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Off Their Game Week 3 - Adam Thielen

Matt Harmon explains why the Minnesota WR will struggle in week 3.

Video transcript

MATT HARMON: Let's talk about Adam Thielen. I'm not sitting here telling you that Adam Thielen is the guy you need to get on your bench. But I'd probably dial my expectations down to like a wide receiver two today. Mostly because he's obviously scored three touchdowns. He's been hot as one of the Reds, the best Reds receivers in the entire NFL.

But actually, most of the volume metrics favor Justin Jefferson in this offense. They've run about the same amount of routes. Jefferson has the team high in targets. 19 for him. 17 for Thielen. The air yards share is way in favor of Jefferson to 46.8% of the Vikings air yards have gone to Justin Jefferson.

Just 21.6 for Adam Thielen, who actually trails this K.J Osborne character in terms of air yards percentage for the Vikings right now. So I think this day is going to belong to Justin Jefferson in a high scoring match-up against the Seahawks. I think he's a top 10 receiver play. Adam Thielen, I would say is more of like a mid-level wide receiver two in this spot.