{"id":243879,"date":"2025-08-26T07:06:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T11:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=243879"},"modified":"2025-08-26T07:06:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T11:06:29","slug":"adam-thielen-trade-update-is-bad-news-for-panthers-fans-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/08\/26\/adam-thielen-trade-update-is-bad-news-for-panthers-fans-vikings\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Adam Thielen Trade Update Is Bad News For Panthers Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Vikings and Carolina Panthers are still trying to work out an Adam Thielen trade but as of this posting, the two sides have yet to come to a full agreement. Thielen isn&#8217;t the player he once was, but the 35-year-old is still a solid depth receiver who can help any team in the league. Now much closer to the end of his career than the beginning, <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter<\/a> reports the wide receiver would prefer to return to Minnesota for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_243626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243626\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-243626\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/Vikings-Adam-Thielen-Trade-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Vikings Adam Thielen Trade\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/Vikings-Adam-Thielen-Trade-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/Vikings-Adam-Thielen-Trade-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/Vikings-Adam-Thielen-Trade-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/Vikings-Adam-Thielen-Trade-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/Vikings-Adam-Thielen-Trade-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/Vikings-Adam-Thielen-Trade.jpg 1382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-243626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aug 2, 2025; Charlottle, NC, USA; Carolina Panthers wide receiver Xavier Legette (17) chats with wide receiver Adam Thielen (19) during Fanfest at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vikings and Panthers have tried to work out a trade for Carolina WR Adam Thielen, who would like to return to Minnesota, but the two sides continue to struggle to agree on compensation. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDyEQ3qTKh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/LDyEQ3qTKh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1960168087442837594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>REPORT: Adam Thielen Wants A Trade to Vikings; Panthers Won&#8217;t Do It<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to see why Adam Thielen would want a trade to go through. The veteran started his career in Minnesota and, at his peak, established himself as one of the game&#8217;s best receivers during his time with the Vikings. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/09\/28\/adam-thielen-stefon-diggs-1-2-punch\/\" target=\"_self\">Pairing up with Stefon Diggs<\/a>, the two were arguably the NFL&#8217;s best wide receiver duo and found some postseason success during their time together.<\/p>\n<p>The Carolina Panthers are a team on the rise, but they almost certainly won&#8217;t be as good as the Minnesota Vikings in 2025. Even with an unknown commodity in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/03\/11\/the-j-j-mccarthy-era-begins-in-minnesota\/\" target=\"_self\">second-year quarterback J.J. McCarthy<\/a>, this team has the talent to go on a deep playoff run in the upcoming season. After all, they went 14-3 with Sam Darnold running the show last year, and most of the core pieces from last year&#8217;s team are returning for 2025. Seeing as Thielen is much closer to the end of his career than the beginning, nobody should be surprised that he&#8217;d want to help his longtime team win a Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<h3>Terms of the Deal<\/h3>\n<p>Adam Thielen wants to reunite with the Vikings, but what will it actually take to make a trade happen? The Minnesota Vikings need another wide receiver, as Jordan Addison will miss three games with a suspension while Jalen Nailor recovers from an injury. Justin Jefferson is great, but he can&#8217;t carry this passing attack all by himself, especially with a player with no NFL experience under center.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers, meanwhile, have a collection of relatively unknown but promising young pass-catchers in rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/05\/14\/tetairoa-mcmillan-panthers-rookie-wide-receiver-dynasty-outlook\/\" target=\"_self\">first-round pick Tetarioa McMillan<\/a>, Xavier Legette, Jalen Coker, and tight end Ja&#8217;Tavion Sanders. The odds of all of them turning into reliable weapons are admittedly slim, but at least one or two should prove themselves as NFL-caliber starters. While a veteran like Adam Thielen could help these youngsters adjust to life in the NFL, they would probably benefit from the additional playing time.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings could use Adam Thielen, but he&#8217;s not the only veteran available in either free agency or the trade market. If the Vikings are willing to send a fifth-round pick or even a young role-playing defender to the Panthers, Carolina should accept the offer.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Jim Dedmon &#8211; Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Thielen wants the Panthers to trade him to the Minnesota Vikings, but the two sides cannot work out a deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":243625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,30,26],"tags":[1460,6181,7753,7661,33031],"class_list":["post-243879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-panthers","category-vikings","tag-adam-thielen","tag-justin-jefferson","tag-minnesota-vikings-news","tag-panthers-featured","tag-tetairoa-mcmillan"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243880,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243879\/revisions\/243880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}