Overlooked : Greg Olsen Is Now 98th All Time in Career Receiving Yards

[Hoenheim]

With Sunday's performance Greg Olsen has now vaulted into the top 100 career receiving yards in NFL history, which was probably lost in the messy jumble of negativity in our continued losing streak.

13 year career with 2 injury plagued seasons lately have made people forget he's been raking up some stats. 

Currently : 

• Age 34
• 676 Receptions, 7993 Receiving Yards, 57 Receiving Touchdowns 

[trueblade]

Only tight end in NFL history to record three straight 1,000-yard seasons.

He only needs 500 more yards to get as high as #80 (Plaxico Burress 8,499). He'd need another of 1,000 yard seasons to reach #60 (Vincent Jackson) is at 9,080. 

His name is Greg, Son of Olsen.

[mc52beast]

Looked at the various tight end rankings , Greg ranks anywhere from 20th to 10th. Probably won’t make the HOF but he’s been a pretty good asset for Carolina. Will do great things in the booth.

[Zithers2]

too bad he was injured these past two seasons and wasn't utilized better with martz in chicago. could have had a solid shot at making the HOF.

[Pantha-kun]

I was honestly surprised he could still run so well after those foot injuries. If he plays as long as Tony Gonzalez did, he'd be in for the remainder of this season and 3 more seasons as well. 

31 minutes ago, mc52beast said:

Looked at the various tight end rankings , Greg ranks anywhere from 20th to 10th. Probably won’t make the HOF but he’s been a pretty good asset for Carolina. Will do great things in the booth.

I don't seem him making the HoF unless he plays abnormally longer than other TEs to age 39 or 40 or something. Right now his pretty much only real distinction is being the first TE ever to get 3x 1000 yard seasons in a row, and then Travis Kelce did the same thing a couple seasons later.

Kelce is only 30 with playing with Mahomes so for all we know he'll tack on 5 more 1000 yard seasons to his  current streak of 3 assuming he stays healthy. 

If he could get in if he got 10K receiving yards, 1000 receptions, 100 TDs but thats a lot to ask for given his current stats and age. 

He could also get in if he turns in another trio of 1000 yard receiving seasons to close his career but I doubt he's going to play that long. 

Some contemporary examples include: 

• Jason Witten : Year 16, Age 37, 1159 receptions, 12,488 receiving yards, 70 receiving TDs
• Antonio Gates : 16 years, Age 39, 955 receptions, 11,841 receiving yards, 116 receiving TDs

 

So really in historical terms, Greg's been extremely solid but nothing extraordinary. 

[KB_fan]

According to Panthers latest stats article, Greg just moved up past Ozzie Newsome

 

Greg Olsen tallied 110 yards on six catches, including a 41-yard reception. It marked his first 100-yard receiving game since 12/17/17 when he had 116 yards against Green Bay. With his performance, Olsen passed Ozzie Newsome (7,980) to move into fifth place (7,993) in career receiving yards by a tight end in NFL history.

https://www.panthers.com/news/stats-and-superlatives-mccaffrey-goes-over-200

[t96]

23 hours ago, trueblade said:

Only tight end in NFL history to record three straight 1,000-yard seasons.

 

He was the first to do it but Kelce did it the last three years so not the only one... But only one of two.