Greg Olsen

Panthers TE Greg Olsen (foot, out) missed practice all week and is out for Week 2. Ian Thomas is a rookie who will be asked to fill Olsen’s shoes—a difficult task indeed. Thomas has good athleticism, with above average speed, burst, agility and catch radius for the position. Unfortunately, he’s a rookie, and rookie tight ends generally don’t have much of a fantasy impact. Beat writer Joseph Person called Thomas the biggest surprise of training camp, adding that Thomas was "consistently finding open lanes in the secondary and pulling down intermediate-length passes." Thomas’s Week 2 matchup is middling.