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whiteathlete33 
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Posted: 20 August 2010 at 10:01am |
This looks like positive news for Olsen. From Rotoworld:
Greg Olsen will be an "integral part" of the passing game this season, according to beat writer Brad Biggs.
All reports out of Chicago so far have offensive coordinator Mike Martz
bucking his normal tendencies and highlighting the tight end in the
passing game. Although we're not trusting Martz enough to draft Olsen as
a fantasy starer, he has to be on the radar as a TE2 at this point. It
will be interesting to see how many targets Olsen gets in the second and
third exhibition games and how often he's split wide.
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Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:06pm |
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Olsen's one of the best TE's in the NFC...up there with Witten & Shockey.
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Posted: 17 August 2010 at 9:20am |
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Olsen has been underutilized thus far in his career. He has good speed and should be used to stretch the field against slower safeties and linebackers. Instead he's been used on short routes mostly. The less athletic Zach Miller has better numbers through the first three seasons.
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Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:42am |
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I think we can look for big things from Greg Olsen this year. There's been a lot of talk about Martz not being TE friendly, but we know he's pretty white friendly. Besides, I think he may split Olsen out at WR on many plays. He has to utilize his best reciever.
Reports from camp seem to show that Martz is looking to utilize Olsen a lot more. Oh, and I just drafted him in the Riggin's league.
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Posted: 20 July 2010 at 6:37am |
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How could that possibly be a battle? Greg Olsen is about all the Bears have on offense.
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Posted: 20 July 2010 at 5:02am |
Only about the NFL could a "connected" writer like John Clayton write this and be taken seriously:
Key NFC training camp battles
3. Chicago Bears: TE Greg Olsen vs. TE Desmond Clark -- This is the sleeper battle of the summer. Olsen might be eight years younger than the 33-year-old Clark, but there is something about Clark that has caught the eye of the Bears' new offensive coaching staff. Clark went from 41 catches to 19 last season and his playing time went from 78 percent to 38 percent of the snaps. Although Olsen gradually has put up better numbers in each of his three seasons and is coming off a 60-catch, eight-touchdown year, the Bears' staff still thinks he could be doing more. This summer offers him a big challenge with Clark on board.
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Posted: 30 August 2008 at 8:31pm |
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Greg Olsen is a player I will definitely be watching closely this season. He is really the only really bright spot for the future on a Bears offense that is devoid of top talent. He looks like the one player who if utilized correctly has a real chance to become something really special in the NFL. Unfortunately the Bears have so far shown they seemingly don't know how to use Olsen to his potential. I have so far had a nagging suspision in my gut that Lovie will do everything he can to make sure Dez Clark is featured over Olsen, and that he will never reach his potential in Chicago. I hope I am wrong, but I have very little faith in the Bears, even less in Lovie Smith and none in Ron Turner.
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Posted: 29 July 2008 at 12:16am |
As we've mentioned in other threads, Lovie Smith and the Bears would be complete idiots not to use the big play abilities of Greg Olsen, who has the size of a tight end but the speed of a wide receiver. But the Bears signed Desmond Clark to a contract extension in the offseason and Clark remains the official starter though unofficially Olsen and Clark are co-starters. Never underestimate the ability of any and all NFL teams to underutilize white talent. At least Olsen is referred to as a "beast" in this training camp report:
3. Greg Olsen on breakout alert: Hester and teeny-weeny running back Garrett Wolfe garnered the loudest applause over the weekend, but Greg Olsen got the most consistent cheers. Without a proven bunch of receivers, Turner says he'll lean more heavily on the second-year tight end, who came on strong around midseason last year after essentially missing the first four games to a knee injury.
Olsen has been a beast at camp, snatching balls in traffic and exhibiting acrobatic abilities on one particular deep ball Saturday -- that he barely managed to fingertip to himself while staying in bounds. Tellingly, that pass came from Grossman, which Bears fans have to like if he wins the job. Olsen and Grossman never seemed to click last year. Most of his balls came from Orton or the departed Brian Griese.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/adam_duerson/0 7/28/postcard.bears/index.html
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