{"id":310637,"date":"2025-08-23T07:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T07:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/310637\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T07:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T07:37:24","slug":"panthers-vikings-in-adam-thielen-trade-talks-as-receivers-wife-adds-to-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/310637\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers, Vikings in Adam Thielen trade talks as receiver\u2019s wife adds to drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

There may be a Minnesota homecoming in store for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

The Vikings and Panthers are in talks for a trade that would put Adam Thielen back in the purple and gold, according to a The Minnesota Star Tribune report Friday morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Thielen, who is a Minnesota native, is in the last year of his contract with Carolina, where he signed as a free agent in 2023 after spending the first nine seasons of his NFL career with the Vikings.<\/p>\n

\"Carolina<\/p>\n

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Adam Thielen (19) runs with the ball during the second quarter against the Cleveland Browns at Bank of America Stadium. Scott Kinser-The USAToday Network via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

It seems the Vikings are after insurance after receiver Jordan Addison received a three-game suspension<\/a> to start the season for violating the league\u2019s substance abuse policy, along with Jalen Nailor\u2019s hand injury.<\/p>\n

Thielen\u2019s wife, Caitlin, added some fuel to the fire on her Instagram Story<\/a>, posting \u201cBig news!!!!\u201d on Friday \u2014 though she later clarified it was about the family\u2019s dog learning to swim, adding \u201cIsn\u2019t that all what you thought it\u2019d be\u201d with crying laughing emojis.<\/p>\n

\"Adam<\/p>\n

Adam Thielen #19 and Xavier Legette #17 of the Carolina Panthers laugh during warm ups before an NFL Preseason 2025 game against the Cleveland Browns at Bank of America Stadium on August 08, 2025 in Charlotte. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"Adam<\/p>\n

Adam Thielen #19 of the Minnesota Vikings signals a first down after catching the ball in the first half of the game against the Los Angeles Rams on November 19, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old\u2019s star rose at Minnesota State-Mankato before he joined the Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2013.<\/p>\n

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With the Vikings, he formed a lethal tandem with Stefon Diggs, racking up 6,682 yards and 55 touchdowns, eclipsing 1,200 yards in 2017 and 2018 to make the Pro Bowl.<\/p>\n

In two seasons with Carolina, he\u2019s posted 1,629 receiving yards and nine touchdowns as one of young QB Bryce Young\u2019s favorite targets.<\/p>\n

\"Carolina<\/p>\n

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Adam Thielen (19) goes in motion against the Cleveland Browns during the first quarter at Bank of America Stadium. Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The potential move would pave the way for young recievers Xavier Legette and 2025 first-round pick Tetairoa McMillan to take the reins.<\/p>\n

They also have veteran Hunter Renfrow, who is trying to have a comeback season after missing all of last year with ulcerative colitis, an autoimmune condition.<\/p>\n

\"Caitlin<\/p>\n

Caitlin Thielen got fans excited with an Instagram post trolling the rumors. mrs_t_19\/instagram<\/p>\n

Trading Thielen would further add to a busy day for Caroline, which reportedly extended right tackle Taylor Moton with a two-year, $44 million deal with $40 million guaranteed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There may be a Minnesota homecoming in store for the 2025 season. The Vikings and Panthers are in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[4128,13065,1476,58390,235,260,2567,54,7,5629,4344,3973,8265,58,233,259,6,236,531,7785,1453,234,1505],"class_list":{"0":"post-310637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-adam-thielen","9":"tag-bank-of-america-stadium","10":"tag-bryce-young","11":"tag-caitlin-thielen","12":"tag-carolina","13":"tag-carolina-panthers","14":"tag-carolinapanthers","15":"tag-cleveland-browns","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-getty-images","18":"tag-hunter-renfrow","19":"tag-jalen-nailor","20":"tag-jordan-addison","21":"tag-los-angeles-rams","22":"tag-minnesota","23":"tag-minnesota-vikings","24":"tag-nfl","25":"tag-panthers","26":"tag-stefon-diggs","27":"tag-taylor-moton","28":"tag-tetairoa-mcmillan","29":"tag-vikings","30":"tag-xavier-legette"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115076939470423144","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}