He did it again, and again, and again.
The Vikings receiver — and player that some view as a perennial underdog for a roster spot — mushed ahead.
He dragged a sled with nine weight plates — 45 pounds each — stacked on it back and forth across freshly installed green synthetic turf. Later, he pushed the sled with three plates on it, hurriedly along a similar course.
Thielen also did jumps while holding dumbbells, hoisted medicine balls and a considerable number of core exercises as he and Vikings tight end Brian Leonhardt went through a recent “Fourth Quarter Fridays” workout led by Thielen’s longtime trainer Ryan Englebert.