Adam Thielen matches Randy Moss through 10 games

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If you think Vikings receiver Adam Thielen isn’t the real deal, think again.

Thielen’s six-reception, 123-yard day gives him 62 catches for 916 yards on the season. And that puts him in select company over the entire course of franchise history.

Only Randy Moss, once in 2003, caught 60 or more passes for 900 or more yards through the first 10 games of a season. No other receiver in franchise history accomplished that, including Moss in any of his other six years with the team.

Thielen, undrafted and uninvited to the Scouting Combine, continues to defy doubters and secure fans as he churns out strong performance after strong performance. He has six games of 96 or more receiving yards, and he has emerged as the favorite target of quarterback Case Keenum.

47 responses to “Adam Thielen matches Randy Moss through 10 games

  1. Thielen is the real deal, but helps even more when opposing teams don’t think so. Great win today — but calm down fellow Viking fans. Way, way too early to start talking Super Bowl yet. Lets beat the Lions first.

  2. Thielen and Diggs are one of the best WR tandems in the NFL.

    At the start of the season, I thought Diggs was the #1.

    I was wrong.

    And that is not a knock on Diggs.

    These guys are young and could be playing together for years. I hope they both stay healthy for the next decade!!!

    😎

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    250dollarnflowner says:

    November 19, 2017 at 9:22 pm

    mr fundamental. best hands and route runner in the league.

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    Not a knock on Thielen, but best hands and route running unquestionably belong to Antonio Brown. Thielen looks legit and if he keeps it up, he may be an incredible WR, but he’s just not in Browns league yet.

  4. mr fundamental. best hands and route runner in the league.
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    Being 6-2 with 4.5 speed doesn’t hurt either

  5. Spielman extending Thielen for an average of $5m/year thru 2020 is looking like a helluva deal for the Vikings too. Other top WRs not in rookie deal average around $15m/year.

  6. Can’t say enough about how Adam Thielen has defied the odds. Same goes for another longtime player Marcus Sherels. Undrafted pro-bowlers on any team deserve a lot of respect.

  7. The first time I heard of Thielen was when he torched the Packers defense on Christmas Eve last year. Really wish he was in the Green and Gold.

  8. I’d never trade him for Jordy Nelson, even if they offered a 2nd rounder to boot!
    It just shows how hard it is to judge players in the draft, Treadwell was a 1st rounder..Number
    11 looks like he is playing POP Warner FB compared to Adam.
    I have been watching him since his first year. Other players commented about the Circus catches he made.
    Thanks MR. T!

  9. Different New Lions says:
    November 19, 2017 at 9:21 pm
    Winner of the game on Thanksgiving is winning the NFC North this year

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    Even if Detroit wins, they would still be a game behind the Vikings.

  10. Moss in my opinion best player to ever play the game. Watched every Vikings game when he played, in his prime. Unreal ability almost effortless.

    Thielen is also unbelievable but a different kind of beast. Absolute god-given gift. Getting me a Thielen jersey this week. Whoot!

  11. He’s absolutely legit! Sadly, the media and quite frankly, his peers don’t completely embrace him or give him his due. Why? because he’s white. That is the painful truth.

  12. That long TD catch and run today showed me that he is a lot faster than I previously thought.

    I’ve met him before back when I didn’t think he had much chance of making the team. Nice kid that keeps proving me wrong.

  13. Continuation of my previous post about Thielen, a similar dynamic is in play with Keenum…the media is going to continue the Keenum/Bridgewater “controversy” (there is NONE, Keenum is a better QB at this point) because they want the minority QB to start SO BADLY or at least to display that preference. This is nothing against Teddy, love him…but these are the facts!

  14. r8dernation does Del Rio survive the off season? Your team has been a major disappointment this season.

  15. drunkraider says:
    November 19, 2017 at 10:44 pm

    Thielen is more of a complete WR than Moss was.
    ))))))))))))))
    I know you are bitter because you say he dogged it in Oakland. But Randy Moss was the greatest WR to play the game. Nobody could do what he could on the field and everybody knows that.

  16. ncisagent says:
    November 19, 2017 at 11:13 pm
    Different New Lions says:
    November 19, 2017 at 9:21 pm
    Winner of the game on Thanksgiving is winning the NFC North this year

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    Even if Detroit wins, they would still be a game behind the Vikings.

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    You should change your username to Captain Obvious LOL yes, we’re aware of the records. Vikings just have some brutal games after Thursday and Lions would own the tiebreaker. But if they go up 2 games on Thursday, Lions will be playing for a wildcard the rest of the way

  17. Different New Lions says:

    You should change your username to Captain Obvious LOL yes, we’re aware of the records. Vikings just have some brutal games after Thursday and Lions would own the tiebreaker. But if they go up 2 games on Thursday, Lions will be playing for a wildcard the rest of the way
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    The Lions just barely beat the Bears and the Browns were very competive for most of the game last week.

    I don’t really see a huge difference in our two teams remaining schedules. We both play the Packers, Bears and Bengals.

    There isn’t much difference between the Falcons and the Ravens. Depending on the outcome of tonight’s game – they could very well both be 5 – 5.

    So the only real difference is the Bucs and the Panthers.

  18. kingthielenscourt says:
    November 20, 2017 at 12:04 am
    I heard Jordy Nelson wants to play for the Vikings!
    Sorry pal, we already have a guy better than you!
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    Vikings have at least 3 WRs better than Jordy….

  19. fmc651 says:

    November 20, 2017 at 7:02 am

    I know you are bitter because you say he dogged it in Oakland. But Randy Moss was the greatest WR to play the game. Nobody could do what he could on the field and everybody knows that.
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    NEGATIVE… Once upon a time, there was this guy named Jerry Rice… Google is your friend.

  20. Speed Edge: Moss
    Height Edge: Moss
    Career Stats Edge: Moss
    Raw Potential Edge: Moss
    Superstar Factor edge: Moss, but it’s getting closer by the game.

    Hands edge: Thielen
    Route Running edge: Thielen
    Likeability edge: Thielen
    Hungry edge: Thielen

    If you asked me who I’d rather have on a team going forward, Thielen now or Moss in his prime, I’d have a hard time picking one. Moss gives you intangibles, but he had a bad reputation for quitting on plays while Thielen gives you hard work and hustle on every play and has a chip on his shoulder. I could see Thielen being a Viking his whole career and setting new Viking records, if not league records someday.

  21. r8dernation says:
    November 19, 2017 at 11:06 pm

    They won’t get past the Eagles.
    ))))))))))))))
    Oakland won’t make it to the playoffs.

  22. I love Thielen a a player but stats are misleading. He is not Randy Moss who struck fear into the hearts of defenses and coaches. Thielen is respected and deservedly so. He is a great player but having watched them both, there is no comparison between Randy Moss and in his prime and Thielen. Sorry Adam, still love ya.

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