{"id":2013497,"date":"2023-08-27T11:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T15:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-star-leaves-the-only-team-hes-ever-known-gives-all-glory-to-god-the-lord-put-me-here-for-a-reason\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T11:38:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T15:38:59","slug":"nfl-star-leaves-the-only-team-hes-ever-known-gives-all-glory-to-god-the-lord-put-me-here-for-a-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-star-leaves-the-only-team-hes-ever-known-gives-all-glory-to-god-the-lord-put-me-here-for-a-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Star Departs Familiar Team, Credits God: &#8216;I&#8217;m Here for a Purpose&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnfl-star-leaves-the-only-team-hes-ever-known-gives-all-glory-to-god-the-lord-put-me-here-for-a-reason%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013497&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Analysis Reveals the True Strength of the Carolina Panthers<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s usually \u200bnot a ton of meaningful analysis \u200dto be wrung from\u2062 an NFL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-won-a-super-bowl-and-then-joined-the-101st-airborne-division-the-incredible-true-story-of-jake-bequette\/\" title=\"He Won A Super Bowl And Then Joined The 101st Airborne Division: The Incredible True Story Of Jake Bequette\">preseason game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s\u2063 usually even less\u200c information\u200b to glean from\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-star-leaves-the-only-team-hes-ever-known-gives-all-glory-to-god-the-lord-put-me-here-for-a-reason\/\" title=\"NFL Star Departs Familiar Team, Credits God: 'I'm Here for a Purpose'\">rote sideline interviews \u2014 \u2062preseason<\/a>\u2063 or \u200dnot.<\/p>\n<p>So imagine the surprise of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-fans-mercilessly-boo-kim-kardashian-blows-kisses-private-suite-rams-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL fans<\/a> masochistic enough to spend their Friday evening watching preseason football on \u2064CBS when\u2062 an\u200d innocuous \u200dsideline interview with\u200c new \u200bCarolina Panthers\u200d receiver Adam Thielen actually did yield some important, meaningful analysis.<\/p>\n<p>That analysis? This\u200d precocious Panthers team\u2063 \u2014 where the team\u2019s\u2062 best\u200b players are barely old enough to rent\u2062 a car \u2014 has one heck of a leader running routes for its rookie\u2062 quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s meaningful because, unlike something as hollow as preseason stats, leadership translates at every level and every\u2062 version of football.\u200d It\u2019s particularly invaluable for a team as young as the\u2063 Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>But while Thielen\u200c suiting up in that Carolina blue \u2064will be a welcome\u200b sight for\u200c Panthers rookie quarterback Bryce Young, whom\u2064 the\u2062 team took with the first overall pick in this past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/no-2-pick-nfl-draft-praises-lord-savior-jesus-live-tv-immediately-selected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL draft<\/a>, it will\u2062 be \u200ca\u2062 jarring sight for people who are \u2064used\u200b to seeing\u2064 Thielen in \u201cSkol\u201d purple and gold.<\/p>\n<p>You see,\u2064 Thielen\u200b has been deeply\u200c rooted\u200d in Minnesota \u200bfootball for quite some time\u200b now.<\/p>\n<p>The man was \u200bborn in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, and played \u200bcollege football for the \u200bMinnesota State\u200b Mavericks, before joining the\u200d Minnesota Vikings as an \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christmas-box-office-spider-man-nears-half-a-billion-in-north-america-matrix-4-bombs-in-3rd-place\/\" title=\"Christmas Box Office: 'Spider-Man' Nears Half a Billion in North America, 'Matrix 4' Bombs in 3rd Place\">undrafted free agent<\/a> in\u200b 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Thielen saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sound-of-freedom-estimated-to-hit-100-million-mark\/\" title=\"'Sound of Freedom' expected to reach 0M milestone.\">incredible \u2062success<\/a>\u200b in Minneapolis, making an All-Pro team and two Pro-Bowl teams during his tenure there.<\/p>\n<p>He was a big \u2064football deal in \u2064Minnesota \u2014 and the state undoubtedly \u200cmeans the \u200csame to him, still.<\/p>\n<p>Given all that, Thielen was asked about\u2064 such a dramatic personal and professional change in his life during a \u2064sideline interview in the Panthers\u2019 \u2063Friday game against the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n<p>It was during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kQatZ5oV2IM&#038;t=2326s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this interview<\/a> that Thielen dropped some pearls of wisdom that one can only\u200d wish would come \u200dmore\u200b often \u2063from professional\u2064 athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou proved [your skill] for 10 years in Minnesota, also went to \u2064Minnesota State,\u201d began CBS sideline reporter AJ Ross, early in\u2062 the second quarter of \u2063the preseason game. \u201cWhat has \u200dthat\u2062 transition been like for you, moving here to Charlotte and playing for this team?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell \u2062I\u2019m blessed,\u201d saiid.\u2064 \u201cYou \u2063know, \u200dI think the Lord\u200d put me here for a reason. My family here, we truly believe that and, you know, the way that I felt that is this coaching staff, [and] my teammates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really been a blessing to be in this\u200b locker\u200c room. And it\u2019s not only just the coaches and players, it\u2019s the organization. The city has welcomed us with open arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200d33-year-old receiver also noted that his children loved\u2063 the new setting, as well.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also worth noting \u200bthat when Thielen lauds \u201cthe organization,\u201d it\u2019s \u200dnot just hot air he\u2019s blowing.<\/p>\n<p>New Panthers\u2064 head coach Frank Reich has long been a proud and outspoken\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/source-strength-christ-alone-humble-nfl-coach-praises-god-biggest-win-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">man of faith<\/a>,\u2063 not \u200dunlike Thielen.<\/p>\n<p>And before \u2064anyone gets any \u200cideas about making wisecracks that the Panthers could\u2019ve saved themselves some money by \u2062hiring another team chaplain \u2014 Thielen still has some gas in the tank,\u2063 despite clearly\u2064 being \u200bon \u2062the downslope of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s him hauling in a\u200b touchdown from Young \u200bduring that same game:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Quick math: Bryce Young \u200b+ Adam Thielen =\u200c 6\u20e3<\/p>\n<p>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DETvsCAR?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DETvsCAR<\/a> on \u200cCBS<br \/>\n: Stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLPlus?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFLPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/624TrfDUF6\">https:\/\/t.co\/624TrfDUF6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MQFZAkNfTM\">pic.twitter.com\/MQFZAkNfTM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL \u200d(@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1695233978532598077?\">August 26,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thielen\u2062 and the Panthers will have a chance to recreate that magic \u2014 but \u200cmore meaningfully \u2014 when the team kicks off its regular \u2062season on Sept. 10 in a road tilt \u200dagainst the Atlanta \u2064Falcons.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-star-leaves-team-ever-known-gives-glory-god-lord-put-reason\/\">NFL Star Leaves \u200cthe Only Team He&#8217;s Ever Known, \u2064Gives All Glory\u200c to God:\u2063 &#8216;The\u200c Lord Put Me Here for a Reason&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2062Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During NFL preseason games, meaningful analysis is scarce. Sideline interviews, whether during preseason or not, offer even less valuable information. However, NFL fans who willingly watched preseason football on CBS were surprised by an unremarkable sideline interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":2013498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}