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Adam Thielen 2023 Outlook: Late-Round Sleeper As Top Option On New Team
2 years agoAfter spending his first nine NFL seasons in Minnesota, free agent wide receiver Adam Thielen signed a three-year, $25 million deal with the Carolina Panthers this offseason. It was a down year for Thielen in 2022 as the second option behind Justin Jefferson, catching 70 passes for 716 yards and six touchdowns over 17 games. He finished as the WR29 in fantasy and averaged just under 10.6 fantasy points per game. Thielen will likely be rookie quarterback Bryce Young's top target option in Carolina, which is a bonus for his fantasy production. There will be growing pains with Young at the helm in 2023, but Thielen can be a reliable security blanket for the first overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. Rookie quarterbacks tend to have their ups and downs early on and don't usually produce top fantasy wide receivers in their first season. That could hurt Thielen's weekly fantasy production in 2023. However, with Thielen being the top option in an offense that will probably trail late in games, he could be a weekly flex play in 2023. The veteran wideout is WR66 and 160th overall in RotoBaller's latest rankings.
