Are The Bears Looking To Trade Olsen

I read on the Internet that the Bears are thinking about trading tight end Greg Olsen for draft picks. Is there any truth to that rumor?
Brad K.
The Bears aren’t thinking about trading tight end Greg Olsen. The story you’re referring to appeared on ESPN.com and was simply a case of a writer theorizing that the Bears might be wise to consider making such a move because they don’t have any picks in the first two rounds of the draft and new offensive coordinator Mike Martz hasn’t traditionally featured tight ends in his system over the years. The writer even states that “this is purely (some would say “wildly&rdquo speculative in stating his case. As for Martz, he said during Monday that he does intend to use Olsen in the pass game, much like the Chargers used to do with Kellen Winslow back in the 1980s to create mismatches. Martz also said that he has utilized tight ends more as blockers than receivers through the years because he’s had primarily big physical players at the position. Said Martz: “You have to look at what you have at tight end and who that guy is and what they can do and then you from there.”

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