ST. PAUL — Get those No. 19 jerseys out.

After tons of speculation over the past week, the Vikings are bringing Adam Thielen back home to Minnesota where he belongs.

To brokerage the deal, the Vikings are trading the Carolina Panthers a fifth-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft. To offset the cost, the Vikings are getting a seventh-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft and a fifth-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft.

Not that the compensation should matter too much for the Vikings when considering everything Thielen will bring on and off the field.

Though the headlines about the homecoming pretty much write themselves, the Vikings would not have made this move if they didn’t think the 35-year-old veteran receiver could still contribute at a high level

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