Jordan Addison

Thielen was a healthy scratch in Week 13. In a statement released by the team, the decision to release Thielen was "out of respect for Adam," who hopes to secure a bigger role elsewhere in what he has said will be his final NFL season. The Vikings traded a 2026 fifth-round pick and a 2027 fourth-round pick for Thielen in hopes of bolstering their receiving corps while Jordan Addison served a three-game suspension. We'll see where things go from here, but 35-year-old receivers are seldom in high demand at this point in the season, and Thielen only caught eight passes for 69 scoreless yards in 11 games with the Vikings this season. It's possible he finds a role on a contender in the coming days, but we wouldn't expect Thielen to be much more than added depth wherever he lands next.

Addison easily led the team in targets. Justin Jefferson was held to two catches on six targets for four yards while T.J. Hockenson caught all six of his targets for a team-leading 59 yards. Undrafted QB Max Brosmer, making his first NFL start, peppered Addison in the second half with the Seattle secondary shading toward Jefferson. Addison's fantasy floor will remain low no matter which quarterback starts for Minnesota next week against the Falcons.

It was as bleak as ever for Jefferson in a lost season in the prime of his NFL career. The Vikings designed some easy looks for Jefferson in the first quarter, but Max Brosmer --a n undrafted rookie making his first-ever NFL start -- quickly looked elsewhere. Jordan Addison led the Vikings with ten targets and TJ Hockenson saw six looks from Brosmer, who averaged 4.2 yards per throw. It doesn't really matter whether Brosmer or JJ McCarthy (concussion) is under center for the Vikings in Week 14 against Atlanta: Jefferson is nothing more than a top-24 fantasy option with limited upside.

Brosmer will walk into a tough situation for a first start against a top-5 DVOA defense on the road in Seattle. Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison should keep it from being downright unbearable, and it's hard to imagine he'll do as poorly as J.J. McCarthy did against the Packers last week, but the floor could still be quite low for the rookie UDFA. It would be a victory for the Vikings if Brosmer can escape the bottom of the superflex ranks.

Only one target for Addison? Well, the Vikings didn't really seem interested in throwing the ball for the entirety of the first half. The rest of it is the whims of J.J. McCarthy. Addison retains FLEX status at best after putting up four games of 108 receiving yards with his second-year quarterback. It's a tough ticket to be holding as we start to enter the fantasy playoffs in a few weeks.