The #Panthers weren’t just going to give Adam Thielen away. They were going to do right by him and trade him to the #Vikings only IF a deal made sense. A big reason they were comfortable making the move: they love WR Jalen Coker. Remember the name.

Sounds like when it came down to it, it was Adam Thielen, not the Vikings or #Panthers, who yielded concessions to make this trade work

This is a pretty heavy price for the Vikings to pay. But they initiated the talks, and had to get the Panthers on board.

Pick swap values on the JJ chart, using 2025 draft positions as an estimate (Panthers 8th, Vikings 24th): Vikings send 4th (48 pts) 5th (25 pts) Panthers send 5th (31.4 pts) 7th (2 pts) Net: 39.6 pts, ~equivalent to a comp 4th (#133) ...so this costs the Daniel Jones pick

A closer look at #Panthers rookie CB Corey Thornton, a UDFA from Louisville, who made the 53-man roster after an outstanding camp. (📽️ Michael Bell)

Per league source, conditions for the 7th round pick heading to #Vikings from #Panthers: Becomes a 2026 sixth-round pick if Adam Thielen is not active for 10 games or not on 53-man roster for 14 games. He played 10 games last year, fwiw, while dealing with a hamstring injury.

Another tidbit on Adam Thielen trade: The conditional 7th in ‘26 MIN received becomes a 6th in ‘26 if Thielen is not active for 10 games or not on 53-man roster for 14 games.

Without accounting for time value of picks, I have this as a $10m+ surplus value win for CAR. Considering the Vikings will pay $7m for Thielen this year, he needs to be a plus WR2 to justify the cost. Not good business for MIN imo

Feels good to have competent adults in charge

Canales says they've been in "constant communication" with Hunter Renfrow, have a couple of things on the table for him. Said Renfrow is talking to family and agent now, and that he's thinking about what he wants to do.

Dan Morgan was clear that he wants Hunter Renfrow back. It’s unclear if it’s on the 53 or the practice squad, but it seems like the ball is in his court.

Veteran WR Hunter Renfrow has interest from several teams and is weighing his options after his surprise release from the #Panthers, per sources. Carolina wants to bring him back. But Renfrow, 29, has opportunities elsewhere and is mulling his next move.

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I’m sure they got a draft haul, but the point of the draft is to draft great players and they already had…oh never mind 😝

The #Panthers gave up more than this for Bryce Young Granted, he's a QB on a rookie contract, but still wild to me that this is all it took for GB to get an elite player in Micah Parsons

Clark is 29 and coming off his worst year as a pass rusher (63.1 grade), is going to a similar 4-down front in Dallas, and hasn’t had a single-season run defense grade above 61.5 in four years with his contract getting more expensive after this season. I can’t, man

I don’t believe Kenny Clark is washed, but I’d be cautious about pointing to his PFF grade as evidence either way. He played through a toe injury all of last season

The insider “game” is fun again because of Ricky 🐶

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