The headlines wrote themselves last week after the Vikings acquired veteran receiver Adam Thielen in a trade with the Carolina Panthers. The kid from Detroit Lakes, Minn. was coming home to finish his career. You couldn’t write a better ending.

As excited as Thielen still seemed to be this week while chatting with reporters at TCO Performance Center, he made it clear that his main focus is making sure he’s ready to contribute when the Vikings play the Chicago Bears on Monday night at Soldier Field.

The biggest reason Minnesota made the move for Thielen was because they believed he could still make an impact on offense. That isn’t lost on him. He knows he has to be more than a feel-good story for the Vikings.

That’s why Thielen immediately got to work after the trade was finalized.

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