Patriots notes: Scratch Olsen

As we sashay from the Combine/Free Agency/Owner's Meetings portion of your offseason program and start looking harder at the draft, here's a few Patriots-related nuggets to digest.

A few weeks ago, a "Greg Olsen to the Patriots" rumor got flung up against the wall. Some of it stuck because the Bears tight end looked like he might be miscast in Mike Martz' offense and the Pats needed (and need) tight ends. The rumor fizzled and now it's dead, as Bears head coach Lovie Smith said this week to the Chicago Tribune that Olsen is "going to be a highly productive guy in any offense. He's faster than most tight ends out there. He can block the way most other tight ends can, but in the passing game he is a step ahead. He can be successful in this offense - not can - will. He will be successful in this offense." Olsen, a long, fast target with excellent hands (think a more accomplished David Thomas, whom the Pats dealt to the Saints last August), would have been hard to ignore in the passing game.

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(csnne.com)