Greg Olsen grimaced as he briefly left last Sunday's NFC playoff game against the Seahawks with a shoulder injury, and the city of Charlotte gasped.
A sense of calm returned when Olsen did.
The Panthers tight end means that much to his offense, to his team's Super Bowl run, to his locker room and to his community. The more Olsen has established himself as a core player in Carolina, the more Chicago has missed him. Trading Olsen, the Bears' first-round draft pick in 2007, rates as one of the most short-sighted decisions the organization has made in recent memory.