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Greg Olsen Jersey They would never just play games. It was always drills and practices and workouts.This was life in the Olsen household, where every day was all about football and sports. Long before Greg Olsen was the star tight end on the Carolina Panthers, his football career started in the backyard of his Wayne, N.J. home, his mother Susan lofting passes as he and his brothers cheap jerseys lined up to run passing routes.And his father, Chris, would always look on, coaching at home just as he would at Wayne Hills High, refining techniques and keeping things focused on improvement, not horsing around.“We did more practice, as opposed to just going out there and fooling around,” Chris Olsen says now. “Depending on what was going on, it was catching or blocking (that I was teaching), or just Wholesale jerseys getting in your stance the right way . . . things like that.”It was these things and these moments that gave Greg Olsen his football start, paving the way for an NFL career. Chris Olsen, the coaching legend of Wayne Hills, gave Greg his start. And these days, Greg has surpassed his father, in both the annals of Wayne Hills and backyard drills.Next Sunday in Santa Clara, Calif., an entire New Jersey community will watch Super Bowl 50 intently, and that’s because of Greg Olsen, the pride of Wayne Hills, who will lead the Carolina Panthers against the Denver Broncos.“Greg . . . what he did here and what he’s continued to do has made him a big presence here,” says the current coach of Wayne Hills, Wayne Demikoff. “My kids are huge Carolina fans because of him. The sun Carolina Panthers jersey sets and comes up on how the Panthers are doing in my house.”It’s that way throughout Wayne Hills, because of all that Greg Olsen has accomplished. He’s quietly emerged as one of the finest tight ends in the NFL, posting back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons and serving as the safety blanket for the game’s most revolutionary quarterback, Cam Newton.