Sir Purr
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Glendale, Ariz. – Greg Olsen has a strict pregame routine. There are sequences of routes, catches and stretches. Those help him in his current job.
The Panthers’ tight end also seems to always find time for the game’s broadcasters, like on Sunday when he chatted with FOX’s Dan Hellie and Brady Quinn. And that’s when you can picture him in his next job.
But as Olsen showed against the Cardinals, there’s a reason he’s still holding off the full-time TV gig.
“I still enjoy this. I still enjoy moments like this,” Olsen said after catching six passes for 75 yards and two scores to help Kyle Allen and the Panthers earn a 38-20 win in Arizona.
“I still enjoy being in the huddle during the week at practice, being in the huddle out there with the guys. I feel like I had a lot of unfinished business. That would have been a sour way to end my career, to just fall off a cliff the last two years and fall into obscurity.”
As harsh as it may sound, you can understand Olsen’s “fall off a cliff” feelings. For 10 seasons, he was as dependable as could be, appearing in 160 straight games. Then he broke a bone in his foot two weeks into the 2017 season, which led to 16 games missed the past two years. But surgery in December finally fixed the problem, and three weeks into 2019, he leads the Panthers with 221 yards on 16 receptions.