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Greg Olsens slow move to the Fox NFL broadcast boo

  • The move Greg Olsen and Fox Sports have been projecting for years is now official, according to the New York Post. The 35-year-old tight end on its TV broadcasts as soon as he retires from his playing career.Olsen signed a one-year contract with the Seahawks in Februarya couple of weeks after the Panthers released him. According to the Post, he will be Fox's No. 2 game analyst and will be paired with play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt. Even if Olsen plays more football beyond 2020, Fox will wait for him, per the report.MORE: Derrick Coleman Jersey Olsen for years has been making guest appearances as an analyst on Fox's football broadcasts, Seattle Seahawks Hats clearly preparing for a post-playing career move to the booth. It was a bit of an i sue in 2017, when he was tabbed to call a Vikings-Rams game while the Panthers were on a bye and when Olsen was on injured reserve with a foot injury. Minnesota, which was scheduled to play Olsen's team later in the season, about the Panthers' future opponent while working the game.After denying the Vikings' request to make Olsen work a different game, Fox the amount of pre-game acce s he had with the Vikings.Olsen also partnered withBurkhardt to call Fox's XFL games early this Cedric Ogbuehi Jersey year before the league folded amid the COVID-19 pandemic.When he joins Fox, Olsen will replace Charles Davis as Fox's No. 2 analyst after Davis left for the same role at CBS. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman still form Fox's No. 1 NFL broadcast duo.Daryl (Moose) Johnston will hold down Olsen's spot in 2020.In a way, Foxtabbing a current NFL player to be on deck for one of its TV analyst roles is following the lead of NBC, which has . The 41-year-old Saints quarterback once he retires from his playing career will call some Notre Dame football games before moving to NFL broadcasts and potentially replacing current analyst Cris Collinsworth down the line.Olsen, who was selected by the Bears in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft, Walter Jones Jersey was traded to the Panthers in 2011. His nine seasons in Carolina featured three consecutive Pro Bowl appearances from 2014 to 2016.Olsen was tempted to retire after the Panthers released him, but he figured at least one more go with the Seahawks was worth a shot."It was just too good of an opportunity to pa s up," Olsen . "Their track record of succe s, consistency of winning. I've played in this city many times, and just the fanbase, the excitement, that Nick Bellore Jersey stadium is one of the more unique venues in all of sports. And obviously Coach (Pete) Carroll, playing with somebody like Ru sell (Wilson), it just checks so many boxes I was looking for, and I'm confident I can just come in and do my part and help try to put (us) over the edge."
      August 15, 2022 6:57 PM PDT
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