Getty Vikings wide receiverr Adam Thielen A dam Thielen figured he would eventually return to the Minnesota Vikings team facilities one day — quite literally one day, to retire as a Viking. However, fate had other plans in store for the Minnesota native after the Carolina Panthers agreed to a trade that would reunite him with his former team of 10 years. Thielen, 35, enters his 13th season in the NFL, and what former Panthers teammate Xavier Legette revealed is likely his last. “I was shocked,”