After Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen ruptured his right plantar fascia on Sunday in a loss at Tampa Bay, he indicated that his 2018 season was over.
The Panthers will make that official this week by placing Olsen on injured reserve, according to a league source. It will be the second time in two years that Olsen will have been placed on injured reserve.
Olsen suffered a fracture in his right foot in Week 2 of the 2017 season and had it surgically repaired, spending eight weeks on injured reserve before returning to the field with a screw in his foot. Olsen re-fractured the same foot in Week 1 this year, but elected to rehabilitate it without surgery in hopes he could return sooner. He came back in Week 6 and in the following weeks caught 27 passes for 291 yards and four touchdowns.
Olsen has been an enormous asset to the organization and Charlotte, N.C., community during his eight years in Carolina.
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