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I don't care what he does off the field. I do wonder how healthy his eating habits are though.

Insane. There is a very real scenario where one day soon the top 4 WRs will all be LSU guys.

How often do you see teams straight up release quality offensive tackles? He doesn't have much of an injury history and at only 30 years old could very well have 3-4 more good years left in him. They will extend him.

That is one WR. And Bryce made sure to get Thielen involved.

Or maybe, just maybe, we have receivers who can't get open?

Bryce had a lot of problems. He still has a lot of issues he needs to fix. But even when I turned my back on him, one thing I've ALWAYS been consistent about is his size is NOT the issue people make it out to be. His issues were issues I've seen 6'5ft guys have. His lack of size stops him from being able to compensate for those issues like Cam Newton could, but they weren't size-related issues if that makes sense. I still need to see more out of him next season, but his size is the last thing on my mind.

I have seen this said many times. Where are people getting this? He only has 3 years of being a DC. The one year in Denver, they were 10th in rush yards allowed and 11th in YPC. That is a solid run defense.

Imagine saying this like you proved a point.

I understand why people are frustrated, but I think this is an okay decision. Put all your focus on improving the talent on this defense, give Evero another chance to do his thing.

Imagine your young QB giving you his best performance before a long offseason and complaining about it lol

He averaged 10 his last 2 years in Minnesota. It is exactly representative of the WR he is currently. Nobody is saying that. But the guy I responded to tried suggesting Thielen was as explosive as Evans because of a one-game sample. And my response was that over a much larger sample, we see the kind of player Thielen is. And that is a possession receiver who gets relatively short gains. Again, we're comparing small sample sizes to large sample sizes. Thielen has 54 targets this year. Lamb has 152. Smith has 89. Higgins has 104. Hill has 120. Thielen almost certainly would not be maintaining a 13.3 YPC average if he was at 100+ targets, unless we're going to completely ignore the seasons before. But again, to clarify, nobody is suggesting YPC is the be all, end all. Thielen is a fine receiver. But he's not being "held back".

Lol

You do realize Thielen barely averages 10 yards per catch over the last 4 years... right? And I wouldn't call Evans a YAC guy either, although certainly more capable of it than Thielen.

If Thielen can produce with Bryce, then I'm sure a legitimate #1 WR can as well.

Hubbard had only 4 fewer carries on 3rd and short than Derrick Henry did. He had as many as Bijan Robinson and 2 fewer than Josh Jacobs.