Interesting article regarding Theilen trade and how he drive the process, quotes Panthers GM Dan Morgan, as well.
Nice to see his be willing to listen and open to the trade.
https://atozsports.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings-news/why-panthers-traded-adam-thielen-vikings-revealed/
Reason why Panthers traded WR Adam Thielen to the Vikings revealed and it explains everything
On Wednesday morning, the Minnesota Vikings
struck a trade with the Carolina Panthers to acquire
wide receiver Adam Thielen.
It was evident that the Vikings needed to make a move to acquire a wide receiver, but what level of player they were going to bring in was in question. Jordan Addison's impending three-game suspension was the biggest reason for a move, and Thielen fits the bill in more ways than one.
The Vikings were motivated to make a move, and Thielen fits not just as a talent, but he's already built up a rapport with
J.J. McCarthy and has played in
head coach Kevin O'Connell's offense before during the 2022 season.
Adam Thielen drove trade to Vikings
We've heard a lot about how the trade ended up going down from multiple perspectives. The Vikings obviously wanted it to help McCarthy to start the season, and it also opens up the Panthers to play their multiple young players more snaps.
What we didn't know was who drove the trade. According to Carolina Panthers general manager Dan Morgan, it was Thielen who drove the trade and he said so during an appearance on
The Kyle Bailey Show in Charlotte, North Carolina.
"We have a young group of guys that we're really excited about here, and it's kind of hard. And I sat Adam Thielen down in my office, and he really wants to go there [Minnesota], and he's pretty adamant that this is what I want. I didn't really want to stand in his way. It was something that he was really convicted about. He wanted to go and finish his career there. Obviously, he's from there. He has a house there, he has young kids. There's a human side to it.
"But at the same time, in my mind, I knew that I had to do what was best for the Carolina Panthers. So I wasn't going to give him away. A few offers that they did send over that would have been a giveaway, but I was back and forth their GM [Kwesi Adofo-Mensah] up there. Myself, Brandt Tilis, and Eric Eager, sitting in the room going through all these trade scenarios that we felt would like work for us and where we would be at the advantage. And at the end of the day, we sent [Thielen] there, we agreed to it. You know, that's kind of hard to, you know, Adam being so adamant to go there. It was just kind of hard for me to stand in this way and be here and, maybe be disgruntled. They need to be fine. But we would have to find that out."
It makes a lot of sense that Thielent would want to come back. He is from Minnesota and has bulit a rapport with McCarthy. Plus, the Vikings are now firmly in a Super Bowl window, and Thielen makes that potential even stronger.
The pop that Thielen gets from the crowd when he returns to U.S. Bank Stadium is going to be massive, ad he will have earned every part of it.
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games. He showed a small town Minny kid could make it.
