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Greg Olsen gets more praise for his XFL analysis

One of the stars from the first week was former Panthers tight end Greg Olsen, who will be calling five XFL contests this offseason.

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.

Olsen seems to have enjoyed himself, as well.

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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Report: Greg Olsen to work Super Bowl week plus 5 XFL games for Fox

Olsen already has some solid experience working as an analyst for FOX. He’s going to be getting a whole lot more soon, too.

Panthers tight end Greg Olsen may or may not come back for another season. Given the sudden retirement of Luke Kuechly and the comments Olsen made following Week 17, it would come as no surprise if he has played his last game in the NFL.

While his immediate future is murky, everybody knows what comes next once his playing career is officially over. Olsen already has some solid experience working as an analyst for Fox. He’s going to be getting a whole lot more soon, too.

According to a report by Joe Person at the Athletic, Olsen will be a part of Fox’s Super Bowl LIV coverage this year and will also work five games for the rebooted XFL.

There’s no word on which XFL games Olsen will be commentating on, but the league is slated to begin play the week after the Super Bowl, with the first games on Saturday, Feb. 8.

Once it becomes his full-time job, the model for Olsen to follow is Tony Romo, who was an excellent and underrated quarterback for the Cowboys but seems born to talk about football on TV. ESPN is expected to offer Romo a huge deal to try to lure him away from CBS, somewhere in the range of $10 million to $14 million.

Olsen may not be able to match Romo’s wizardry for predicting plays, but his analysis is both insightful and digestible for casual fans. We very much look forward to hearing him talk about the game for years to come.

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