CHARLOTTE – Tight end Greg Olsen and the Panthers came to a contract compromise just before the start of the regular season.
"It's addressing a situation that warranted being addressed,” interim general manager Marty Hurney said. “We look at all these cases individually, and we decided there was an opportunity to reach a win-win solution."
Olsen, who had been outspoken in his desire for a new deal, didn’t get a new contract or an extension. It is still set to expire at the conclusion of the 2018 season.
But the Panthers have added incentives to his 2017 contract year, incentives that are capped at $2 million.