The trade that sent Adam Thielen back to the Minnesota Vikings was a heartwarming moment in a sport that’s so often cruel and uncaring. The veteran wide receiver brimmed with joy, thanked the Carolina Panthers for fulfilling his wish to return, and gleefully mentioned on social media that his son “might cry when they tell him the news after school,” such was the young boy’s desire to return “home” after a stint in Charlotte.
Three months later the feel good vibes evaporated in an instant, but they’d been brewing long before that. Minnesota unceremoniously waived Thielen on Monday, following a Sunday afternoon where a franchise legend was a healthy scratch.
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