5 fantasy football replacements for Panthers TE Greg Olsen

With Panthers tight end Greg Olsen facing an extended absence with a broken foot, here are five waiver wire options to replace him in fantasy football.

The Carolina Panthers moved to 2-0 with a win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, but they lost tight end Greg Olsen to a broken foot during the game and he is out indefinitely.

Olsen had a great run of durability, starting 81 straight games for the Panthers with no missed games since his rookie season in 2007. He also became the first tight end in NFL history to have three straight 1,000-yard seasons last year. He started this season with just two catches for 18 yards against the San Francisco 49ers, and he had one catch for 10 yards before leaving Sunday’s game.

Olsen’s fantasy football owners now have to find a way to replace him, somehow. If you’re in that predicament, here are five options to seek on your league’s waiver wire.

5. Ed Dickson, Carolina Panthers

Dickson is Olsen’s initial replacement as Carolina’s No. 1 tight end, and he had two catches for 26 yards against the Bills in Sunday. There hasn’t ben much room for him to contribute behind Olsen on the depth chart over the last three-plus seasons, but four of Dickson’s 37 receptions from 2014-2016 went for touchdowns and he averaged 10 yards per catch over that span.

Dickson is an easy target to replace Olsen in very deep leagues, where the tight end options are surely thin. But when he was last pressed into a significant role, way back in 2011 with the Baltimore Ravens, Dickson had 54 receptions (on 89 targets) for 528 yards and five touchdowns on is way to finishing as a top-20 fantasy tight end.

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