Greg Olsen interested in playing for Ron Rivera in Washington...

[WarPanthers89]

So much for him playing for a ring is he does go to the Skins. I would hate to see third leg Greg go to another rebuilding team.

REPORT: Greg Olsen interested in Playing for Ron Rivera in Washington

Greg Olsen will not return to Carolina, he and the team agreed last week, but he may return to playing for Ron Rivera.

Olsen would consider signing with Washington to reunite with Rivera, the Washington Post reports.

The Panthers hired Rivera as their head coach in 2011, and they traded for Olsen later that offseason. Olsen played for Rivera in Carolina until the Panthers fired Rivera last season. It would make sense for the two of them to reunite, Rivera because he would like a strong veteran presence on his team, and Olsen because he would like to play for a coach he knows and is comfortable with.

However, Olsen turns 35 next month, and if he’s in a hurry to play for a winner, he may question whether Washington is the place to go. He also is sure to have job offers if he decides to work in television rather than play another season.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/02/02/report-greg-olsen-interested-in-playing-for-ron-rivera-in-washington/

 

 

 

[Carolina1Panther]

Dayum. Well, best of luck Greg.

[musicman]

Unless they gave him 5 to 6 mil a year, he ain't going there. He probably will play for the Steelers, patriots or GB just for a chance at a ring. 

[stbugs]

3 minutes ago, musicman said:

Unless they gave him 5 to 6 mil a year, he ain't going there. He probably will play for the Steelers, patriots or GB just for a chance at a ring. 

Same thing was said about Kalil if he came out of retirement and he went money hunting with the Jets.

[stirs]

Mutual agreement was the word but......  Could have been our idea.

[1of10Charnatives]

Ehh... hang on a second, if you dig into that article you find that the only actual quote they cite by Olsen is this:

“At this time I have not closed the door on any potential career options,” Olsen said. “I still have the love of football in my heart and will explore all opportunities presented to me.”

That's in a Washington Post article, whose hometown team is the Redskins. I think what they are basically doing is taking Olsen's statement that he'll consider all opportunities and spinning it to say Look, he could come here to play for his old coach! Probably for clickbate reasons would be my guess. 

Until Olsen actually says something specific with regards to the Redskins, I'd take that with a huge grain of salt.

[pantherclaw]

Always entertaining to see players follow coaches that fans seem incompetent.

[Car123]

Vets love Rivera.

[punkpanther]

I thought Greg was smarter than that ..he must really love Ron. Odd.

[TheRumGone]

4 minutes ago, stirs said:

Mutual agreement was the word but......  Could have been our idea.

We cut him. This confirms it. Redskins are an awful team.

[LinvilleGorge]

5 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

Ehh... hang on a second, if you dig into that article you find that the only actual quote they cite by Olsen is this:

“At this time I have not closed the door on any potential career options,” Olsen said. “I still have the love of football in my heart and will explore all opportunities presented to me.”

That's in a Washington Post article, whose hometown team is the Redskins. I think what they are basically doing is taking Olsen's statement that he'll consider all opportunities and spinning it to say Look, he could come here to play for his old coach! Probably for clickbate reasons would be my guess. 

Until Olsen actually says something specific with regards to the Redskins, I'd take that with a huge grain of salt.

Yeah, this was really lazy of PFT. I doubt they even read the article before they ran with this "report". Just a local paper speculating that Olsen giving Rivera shout out in his statement and saying that he'll explore opportunities = Olsen is open to playing for the Redskins.

[cbully]

Well if so, clearly he's not chasing a Superbowl.

[The Question]

Man his teammates clearly pissed him the fug off last year. The guys competitive and you could tell by his comments towards the end of the season he was not happy with the team. 

[The Question]

And if what I said is correct I don’t understand why he would want to go back to a coach who’s team quit on him last year.