CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen emotionally confirmed that he broke his foot in Sunday's 9-3 victory over the Buffalo Bills at Bank of America Stadium.
Meeting with reporters in the locker room after the game, Olsen confirmed that the injury, which occurred late in the first half, is a broken foot. He left the field, limping and without a shoe on his right foot, and returned in the second half with crutches and a walking boot.
"It's tough," Olsen said. "I broke my foot pretty straightforward. The X-ray was pretty conclusive."
Olsen hasn't missed a start with, making 82 straight after Sunday. Now he will miss what he described as "a lot of games."
"I've been very lucky in my career to not get injured a lot," he said. "So this is going to be something that takes a little time, but sometimes that's just part of the game."
The injury occurred in the second quarter.
"I was running a route and I just stepped and I just fell," Olsen said. "I just felt something in my right foot. I didn't touch anybody. It's just the way my foot went down. It just popped."
Olsen wouldn't speculate on how long he would be out.
"It's hard to say right now," he said. "We've got to regroup. We'll get with the doctors in the morning and kind of see what the plan of attack is."
Olsen's contract was update before the season to include incentives for such things as a fourth consecutive 1,000-yard receiving season. It is unclear how long Olsen will be out. He is scheduled to meet with foot specialist and Panthers team doctor Robert Anderson on Monday, coach Ron Rivera said.
