Adam Thielen Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Adam Thielen
WR
, Minnesota Vikings

Age: 31
Weight: 195 lbs
Height: 6' 2"

ADP: 27
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RecYds	RecTD	Rec	RuYds
180	925	14	74	15

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Thielen missed several games in 2019 with a hamstring injury suffered in Week 7. Prior to that, he had averaged 4.3 catches for 61 yards and 0.83 touchdowns on 6.3 targets, which was solid usage but a far cry from his volume in 2018 (7.1-86-0.56 on 9.6 targets per game). Kevin Stefanski had taken over late in 2018 and made the Vikings very run-heavy at HC Mike Zimmer’s request. Through six weeks in 2019, he was the No. 8 fantasy receiver, thanks in large part to the five touchdowns in six games. He was injured in Week 7, and only appeared in four more games, catching all of three passes for 27 yards. Stefanski is out and Stefon Diggs was traded to Buffalo, so Thielen should be the clear No. 1 target in the Minnesota offense under new OC Gary Kubiak. He’s a solid value in the fourth round of fantasy drafts, especially in PPR formats since he has 100-catch upside.

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Dec 04, 2020 · 6:33 PM EST

Vikings TE Irv Smith Jr. (back, out) missed practice all week and is out for Week 13. Kyle Rudolph will be a Sneaky Start once again. In the two games that Smith missed, Rudolph has posted 4-63 (5) and 7-68 (8). Adam Thielen will be back so Rudoph's floor is a little lower this week.

Scouting report

by Richard Mejia

· Jan 01 · 3:32 PM EST

MIN WR Adam Thielen - Week 17 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 17 at Detroit

Thielen had a strong game last week against the New Orleans Saints as he caught 8-of-9 targets for 97 yards and one touchdown. It was the rookie Justin Jefferson who was targeted by Marshon Lattimore all game, which resulted in Thielen cooking the rest of the Saints secondary. He was impressive as usual and even had a highlight TD grab towards the end of the game.

Thielen will take on the Detroit Lions this week who rank 30th in aFPA to WRs this season. Last time out against the Lions, Thielen only caught two balls for 38 yards, but we expect much more from him this week. With Dalvin Cook set to miss this game, Minnesota will look to throw more. Thielen is a solid WR1 this week.

2020 Strength of Schedule - MIN

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
2 GB	19 @IND	27 TEN	25 @HOU	5 @SEA	31 ATL	BYE	2 @GB	30 DET	12 @CHI	32 DAL	15 CAR	20 JAX	24 @TB	12 CHI	4 @NO	30 @DET

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

Game Stats


Week	Opp	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	GB	6	110	2	8	18.33	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.0	31.0	50/52	96.2%
2	@IND	3	31	0	8	10.33	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.1	6.1	48/54	88.9%
3	TEN	3	29	1	5	9.67	1	4	0	0	4.00	9.3	12.3	61/65	93.8%
4	@HOU	8	114	1	10	14.25	1	8	0	0	8.00	18.2	26.2	58/66	87.9%
5	@SEA	9	80	2	13	8.89	1	3	0	0	3.00	20.3	29.3	81/87	93.1%
6	ATL	3	51	1	5	17.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.1	14.1	52/56	92.9%
7	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	@GB	3	27	0	4	9.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.7	5.7	47/52	90.4%
9	DET	2	38	0	5	19.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.8	5.8	50/58	86.2%
10	@CHI	4	43	2	7	10.75	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.3	20.3	72/73	98.6%
11	DAL	8	123	2	11	15.38	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.3	32.3	57/64	89.1%
12	CAR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	JAX	8	75	1	11	9.38	0	0	0	0	0.00	13.5	21.5	83/91	91.2%
14	@TB	3	39	0	4	13.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.9	6.9	71/79	89.9%
15	CHI	2	11	1	3	5.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.1	9.1	64/68	94.1%
16	@NO	8	97	1	9	12.12	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.7	23.7	56/64	87.5%
17	@DET	4	57	0	5	14.25	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.7	9.7	76/80	95.0%
Per game		4.93	61.67	0.93	7.20	12.50	0.20	1.00	0	0	5.00	12.00	16.93	61.73/67.27	91.65%
Totals		74	925	14	108	12.50	3	15	0	0	5.00	180	254	926/1009	91.65%