CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Greg Olsen, who lit up opposing defenses for nine years as a Pro Bowl tight end for the Carolina Panthers, has had an extraordinary start to his second career.
Consider that Olsen, 37, will be Fox Sport’s lead NFL analyst on Sunday for the Super Bowl, when Kansas City plays Philadelphia (6:30 p.m. kickoff). It’s a milestone few TV broadcasters ever achieve, and Olsen has gotten there in his second full-time season as an NFL analyst. Alongside play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt, Olsen will be seen and heard Sunday by a Super Bowl viewing audience that will exceed 100 million people.
Some uncertainty looms as to how long Olsen will remain the No. 1 analyst at Fox. Tom Brady’s latest retirement — for good this time, according to the game’s greatest quarterback — means that the 45-year-old Brady will likely replace Olsen in the lead analyst seat for the 2024 NFL season, according to a timetable Brady laid out in an interview Monday.
