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‘Works His Butt Off’: Adam Thielen Says Roman Wilson ‘Wants To Be Great’

It would be easy for a third-round pick in his second season to feel slighted by the team’s addition of Adam Thielen in the middle of the season. Not only did it reduce his snaps, but it left him without a helmet for four of the last five games of the season as a healthy scratch. It doesn’t sound like Roman Wilson has let that demotivate him, nor did it create a rift in the locker room.

Thielen talked about Wilson on a recent podcast appearance.

“Roman, he’s great. Works his butt off, like wants to be great.