The first weekend of the rebooted XFL seems to have been a critical and ratings success.
One of the stars from the first week was former Panthers tight end Greg Olsen, who will be calling five XFL contests this offseason. On Sunday, he was in the booth with Kevin Burkhardt to call the game between the New York Guardians and the Tampa Bay Vipers on Fox.
As you might expect, Olsen got a ton of praise for his commentary on Twitter. Here are a few of our favorites.
Can we acknowledge that Greg Olsen is really good in the Booth?
— Mike Kaye (@mike_e_kaye) February 9, 2020
Greg Olsen is everything we thought Jason Witten would've been in the booth #XFL2020
— IB 🔌 24 (@incarceratedbob) February 9, 2020
Greg Olsen doing solid commentary in #XFL 🏈 pic.twitter.com/OylfZu0bM0
— 🐍Lil Bro Nick 🐍 (@JOKER_OF_JOKERS) February 9, 2020
never not pleasantly surprised when I realize Greg Olsen is calling a game
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) February 9, 2020
I’m liking Greg Olsen in the commentary booth. #XFLfootball
— Jeff (@JeffBartlett85) February 9, 2020
Charles Davis watching Greg Olsen kill it with Kevin Burkhardt in the booth pic.twitter.com/mKAHBGrG8e
— Running Renegades (@RunningRens) February 9, 2020
Why is Greg Olsen an active player/ part time analyst a million times better than Booger? 😂 #XFLfootball #nyguardians #xflguardians
— Rodimus-Kobe 8:24 🇹🇹 (@Hardknock_Jets) February 9, 2020
@woodyandwilcox Woody, you're crazy, I thought it was pretty good. The other 3 games had better commentary. Greg Olsen was one of the announcers for the Viper/Guardians game. I love it.
— Randy Gentry (@dhrandy) February 10, 2020
Greg Olsen is already 100x better than Jason Witten at announcing.
— Robert Littal (@BSO) February 9, 2020
Olsen seems to have enjoyed himself, as well.
Had a blast calling week 1 of the @XFLonFOX w/ my guy @kevinburkhardt. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. See you next week from Houston!! https://t.co/gbnqcxR2N4
— Greg Olsen (@gregolsen88) February 10, 2020
We all know Olsen has a future in broadcasting, whether it’s with Fox or another network. As for what comes next in his ongoing football career, Olsen has interest from at least three NFL teams. He’s been reported to have meetings set up with Ron Rivera’s Redskins, Sean McDermott’s Bills and Russell Wilson’s Seahawks.
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