Chicago Bears: Ranking NFC North wide receiving cores
By Ryan Heckman
4. Minnesota Vikings
If the Minnesota Vikings hadn’t traded Stefon Diggs to the Buffalo Bills this offseason, they’d at least climb to no. 3 on this list. However, Diggs is now a Bill and the only true proven guy on this roster is veteran Adam Thielen.
While Thielen makes his living by running some of the best routes you’ll see in football, he isn’t the most explosive athlete. He is definitely sure-handed and finds himself open more often than not, though.
The Vikings are hoping to add that second big playmaker in rookie first-round pick Justin Jefferson out of LSU. Right now, we don’t know anything other than what he’s done in college, so by default, we can’t say much about his stock. After all, another former first-round pick, Laquon Treadwell, didn’t exactly pan out to be their bread-winner.
Aside from Thielen and the rookie Jefferson, the other guys are Olabisi Johnson (goes by Bisi) and Tajae Sharpe, who don’t exactly intimidate opposing defenses into retreat. If Jefferson comes out and balls as a rookie, maybe the Vikings take the leap into third on these rankings going into next season. But, at the moment, all they have is Thielen in terms of a sure thing.