Deal for Carolina: This is the first move this offseason that’s legitimately surprised me. This one came out of left field completely. Olsen may have only caught 41 passes for 404 yards and 5 touchdowns last year, but Mike Martz has never had success with tight ends. He didn’t have any success with Vernon Davis either. Olsen is a former first round pick who is only 26. He caught 60 passes for 612 yards and 8 touchdowns in 2009. He’s well worth a 3^rd rounder for a Panthers team that was set to trot out Jeremy Shockey as their week 1 starting tight end before this deal.

Grade: A

Deal for Chicago: Did they sell him cheap? Yes. However, Mike Martz has no idea what to do with tight ends, just like he has no idea what to do with big receivers and possession receivers. A future 3^rd rounder is worth more to them than Olsen was, especially since he’s in the last year of his deal and he wasn’t worth enough to the Bears for them to give him a long term extension like Carolina did.

Grade: B