The Seattle Seahawks are in need of a tight end, and they seem to have a veteran in their sights. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Seahawks are interested in Greg Olsen, who became a free agent after mutually agreeing to part ways with the Carolina Panthers on Monday. Schefter notes that Olsen will visit with Seattle at some point.
Add Seattle to the list of teams interested in former Panthers’ TE Greg Olsen, per source. Olsen will be taking a visit to Seattle.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 4, 2020
Olsen is coming off of a 2019 campaign in which he played 14 games and caught 52 passes for 597 yards and a couple of touchdowns.
It represented a nice bounceback year for Olsen, who appeared in just 16 contests combined between 2017 and 2018 due to persistent foot injuries.
The 34-year-old, who played his collegiate football at the University of Miami, was originally selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round (31st pick overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft.
He spent the first four seasons of his career with the Bears, with his best year in the Windy City coming in 2009 when he registered 60 catches for 612 yards and eight scores.
Olsen then signed with the Panthers via free agency in March 2011 and went on to develop into one of the game's best tight ends, breaking out with 69 grabs for 843 yards and five touchdowns in 2012.
The Paterson, N.J. native then put together three straight Pro Bowl appearances between 2014 and 2016, logging three consecutive 1,000-yard campaigns and topping out at 1,104 yards in 2015.
However, since then, Greg Olsen has been limited by injuries and has clearly lost a couple of steps.
Still, with the Seahawks in desperate need of a tight end, Olsen would be an upgrade over anything Seattle currently has at the position.
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