gopherwrestler Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Check out this full thread. (Click tweet) Love watching him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikes_Bolts1228 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Keenum better give Thielen 1/3 of his new contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klomp Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 2 hours ago, gopherwrestler said: Check out this full thread. (Click tweet) Love watching him. Nah he's just a white guy from Mankato who only gets the hype he does because he's #oneofus. JAG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDBrocks Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Race aside, I was on that train. I thought he was always going to be a Chris Walsh fan favorite special teamer. Couldn’t be happier to have been wrong about him. I’m proud to have his jersey hanging in my closet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klomp Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Just for fun, I think I'm going to dig up some of the old comments from the early days. See what gold I can find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klomp Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Klomp said: Just for fun, I think I'm going to dig up some of the old comments from the early days. See what gold I can find! First victim is myself, from just last year: He may never be a star, but he's reliable enough and works hard enough to stick around a while. http://www.footballsfuture.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=588688 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klomp Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Here's some more gold from the start of 2016 training camp. I'll protect the identity, because that's not the intent of bringing these up: So my hot take...If any combination of these guys lives up to their potential, our WR group could quickly go from being somewhat suspect to a major strength on this team. Although Adam Thielen is a fan favorite who continues to improve, his career production still indicates he has to earn his keep every year and he has the lowest upside in the group. Cordarrelle and Johnson have shown more earlier in there careers and are back to form. That combined with MoBo's upside squeezes Thielen out. He likely latches on elsewhere, hopefully not with an NFC north rival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klomp Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 I'll end with this. vike daddy asked in April 2015 about Thielen's ceiling and if he already reached it. Here's a sampling of the responses: Thielen is only 24. He still has another year or two to reach his ceiling as a football player. It's just a pretty limited ceiling... He's not a guy that will earn his way into a starting spot by beating out others but he could perform serviceable as a spot starter #2/#3 possession WR. There isn't much opportunity for him in MN to be more than a depth chart body and special teamer, though. He's got a solid role figured out and I think if we keep 6 WRs he should be the last man in. ------- Yes. I don't think he can offer much more than he already has. If we draft a WR top 5, I can hardly see him stick around. ----------- I think at best Thielen is a #4 receiver and ST ace. He'll have a job in the league for a long time, even if it's not always in Minnesota. -------- As for Thielen, hard to say because he's still very young and sometimes guys "get it" at a certain point and they become good players, other times they never really grasp "it"(whatever "it" is) or are limited by their physical ability... I don't think Thielen seems too limited ability wise, sure he'll never be a burner or huge redzone threat, but he could certainly be a productive #2/3 type of receiver if he ever really perfected his craft. Of course the odds are against him and most likely he will not amount to more than a special teamer with possibly 10-20 catches per season. ---------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klomp Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Oh yeah, in my search, I also came across one person who cited a blogger that said Thielen's job might be in jeopardy because we drafted MoBo. Oops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikes_Bolts1228 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Klomp said: Cordarrelle and Johnson have shown more earlier in there careers and are back to form. That combined with MoBo's upside squeezes Thielen out. He likely latches on elsewhere, hopefully not with an NFC north rival. Woof! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikestyle Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 6 hours ago, Klomp said: Oh yeah, in my search, I also came across one person who cited a blogger that said Thielen's job might be in jeopardy because we drafted MoBo. Oops! Just imagine us cutting him for MoBo and him ending up a star on the Packers. Man I'm glad he's on our side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENINCH Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 16 hours ago, Klomp said: Oh yeah, in my search, I also came across one person who cited a blogger that said Thielen's job might be in jeopardy because we drafted MoBo. Oops! This is why I usually keep my mouth shut. When it really comes down to it I have no idea what I'm saying when I try to scout these players. Pretty sure that wasn't my quote but it sounds like something stupid I think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klomp Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 hour ago, TENINCH said: This is why I usually keep my mouth shut. When it really comes down to it I have no idea what I'm saying when I try to scout these players. Pretty sure that wasn't my quote but it sounds like something stupid I think about. Don't worry, it wasn't you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I'm surprised Thielen didn't more time in the 2014 and 2015 offense. He looked good when he played. What was the deal then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klomp Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 6 hours ago, SteelKing728 said: I'm surprised Thielen didn't more time in the 2014 and 2015 offense. He looked good when he played. What was the deal then? You mean his first two seasons as an undrafted player from a Division II school? It surprises you that he didn't play a lot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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