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Carolina's Greg Olsen primed to have best season of all TEs in 2016

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http://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/17365712/nfl-why-carolina-panthers-greg-olsen-best-season-tight-end-2016-better-season-rob-gronkowski-new-england-patriots

 

 

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Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen comes in at No. 45 on ESPN's ranking of the 100 greatest players in the NFL. That's a pretty big jump for a player who ranked No. 74 in the 2015 version of ESPN's top 100.

As impressive as that leap is, Olsen might be in line for an even bigger jump in the 2016 season, one that could put him in contention with Rob Gronkowski for the honor of best tight end in the NFL.

 

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With this many factors in his favor, it will be a surprise if Olsen does not post the best season of his career in 2016. It should be the type of campaign that pushes Olsen into the top 20 of ESPN's Top 100 NFL players list in 2017 and could vault him to the top of the tight end category.

Love that Greg is getting some love out there. He is an awesome Panther.

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ill be pretty shocked if this happens. Only because our passing game looks to be poised for a massive breakout from other receivers. Greg was our #1 last year, this year is much, much different. But who knows? I know Greg will always be a big part of our passing attack because he's a beast.

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i mean i love greg and everything but he's not gronk, who is probably the best ever. only way he finishes with better numbers than gronk is if jimmy g is that bad in those four games. even so, gronk is still a top tier blocker and olsen is just admirable.

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I wouldn't put it past #88 to have a Gronk-tastic year (1200+ yards, 10+ TDs), but I agree with the other prior posters about our passing game.  With the return of Benjamin and Funchess coming along really well, there are only so many balls to be passed around each game.

What a terrible problem for Cam and us to have.... =)

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I disagree that the opportunity won't be there. Last season our opponent's number 1 priority (other than stopping cam) was probably stopping Greg. This year there's no way teams are going to be able to consistently double down on him with a linebacker and safety. If they do, they will be getting gashed all day long. I can see Greg averaging around 70-80 yards a game and approaching 10 TDs with ease. 

The only thing that's going to inhibit him is Ron/Shula insisting on playing a slow paced, ball control game every week even though we have the ability to drop 40 bombs.

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all those who think olsen's numbers are going to drop significantly because of the return of kb, potential breakout of other receivers, etc., need to re think their position. Olsen is a fugging beast, arguably still the best receiving player on our team, and because of the two reasons stated above teams won't focus their game plan on him as much, because they got KB, funch, and even Ginn to worry about. Olsen gon' get his own. 

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