In an NFL preseason game, players want to shine. When the opportunities don't come, the pressure builds.

For guys on the bubble like Minnesota Vikings receiver Thayer Thomas, it's about being on all the time.

"I don't know when I'm gonna be thrown in there with the ones. But I just got to prepare each and every day like I am gonna be thrown in there, so when that time comes, I'm ready," said Thomas. "Just know the playbook in and out, be able to play multiple spots on the offense."

Thomas is a football lifer. He's spent the last two seasons on the Vikings' practice squad and has never seen a snap in the regular season. The 27-year-old caught two touchdowns in day two of the Vikings' joint practice 11-on-11 sessions with the New England Patriots, gaining valuable chemistry with Minnesota

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