The Bear Den: Expect a Breakout Year for Greg Olsen

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Published: July 7, 2009

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... also improved their tight ends as well.

Greg Olsen has the potential to be one of the best tight ends in the NFL right now, he just needs a good quarterback to prove it.

Last year Olsen had 54 receptions for 574 yards and five touchdowns. He did that while splitting time with Desmond Clark.

Clark isn't a bad tight end either, and will contribute to the Bears' offense this year as well.

The problem is that Clark is getting old, making Olsen the tight end of the future.

See, here in Chicago we use the tight ends quite a bit. In fact, last year our tight ends finished with 95 receptions for 941 yards and six touchdowns.

While everyone is asking the question, "why don't we pick up a wide receiver to help Cutler?"—the answer is, how about the tight ends?

Last year with the Broncos, Cutler found his tight ends 72 times for 1,034 yards and seven touchdowns.

Cutler also had Pro-Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall and emerging ro...

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