BREAKING: Adam Thielen Not retiring…

[flagfootballcoach28]

Great news, but we need to start planning for his inevitable decline and improve our WR room. 

[mrcompletely11]

53 minutes ago, Seltzer said:

100%. If anything, he will restructure/extend for cap purposes 

Hes not going to do that.  This is his last year

[WarPanthers89]

[PantherBoy95]

I assumed Thielen was gone, but if he doesn't take a big step back with age that is a huge relief to have a possession veteran that you can rely on. Bryce may have some weapons depending on the progression of Coker, Legette and Sanders plus maybe one good starter in FA.

[outlaw4]

I have a feeling that without Bryce's resurgence and Coker potentially being his successor, retirement or going elsewhere would've been the more attractive option. Really long shot to give Thielen a shot at a ring like we tried with Jared Allen, but having him back is going to make things easier.

[PanthersATL]

THIS

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I think that’s what has enticed me to want to play again is just the progression, the leadership, the type of things that they’re doing to try to create a winning culture

Definitely a 180 of a player's perspective when compared to Greg Olsen (and others) who left immediately after Coach Cornball showed up without exactly saying why

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

Let’s get him a ring

[NAS]

 

Aging like fine wine

 

[WhoKnows]

3 hours ago, jasonluckydog said:

Give him a guaranteed 1 year deal 6 million with lots of incentives that could reach 10 million. 

You know he’s already under contact for this year, right? There’s no need to guarantee or add incentives. We either want to keep him or release him. Restructuring would be dumb. We don’t need to push any money down the road for a 5-12 team with a horrific defense.

[MHS831]

41 minutes ago, WhoKnows said:

You know he’s already under contact for this year, right? There’s no need to guarantee or add incentives. We either want to keep him or release him. Restructuring would be dumb. We don’t need to push any money down the road for a 5-12 team with a horrific defense.

I agree with this--a WR in the slot who can get you 800-1000 yards is worth 6.  I would like to see us add a slot to rotate with him, and I would like to see XL, Coker, and a draft pick or free agent play outside.

Thank God AT is coming back and Coker is stepping up.  Imagine if AT retired and Coker never happened?  

[Butterflyj30]

Yes we need to keep Adam

[MHS831]

It would be great to add Bech or Restrepo in the draft to work in a rotation with AT and pick his brain for a year.

 

[jasonluckydog]

2 hours ago, WhoKnows said:

You know he’s already under contact for this year, right? There’s no need to guarantee or add incentives. We either want to keep him or release him. Restructuring would be dumb. We don’t need to push any money down the road for a 5-12 team with a horrific defense.

Paying him the same out of respect but with incentives. 

[WhoKnows]

1 hour ago, jasonluckydog said:

Paying him the same out of respect but with incentives. 

Again, dude signed a 3 year 25M deal. He averaged 8.3M per year. Why would you add more incentives when you have him under contract? Is your name Marty? I remember when out of respect he gave Greg more money and Greg didn’t earn a penny of it as he missed most of the last couple of seasons with injuries.

Thielen is not going to hold out. You don’t just kick more money to him when you don’t have to and he already got the signing bonus up front.