Before Greg Olsen started suffering foot injuries, he was one of the elite and most consistently productive tight ends in the NFL. From 2014-2016, Olsen averaged over 1,000 receiving yards a season and had some incredible and memorable individual performances.
According to Pro Football Focus, he had one of the top 100 best single-game grades of the PFF era (going back to 2006). In Week 5 of the 2016 season against Tampa Bay, Olsen posted a career-high 181 yards. Appropriately enough, that earned him the No. 88-highest grade.
“The best game of Olsen’s career to date, the safe-handed tight end caught all nine of his catchable targets against the Buccaneers, and he racked up nine first downs, 64 yards after the catch and a career-best 181 receiving yards which were, at the time, just three yards short of the PFF single-game record that was held by Dallas Clark,” PFF wrote.
Olsen has missed a total of half of the last two years because of injuries. Getting a healthy Olsen back for a full 16-game schedule would be a significant boost for the Panthers offense.
