A lifelong fan of Thielen and the Vikings, Eagles rookie DeJean knows he got a valuable lesson from one of the best on Sunday.
You have to cast a wide net to find a local NFL team to root for in Odebolt, Iowa. ForThe Eagles’ rookie cornerback was 10 years old when the Vikings invited an undrafted wide receiver named Adam Thielen to training camp in 2013. As an eighth grader, DeJean watched Thielen emerge as a bona fide star, earning All-Pro honors in 2017 while catching 91 passes for 1,276 yards and leading the 13-3 Vikings to an NFC championship showdown with the Eagles.
DeJean cracked a smile when somebody mentioned that word as he stood at his locker and looked back on the education he’d received over the previous three-and-a-half hours. Fun? That’s one way to describe the experience of lining up against Thielen. DeJean did it early and often in Week 14, with Thielen’s nine catches for 102 yards playing a big role in keeping the Carolina Panthers within striking distance up“It was tough,” the 21-year-old DeJean said with a chuckle. “He’s a good player.
“He’s a tough cover,” DeJean said. “He’s real savvy. Uses his body well. Uses his hands well. Knows how to get off press. It was a good learning experience going up against a veteran receiver like him.” Those numbers don’t include what, for a few excruciating moments, looked like a go-ahead 32-yard touchdown catch by Xavier Legette, a Panthers rookie receiver who slipped behind the last level of the Eagles defense and came up with the ball in the end zone before officials ruled that he’d failed to secure the catch. Two plays later,blanketed Thielen on a fourth-and-9 play with 37 seconds left, the pass falling incomplete to stop the Panthers’ last-minute march at the Eagles’ 37-yard-line.
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