At the age of 35, and having just eight receptions this year with the Minnesota Vikings, there’s not much excitement around the Steelers picking up Adam Thielen through waivers this week. But that isn’t stopping him from remaining confident as he starts his new endeavor in Pittsburgh.
“I’ve always had a lot of confidence in what I can do as a football player. I still feel that I can run all the routes and that I can be a deep threat, intermediate, and short. So I think, sometimes as an older player, you get tagged as, oh, he can only do this, can’t run anymore.