Dudes on Dudes with Gronk and Jules - Dudes on Greg Olsen

Episode Date: May 16, 2026

We're covering legendary Tight End, Greg Olsen! Gronk, and Julian Edelman discuss what makes Greg Olsen so great and some of their favorite stories.Support the show: https://hoo.be/dudesondudesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen to the Radio 831 podcast on the IHHH Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right. Let's get on to our next, our next. Um, pop, bomb, bomb, bum, bum, um, put up the head shot. Ladies and gentlemen, our next tight end here on National Tighten's Day, who also started tight end you at Vanderbilt University every year that I went one time because I failed after I went because it's the Harvard of the South.

Hard, it's a hard place. Yeah, it's a hard place. Very beautiful, I heard. Never been. is. Greg Olson. Greg Olson. Greg Olson. What is the, what does AI say about Greg Olson? All right. Greg Olson. Start the clock. Greg Ocean. Oh, ocean. I like that. Yeah, well, his hair looks like an ocean. It's all over the place. It kind of looks like a hurricane. All right. All right. Greg Olson is celebrated as one of the top tight ends in NFL history, known for his reliable hands. We were

talking about that earlier. He's the most reliable hands in the NFL. This guy had hands. Yes, he does. And route running skills. Off the field, he has admired for his dedication to family and philanthropy, particularly through his heart test yard initiative. Heart test yard initiative. Heart test. That's a handful. That's a hard test. That's a heart. Heart test. Yeah. Oh, heart. All right. It's particularly through his heart test. Yard initiative, which supports families of children with congenital heart congenital. It's like we said, everyone, we don't have the best vocabulary. This is dudes on dudes.

We're learning as we go. We're not perfect here, but we get numbers right, okay? We get numbers right. What is AI is based saying, he's for the kids. Yeah, we're for the kids. Yes. Olson made a significant impact on the Carolina Panthers, helping them reach Super Bowl 50 in becoming the first tight end in history

to have three consecutive, a thousand yard receiving seasons from 2014 to 2016. Wow. He holds the Panthers franchise records for most receiving yards. He's lucky I got hurt because I would have held that

three 1,000 yard season in a row. But it's not about me. Why am I making about me? Tidens don't make it about yourself and I just made it about me. Yeah, slap receivers do. Yeah, it's our little diva in us because we're not full diva,

but we got a little diva. It's about Greg Olson here. He holds a panthers franchise records for most receiving yards, receptions, and 100-yard receiving games by a tight end. After retiring, Olson transitioned to a successful career in sports broadcasting. He's one of our teammates right now with the Fox team. He's really good. Furter showcasing his football acumen.

He does have a lot of football acumen. I can tell you that. What is that like? Like knowledge. Knowledge. Not a word for knowledge. Cinnamon for knowledge. Not a synonymous.

Synonymous. Synonymous. Yeah. Cinnamon. He's freaking cinnamon, right? Cinnamon. Yeah. Cinnamon.

I like cinnamon. He's tasty. He's tasty. Yeah, okay. No. Wow. This is bad, Joel. This is bad.

This is dude's just being dudes, though. This is what it's all about. Dudes just being dudes and just showing you who you are. We're not perfect. It's cinnamon, bro. Yes. Cinnamon. That's same now for now on.

Yeah. For now on. It is. A. The English dictionary better change that word to the cinnamon. Cinnamon. Cinnamon. Now.

Well, you want to know what Acumen means? I kind of know that from back of my head. I was reading a book yesterday, they had the word. It's the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions. And that actually explains Greg Olson in his game. And that's why he had over 1,000 yards in three seasons in a row because of his quick decisions. And when you're really quick at top of the route, when you have a two-way go, like Greg Olson, his favorite route of all time, he kind of runs kind of like diagonally to like the 10-yard mark where he has to go.

and then the linebacker sitting there at a safety, and you've got to either split right like a bow or split in. What's the split in route where you, like a middle read? No, no, not a middle read, like kind of like a cross. No, no, you go and it's like a angle, an angle route, kind of. But it's at between 10 yards and 12 yards. You can either bow it or angle it, like an angle at 10th. Middle read.

Yeah. No, because it's not a middle read because you still, a middle read is when it's post double safety high and you can go in the middle. So he was so good at making that decision and being decisive of should he go out? the guy on the defender should go in and that's where he made his bread and money bread and money bread and money you just went full will feral in old school right there yes did you guys see that that's his acumen did you guys see that that's his acumen he literally just right umen ladies and gentlemen will feral in old school at the fucking last thing where he competes the debate and he did you black out

right there? I did black out. And like old school, welfare was blacked out many times. Frank the fucking tank. No, Greg Olson, I mean, we threw on that film. And he's a lot more athletic than you remember. He wasn't like a guy that was going to kill you with his athleticism, but he had such great hands. Like he, he would go up and make those one-handers. He did a lot of one-hander catches. He had great ball skills. And he was a very savvy guy as well. And he wasn't like he's small guy. He's 6-5-255 out of the U. What's up with the U and the tight ends?

