Greg Olsen visiting the Hawks

[D-train]

5.5 million guaranteed with the potential to earn 7 million.

Puke.

[ThePro]

5.5 million guaranteed with the potential to earn 7 million.

Puke.

They aren't expecting him to be the starter. Basically #2 borderline #3

[Captain 97]

Spending 7 Million on a backup tight end seems pretty foolish with the amount of holes on the defense.

[ThePro]

Spending 7 Million on a backup tight end seems pretty foolish with the amount of holes on the defense.

Because you understand their cap better than they do

[Captain 97]

Its not that hard to understand. Money is finite thats 7 Million they cant spend elsewhere.

[ThePro]

Its not that hard to understand. Money is finite thats 7 Million they cant spend elsewhere.

If he gets all his incentives. You're going to forget all about that 7 mil. Besides when they cut Dickson. Which signing Olsen allows you to do the cap hit will be more like 3 mil for Olsen

Since releasing Dickson saves the team $3M in cap space, subtracting that from Olsen’s projected hit, the difference between the two comes in at net cost of $2.9375M. Now, a key question regarding when the team might release Dickson will revolve around how quickly his knee recovers from whatever issue landed him on injured reserve twice during the 2019 season.

[Michael K.]

As Pro said, if he earns the incentives it'll be well worth it. No one cam convince me that Hollister should start for a playoff team, but he did. Olsen will provide more...like maybe a guy that doesn't explode when a tackler is near him.

I heard a very interesting comparison on First Take this morning. Older TEs. Think Antonio Gated and Tony Gonzalez. When the guy, can't remember his name, was asked about Jimmy Graham they said Jimmy was an athlete that had to learn the game, routes, how to get open, etc. Said Olsen is more Gates and Gonzo.

[D-train]

Spending 7 Million on a backup tight end seems pretty foolish with the amount of holes on the defense.

Exactly. It is like something that a losing team would do to try to get fans excited for the season and boost ticket sales.

[D-train]

Hope you guys are right but I have a vision a headline in June that Olsen will miss mini camp because of some mystery injury and then one in August that he will skip the preseason but should be ready for game one or two. Finally one in Sept saying he will finally play in the first game in Oct. Then after catching 4 passes in his first 3 games a story about how him and RW are still getting on the same page and were hurt by all the missed time in training camp.

Ends up playing in 9 games. 19 Receptions for 177 yards and a TD.

[Donn Beach]

termed...low risk, high reward

Olsen is not the athlete he once was — the 4.5 40-yard-dash he ran at the 2007 combine is probably closer to a 4.7 now — but he still knows how to get open thanks to all the little tricks he’s learned over the first dozen years of his career. He’s a professional route runner who can run past slower linebackers or box out smaller safeties while lined up in the slot or isolated out wide.

Olsen’s 2019 numbers aren’t super impressive — he averaged 7.3 yards per target but most of the blame for that falls on the poor service he got from Carolina’s backup quarterbacks. Of the 82 targets he received last season, 22 were charted as “uncatchable” by Sports Info Solutions. Only three tight ends saw fewer off-target passes thrown their way.

This should improve now that Russell Wilson will be the one providing him with targets. The partnership should be mutually beneficial, too, as Seattle has lacked a reliable slot target ever since Doug Baldwin announced his retirement. With Olsen out there, Wilson will have a tight end he can trust to get open and catch the ball on third down. He should compliment D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett well with his ability to win in the middle part of the field.

You could do a lot worse than Olsen for $7 million. With Austin Hooper, Hunter Henry and Eric Ebron expected to sign longer deals with average salaries approaching the eight-figure mark, the Seahawks managed to find good value a month before the free agency period kicks off. That’s a good way to kick off what will be a vital offseason in the Pacific Northwest.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/02/nfl-fr ... t-seahawks