Bears trade Greg Olsen to Panthers

Jul 28, 2011

According to an NFL source with knowledge of the situation, the Bears traded Greg Olsen to the Panthers for a player and a draft pick (the player is not believed to be wide receiver Steve L Smith).

The Bears gave Olsen’s agent Drew Rosenhaus permission to shop Olsen, and they are believed to have come to terms with the Panthers on a contract extension as the 2007 first-round draft pick was entering the final year of his rookie contract with the Bears.

Fantasy Impact:

Olsen is a talented pass-catching TE and was largely underutilized in Chicago, especially under OC Mike Martz. He will give Cam Newton a big body to throw to, especially in the redzone. This clearly hurts whatever momentum Jeremy Shockey was building. Carolina routinely ignores the TE position, but OC Rob Chudzinski may change that. As for Chicago, this is a big blow to Jay Cutler and the entire offense -- Olsen was his best receiver and the Bears will likely be making some moves to replace him.

yesterday

Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson officially Out for Week 12

Adam Schefter

yesterday · 4:12 PM EST

Cowboys list TE Jake Ferguson as out for Sunday’s game vs. Washington due to his concussion.

Related Players: Luke Schoonmaker

Fantasy Impact:

This puts Schoonmaker more or less in TE streaming consideration, but there are far better options this week, which puts him low on the totem pole.

Eagles WR DeVonta Smith officially Out for Week 12

Mike Garafolo

yesterday · 4:04 PM EST

Eagles ruled out WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) for Sunday against the Rams.

Related Players: A.J. Brown, Jahan Dotson, Johnny Wilson, Dallas Goedert

Fantasy Impact:

It's a bit of a crapshoot as to who the "WR2" on the offense will be, but now that he's ruled out, Brown and Goedert should get a nice boost to their bottom line. That would lock Goedert into a no-doubt TE1 role in Week 12.