11-21-2017, 02:23 AM
It would have seemed preposterous at the beginning of the 2016 season, and perhaps even improbable at the start of this season.
It would have seemed preposterous at the beginning of the 2016 season, and perhaps even improbable at the start of this season. But with each passing week, and each standout performance from Adam Thielen, the wide receiver does more to put himself in the same sentence with the receiver he idolized as a kid in Detroit Lakes: Randy Moss.
After posting six catches for 123 yards and a 65-yard touchdown on Sunday, Thielen has 916 yards through 10 games of the season. That’s the third-most in franchise history through 10 games, behind only Moss’ totals in 2000 and 2003.
What’s more, Thielen has done it by becoming the kind of downfield threat the Vikings simply haven’t had since Moss turned the Metrodome into the most electric building in the NFL.
Thielen has 16 catches of 20 yards or more through 10 games, already matching his total from last season and tying him with Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown for the NFL lead in catches of 20-plus yards this season.
http://www.startribune.com/adam-thielen-...458798103/
It would have seemed preposterous at the beginning of the 2016 season, and perhaps even improbable at the start of this season. But with each passing week, and each standout performance from Adam Thielen, the wide receiver does more to put himself in the same sentence with the receiver he idolized as a kid in Detroit Lakes: Randy Moss.
After posting six catches for 123 yards and a 65-yard touchdown on Sunday, Thielen has 916 yards through 10 games of the season. That’s the third-most in franchise history through 10 games, behind only Moss’ totals in 2000 and 2003.
What’s more, Thielen has done it by becoming the kind of downfield threat the Vikings simply haven’t had since Moss turned the Metrodome into the most electric building in the NFL.
Thielen has 16 catches of 20 yards or more through 10 games, already matching his total from last season and tying him with Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown for the NFL lead in catches of 20-plus yards this season.
http://www.startribune.com/adam-thielen-...458798103/
