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Tyler Forness

The Vikings have released wide receiver Adam Thielen

The seemingly inevitable has finally happened. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Minnesota Vikings have released wide receiver Adam Thielen.

The move saves the Vikings $6,417,647 on the salary cap while incurring $13,550,000 in dead cap. Per The Star Tribune’s Ben Goessling, it will not be a post-June 1st designation.

It was no secret that Thielen wanted to be a bigger part of the offense and he wasn’t going to have that chance in Minnesota. He leaves the organization ranking in the top-five in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.

With a weaker free-agent class of wide receivers, Thielen is arguably the best available.

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