Adam Thielen previews Bears-Vikings game
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Who is Adam Thielen and why is he joining the show today?
Adam Thielen has broken a record that Randy Moss held. Yeah. Adam Thielen is legit, man. The Vikings trying to attack. Deep down the middle. Adam Thielen running free of the secondary. Showing blitz. Rams bring it. Keenum gets rid of it. Thielen makes the move. And now he's Thielen. Up to the races. Touchdown. No snap. Keenum throws it. Flag. Oh, my God.
Up for grabs and Thielen with a catch.
Has his pressure. Hit as he throws. Gone for Thielen. He's got it. Waiting for a single touchdown. They're looking for the big one.
And it is a touchdown to who else but Adam Thielen. With Rahimi and Grody on 104.3 The Score. It's Rahimi and Grody on 104.3 The Score. And yeah, we are very excited for the opportunity to talk to the former wide receiver, Adam Thielen.
What memories does Thielen have from playing against the Bears at Soldier Field?
Yeah, he played for the Panthers and Steelers, but people around here certainly remember him playing for the Vikings and against the Bears. And he's doing radio these days at a high level on Sirius XM NFL Radio Channel 88. Adam Thielen joins Rahimi and Grody right now. Welcome to The Score, Adam. Thanks for joining us, man.
I appreciate that little intro made me want to maybe suit it up again and come down to Chicago this week. Oh man. The
problem is we'd want you on the bear side since we're the one who created it though.
That's true. That's true. I don't know. That'd be a, that'd be a tough one for me. A lot, a lot of battles versus the bears and they're in soldier field and having to wear the long cleats to be able to run and cut on that, on that surface.
Oh, man, I'm so glad you brought that up. And shout out to Tyler Buterbaugh. He is the one that put that open together for you. Maybe we could even send that to you, Adam Thielen. I'm sure that you would appreciate that. I'm thinking about your games against the Bears and wearing the long cleats. And I remember always having conversations because I covered the Bears as a beat reporter on the daily. I was in their locker room, and I remember always talking to – Kyle Fuller and Prince of Mookamara about you. And they always had great insights on you and specifically your ability to run routes and to get open. Obviously, what do you remember going up against those guys and Soldier Field? And why were you such a good route runner?
Yeah, those guys were they made a challenge on me. They were very patient. You could tell that they studied the game, that they kind of knew what I was good at and how to kind of try to take that away.
Why does Thielen stress being a well‑rounded receiver instead of just a route runner?
So it was always a great battle. And I knew going into those weeks against those guys that like I had I had to I had to go and I had to be at my very best because they kind of. they had they had things that they knew that that could help them take take away what i was really good at but yeah i think for me i wanted to be from the moment i got in the nfl like i wanted to be the well-rounded receiver like i didn't want to be just a guy that ran good routes like just a guy who's a speed guy or this or that like i wanted to try to be as well-rounded as possible because in my opinion like you can't just have one of those skill sets i think a lot of times People saw my game or maybe saw the stats like, oh, man, like such a great route runner.
And it's like, well, you can't just be a good route runner and have success in this league. Like you have to be fast. You have to be smart. You have to be. physical um there's so many things because again like those guys are studying you it's like you're just a good route runner like they can do things to take that away they can just press you and they can be physical and they can hold you and like you can't be a good route runner if they play off coverage now like you can win by being a good route runner because they're not rerouting you there is timing and and things like that and you can win at the top of your route but For me, I wanted to make sure that no matter what they try to take away, that I could have something to combat that and be able to still win.
So that was always my focus. And in every offseason, it was like, okay, I need to get a little bit faster so I can take the top off the defense.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Adam Thielen and why is he joining the show today?
0:00–1:06
2
What memories does Thielen have from playing against the Bears at Soldier Field?
1:06–2:43
3
Why does Thielen stress being a well‑rounded receiver instead of just a route runner?
2:43–5:23
4
How does Thielen structure his off‑season training to stay elite?
5:23–7:12
5
What makes Justin Jefferson such a dominant playmaker according to Thielen?
7:12–9:30
6
How will the Vikings’ offensive game plan exploit the Bears’ defensive schemes?
9:30–11:39
7
What ‘chess match’ does Thielen see between Ben Johnson and Flores on defense?
11:39–14:24
8
Which Bears defender does Thielen consider the toughest he ever faced?
14:24–15:40
Speakers
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