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Greg OlsenGreg Olsen

I am completely and utterly done with football and will not come out of retirement.

I am not going to be coming out of retirement. I'm completely and utterly done. I've set a record for how many times I've broken and ruptured my feet. So I'm full-time dad and part-time broadcaster.

Olsen has remained retired and has become a successful lead broadcaster for FOX.

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Jun 21, 2021
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Greg OlsenGreg Olsen

The hardest part about playing tight end is having to be an elite blocker and an elite receiver simultaneously.

You have to be an elite route runner. You can catch the ball really well... but then if you can't, like, hold your own in the run game and you can't, like, take in – hit in the face by a 300-pound defensive end, then, like, you kind of have – they kind of have to, like, call plays around you instead of, like, you being able to be the focal point.

This is a fundamental truth of NFL offensive scheme; the best TEs (Gronk, Kittle, Kelce) are valuable because they can do both.
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Jun 21, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The Process is officially dead.

Today is Monday, June 21st, and the process is dead. We had a good run. This was going to be the postseason where we judged whether or not processes actually work. Turns out they don't.

The core 'Process' era essentially ended here; the team subsequently traded Ben Simmons and failed to reach the ECF in the following years.
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Jun 21, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ben Simmons proves that you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

I always thought that saying the Wayne Gretzky-Michael Scott quote didn't really make that much sense. [Ben Simmons] actually proves that you do, in fact, miss 100% of the shots that you don't take.

Simmons famously attempted zero fourth-quarter field goals in the final four games of the series.

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Greg OlsenGreg Olsen

NFL teams are going to lose every time they choose to punt or kick field goals

The days of let's just take the points. Those have to be over. You are gonna lose in the NFL nowadays every time you kick the ball. A punt or a kick... You should not kick field goals that much in a game or you're gonna lose.

While mathematically supported by aggressive play-callers like Dan Campbell, kicking is still a standard and often necessary part of winning games.
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Greg OlsenGreg Olsen

The Chargers are entering the conversation as a top-tier AFC team

This year does feel like the year that the Chargers enter, like, okay, are we now adding another top tier team to the AFC... it's the year that the Chargers now enter that conversation.

The Chargers made the playoffs as #7 seed but lost in the Wild Card 16-28 to Patriots. They entered the conversation but weren't top-tier.
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Greg OlsenGreg Olsen

The Chicago Bears roster has enough built-in talent to win 3-4 more games just by having a competent staff

Everything Chicago has done the last couple years... I thought Chicago had the most built in wins based on their current... how many wins are there just built into that roster? I thought Chicago had the biggest spread... there's three or four wins built into that roster like that [with Ben Johnson].

Under Ben Johnson, the Bears improved from 5-12 in 2024 to 11-6 in 2025, winning the NFC North. Olsen was correct that there were 3-4 wins built into the roster with competent coaching — the improvement was even larger than predicted.