Well there’s a lot of speculation on CGM due to some of his actions, and understandably so, however I feel comfortable saying this…

1- he’s a fierce competitor and a stud when healthy and he knows it. He’d much rather be on the field doing what he loves and making defenders look silly.

2- I haven’t seen or read anywhere he’s a locker room cancer despite his altercation with Chauncey in practice. This organization has proven they will not tolerate locker room cancers.

3- His injuries were un-preventable and unfortunate and when healthy, he no doubt makes our offensive more dangerous.

That being said, hopefully this contract is much better for the team and incentive heavy

Thielen was just cut by the Vikings. 🤔

Yup. The only way they know to "manage the cap". They haven't caught on yet. They use the "cut your best players" philosophy instead of the "keep your players" strategy of recovering cap space.

I’ve also noticed a lot of teams don’t structure their contracts how we do to even have that option available to them.

Nope. But over the past few years those structures are beginning to pop up. I'm starting to see more and more roster bonuses being written into new deals and more 2nd and 3rd inflated salaries that can be converted. But, yes, there's still several that haven't bitten the bullet yet.