Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen made the Pro Bowl in 2017 and 2018, leading Minnesota in receiving yards both years.
He moved up the Vikings depth chart to be considered one of the top wideouts in the league. Then an injury-marred 2019 happened.
Thielen played in just 10 regular season games this past year. He suffered a hamstring injury that led to him missing significant time.
Judging from ESPN’s rankings, people around the league have cooled off on Thielen a tad.
More than 50 league executives, coaches, scouts and players to helped ESPN rank the top 10 players at 11 different positions. Those people ranked Thielen outside the top 10 for wide receivers, putting him in the honorable mention category.
Here’s what one executive said about the Vikings wide receiver:
“Ask the Vikings who was better [Thielen or Diggs], most say Thielen. … Does everything well. Has such quick feet that the DB squats and he gets on top of him deep,” the NFC executive said, via ESPN.
Now, Thielen will have a bigger role than he did during his strong 2017 and 2018 campaigns, due to Stefon Diggs leaving in a trade. Hopefully, he can stay healthy and prove some people wrong next season.