When the Carolina Panthers shipped Adam Thielen to the Minnesota Vikings right before Week 1 of the 2025 season, the veteran wideout was all motivated about going back home. But the reunion never really clicked. Thielen didn’t see the role he expected in Minnesota. And with this being the final year of his career, he wasn’t interested in fading into the background. So he asked the Vikings to release him and give him a real shot somewhere else.

Fast-forward a few months, and his season looks like a travel itinerary. Thielen bounced between multiple teams in under half a year, and now he’s headed to Pittsburgh after the Steelers put in a waiver claim on him. But even though Thielen is joining the Steelers, the Panthers, the team that originally gave him this one-year 2025 deal

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