Cat Fanboy said:

AT > Renfrow and Tremayne...

I'll take tremayne and his 12 rec 133 yards over at and his 8 rec and 69 yards. 

Add that we got paid basically a 4th for at and got a 9 year younger wr for free.

[Basbear]

4 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

It's crazy to think that when XL ends up being added to that bust list how long our WR misses will be.

TMac looks amazing though. I really hope he just continues to improve and be the outlier that we need.

Yea I think you know my feelings on XL and you are right the number of WR misses recently and even in the past by the Panthers is truly among the highest mistakes. 

Again XL doesn't have to be a #1, that's Tmac and I think he's already there.....Just be a 16th ranked #2 guy, he should be able to do that....but it is getting past time. Bring XL into all the OTAs, mini, and TC and have the "talk"......."Listen your panther career has come to a fork and we need results". If no improvement, trade/cut.

 

Besides the guy nearly all us wanted- ladd..... the other drafted WRs around him are MUCH worst....Coleman has been a healthy scratch and not done much when active. Polk has already been traded or Id say given up on by Varbs and the pats....They got a 6th for Polk&7th, fodder at tits best. Maybe it was a bad year for WRs.....

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, Basbear said:

Yea I think you know my feelings on XL and you are right the number of WR misses recently and even in the past by the Panthers is truly among the highest mistakes. 

Again XL doesn't have to be a #1, that's Tmac and I think he's already there.....Just be a 16th ranked #2 guy, he should be able to do that....but it is getting past time. Bring XL into all the OTAs, mini, and TC and have the "talk"......."Listen your panther career has come to a fork and we need results". If no improvement, trade/cut.

 

Besides the guy nearly all us wanted- ladd..... the other drafted WRs around him are MUCH worst....Coleman has been a healthy scratch and not done much when active. Polk has already been traded or Id say given up on by Varbs and the pats....They got a 6th for Polk&7th, fodder at tits best. Maybe it was a bad year for WRs.....

Right now, XL is probably outside the top 100 NFL WR's. That is just not going to cut it. 

He certainly could turn it around but our track record in this area is very well established. When our WR's bust, boy do they bust. XL looks exactly like so many of those cases. 

XL has been the 9th most productive WR in that 2024 class and is likely to slip to 10th very soon as one of the guys who missed a large chunk of last season is about to pass him(Pearsall) in career production. That's not great for the 7th overall WR picked. It's a disappointment, without question. Even a the guy getting healthy scratches has still outperformed him so far. 

And, for the record, it was a very, very productive WR class so far.

[KatsAzz]

 I liked Adam Thielen lots when he was here but that time has passed.

I like the Panthers present youth move at WR, and cannot see him fitting in.

However, I am wishing good luck to Thielen, no matter  where he winds up. 

[KatsAzz]

6 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Right now, XL is probably outside the top 100 NFL WR's. That is just not going to cut it. 

He certainly could turn it around but our track record in this area is very well established. When our WR's bust, boy do they bust. XL looks exactly like so many of those cases. 

XL has been the 9th most productive WR in that 2024 class and is likely to slip to 10th very soon as one of the guys who missed a large chunk of last season is about to pass him(Pearsall) in career production. That's not great for the 7th overall WR picked. It's a disappointment, without question. Even a the guy getting healthy scratches has still outperformed him so far. 

And, for the record, it was a very, very productive WR class so far.

Let's hope XL has a good agent that can find another NFL team willing to trade for him in the off season.

[kungfoodude]

3 minutes ago, KatsAzz said:

Let's hope XL has a good agent that can find another NFL team willing to trade for him in the off season.

I am not to the point of moving him yet, unless there is a valid replacement. I think that is something we need to move forward with. Once he reaches the Adonai Mitchell point of basically being pushed down the depth chart, then I would say to move him. 

[mav1234]

I mean... I haven't even looked at our roster lately but I doubt he sees the field offense given Coker's return. Still, it's undeniable he had chemistry with Bryce and at this point if we somehow have the room I'd take him back over Renfrow, who Bryce just hasn't been able to connect with.

[TheSpecialJuan]

4 hours ago, WarPanthers89 said:

Trade details re-visited:

Panthers-Vikings Adam Thielen trade details

Here's the full details of the trade:

• Panthers received: 2026 5th-round pick, 2027 4th-round pick
• Vikings received: conditional 2026 7th-round pick, 2027 5th-round pick

So, the Panthers flipped their seventh-round pick in next year's draft into a fifth-rounder and turned a 2027 fifth-round pick into a fourth-rounder.

All that for a guy who played 185 snaps over 11 games and caught just eight balls for the Vikings.

Rare Panthers "W" right there.

Carolina could do something absolutely hilarious and claim Thielen off waivers, which would really make this trade look even worse for Minnesota.

Granted, the Panthers certainly don't need Thielen and he likely wouldn't have a role much bigger than the one he had with the Vikings, but having the extra depth would not hurt Carolina's playoff push one bit.

 

https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/carolina-panthers/news/panthers-fleece-vikings-adam-thielen-trade-details-wrs-release/fd67e6af5aba99ea5433f9b0

 

 

What a massive win by our front office