FANS were convinced Greg Olsen looked like he should have been on a movie set during Fox Sports’ coverage of the NFL on Sunday.
Olsen, 39, stunned viewers with a new look in the broadcast booth during the Detroit Lions‘ 29-31 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.
Greg Olsen caught fans’ attention during Fox Sports’ Sunday NFL broadcast[/caption]
Fans thought that the retired tight end looked somewhat like he “just showed up” after catching “no sleep”.
And his laid-back look had others comparing him to movie stars.
One fan wrote: “Greg Olsen looks like the older brother in every 80’s Spielberg movie”.
While another added: “He’s slowly morphing into Jack Nicholson‘s Joker”.
Others agreed that he looked like Jack Nicholson, posting pictures of the Hollywood A-lister during his role with 1980 horror film The Shining.
The movie star comparisons didn’t stop there either with other fans suggesting Olsen looked like animated Pixar character Syndrome from The Incredibles.
But despite the buzz he created with his different look, there was plenty of love for his broadcast skills amid fan calls to get him back as Fox Sports’ number one color commentator.
Olsen was replaced by Tom Brady in the role earlier this year with Brady penning a 10-year $375million contract this season.
Fans have been calling for Olsen to be brought back in as the main man with many preferring his coverage of the games.
On X, one wrote: “Greg Olsen is 10x better than Tom Brady in the booth.”
While a second wrote: “Just give Greg Olsen his job back!”
And a third posted: “Incredible that Greg Olsen isn’t on a 1A broadcast team. Consistently excellent.”
Olsen broke his silence on the subject last month in an interview with The Athletic, revealing he holds no ill-will towards his seven-time Super Bowl winning replacement.
He said: “I want him [Brady] to do well. I want him to succeed. I want him to feel I’m a good teammate.
“It’s no different than if he came into the locker room when I was a player and we happened to play the same position.
“My success is not contingent upon Tom. Tom being really good doesn’t make me less good, and Tom being bad doesn’t make me better.
“Fox has two top teams, and that’s how I view it. But I’ve talked to Joe [Davis] about this: I want people to think that Joe and I are the best crew on television. It doesn’t matter that we’re the ‘B’ crew.”
Tom Brady has replaced Olsen as Fox Sports’ number one color commentator[/caption]
