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PositiveProjectionSep 26, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL

In 2010 Week 3 Monday Night Football against Green Bay, Olsen caught a touchdown pass from Jay Cutler late in the first half to help Chicago get back into the game.

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PositiveProjectionSep 26, 2026Windy City Gridiron

Caught a touchdown pass from Jay Cutler late in the first half of Week 3 2010 against Green Bay, helping Chicago get back into a game where the Packers had built a 10-0 lead. Olsen's TD reception was instrumental in keeping the Bears competitive before their eventual 20-17 victory.

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NegativeRoleSep 25, 2026NFL Fantasy Football Podcast

Olson is cited as an example of a unicorn-type tight end who could effectively execute the 12-personnel heavy tight end scheme; the source notes that without elite talent like Gronkowski, Graham, or Olson, the 12-personnel strategy does not work.

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NegativeProjectionSep 24, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL

Historical context from Week 4, 2008: Olsen caught a 19-yard touchdown from Kyle Orton on Chicago's first offensive drive in a Bears-Eagles Monday Night Football game.

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PositiveProjectionSep 9, 2026Yahoo Sports NFL

Olsen may be the best color the source in the sport, a level he rose to during his years on FOX's No. 1 team before the arrival of Brady; paired with Joe Davis (who calls the World Series for FOX), this booth ranks No. 3 overall and benefits from consistently receiving exciting game assignments.

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PositiveRoleSep 6, 2026Cat Scratch Reader

After Jeremy Shockey departed following the 2011 season, Olsen ascended to the level of elite tight ends as the team's cut and dry TE1, establishing himself as the primary receiving target for rookie quarterback Cam Newton and the Panthers' leading receiver during their 15-1 Super Bowl season in 2015.

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NegativeInjurySep 6, 2026Cat Scratch Reader

Olsen's peak was derailed by recurring foot problems in 2017 and 2018; though he returned healthy for 2019, at age 34 and coming off two years of foot issues, he was not the same player, finishing with just 597 yards receiving and two touchdowns before the Panthers released him.

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PositiveProjectionSep 6, 2026Cat Scratch Reader

Olsen became the first tight end in NFL history to tally over 1,000 yards receiving in three straight seasons (2014, 2015, 2016); he topped 800 yards in each of his first two seasons as the Panthers' TE1 after Jeremy Shockey's departure in 2012, establishing himself as an elite tight end and Cam Newton's favorite and most reliable target during the Panthers' 15-1 Super Bowl run in 2015.

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