Panthers.com’s Darin Gantt believes that WR Adam Thielen will lead the team in receptions in 2023, calling him the “favorite among that group of receivers”.
The savvy ex-Viking signed a surprisingly lucrative 3-year deal with Carolina this offseason, and it seems as though the Panthers and HC Frank Reich plan to make him a fixture in the Bryce Young-led offense. Gantt also said that Thielen would be “set up to catch a bunch of short touchdown passes this year” – something that would certainly propel Thielen to a finish well above his current WR64 ADP on Underdog.
With little established competition around him (Jonathan Mingo being a rookie, and D.J. Chark entering his first year with the team), Thielen could be a bargain barrel PPR WR3 option as Bryce Young’s safety valve.