The Seattle Seahawks signed veteran tight end Greg Olsen to the roster last week to bolster the position group. Besieged by injuries last season, the hope is the tight end corps returns healthy to start the season.
But Olsen has suffered some recent injuries of his own and is in the latter part of his career at nearly 35 years of age.
However, coach Pete Carroll and the Seahawks aren’t worried about Olsen’s durability for now.
“No, he had a foot injury,” Carroll said during his combine press conference. “He’s had a very clean process to get to this point. He had one foot injury that kind of turned into another related thing on his foot, but other than that, it’s really focused. He did have a concussion last year, missed a couple of weeks, but he came back and played. He’s in pretty darn good shape right now for all of those years he’s played.”
Seattle also expects tight end Will Dissly, who suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon last year, will be back to form this season.
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