Tyden U, man. Is that what? They were called Tide-N-U, man. When I was a kid, Miami. Miami is probably, who's tied-in-you now? Iowa. Iowa's tight-on-you now, boy, the University of Miami. Oh, my gosh, they're producing tight-ends left and right, man.

Shockey. I love Miami-U. Olson, Bubba Franks, the Joku. Oh, my gosh. Joku is like the new school version of Tide-N-U at the University of, of Miami, but man, who were they producing tight ends, man? University of Miami was, oh, they were on point. And he was, he was a track star in high school.

Yeah, he was. Javelin. Javelin. Maybe that's why he was so good at his hands because he was always using his hands and track. Throwing it? Yeah, just throwing, like holding, you know, that javelin stick. I've never met a javeliner.

Yeah. I guess I have. Like, what do you do? How do you throw it? That's called a shake wake. Oh, that's a shake wake. Never threw a javelin before, you know. It's just like the spear.

Oh. They throw. All right. It's like a football throw. I bet you can throw, can you throw football for it? Like being a gladiator and throwing that spear and just boom, toss it 40 yards. Exactly. Mm-hmm.

That's been like in so he did javelin. I mean, the first thing you think of of Greg Olson, look at that. Oh, look at that. That's a good technique. Looks good. He's young. Look at that face. It's beautiful.

He got that. He was defined in high school. I don't know what happened. Like he's like one of those like tight ends with a dad body again. That's what made him last long. He lasted long. He lasted long. But he was checked in high school.

He hit me up during that that 3,000 yard or the 3,000 yard seasons. He broke his foot. And I broke my foot. And I remember us communicating over the Jones fracture. That was the first time I ever got. you know, a call from him. And to watch him on TV, he's killing in the TV. He's, he's really knowledgeable about the game. He, uh, he's fun. He's got that little dorkiness in him. He does. He's got that little dorking like that. He plays, he plays it off. He's a dad jokes.

He plays it off really well. He plays, he's a fun guy to be around. He is. And, and he is who he is. Like, he expresses who he is. It doesn't matter, man. That's why you love him. And that's what you love about people. He's not hiding himself at all. Never. No, never. and I trained with him actually. I remember what was really cool is that I was coming out of the University of Arizona and we had the same agent, Drew Rosenhouse. And Drew Rosenhouse had me called Greg Olson. He was the only player I called to ask about Drew Rosenhaus

and also ask about the training process of training for the combine and all that. And I remember Greg Olson did give me some great advice, man. He said, hey, you're going to think all the little details are stupid, but make sure you do them all because those are actually the biggest things in the end. And I still remember that to this day, that he goes, do all the warm-ups, all the recovery things that you got to do after you trained all day. He says, just do all the details of the little things, and you will be fine. So thank you, Greg, for the advice, man. I remember talking to you on the phone and just the advice of going through the NFL process.

He was the only player I talked to through that time. So good dude, man, good dude. Wasn't, you know, looking out for himself, but he was looking out for me on that phone call, which was cool. you think he called bloodsoe after brady replaced him uh i'm in rose mode i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry hey hey julian i'm in rose mode did he call bletzo but oh because bletzo got replaced by there you go sorry i'm a tight end we're a little slow okay tight ends are sometimes a little bit slower, but where personalities are just freaking awesome. We are the

coolest players on the field. I mean, we really are. Name it tight end that isn't cool. Exactly. You can't. You're thinking about it. That means they really are. They really are. You I know who's really cool. Dallas Goddard. I was hanging out with him at Titan U. when I was

actually smart enough to go because it's the Harvard of the South like we were talking about. And like, I was just hanging out with him. I didn't even know who he was. I like, I know who Dallas Goddard was, but I Helmets. It's hard to know. I had no clue what Dallas got her ever looked like.

And like, this dude, had the hair flowing everything. I was talking to him. Like, this dude, cool as shit. And then like two days later,

I saw a picture of us online. And it says like Dallas Godder and Rob Grancoskiy got it. I was like, oh, my freaking God, I didn't even know that was Dallas guy. Guys running 70-yard touchdown.

I just thought he was cool as shit. And that's what tight ends are. And Greg Olson's the epitome of that. Just cool as shit. Yeah, he is cool as shit. Just cool as shit. Athletic.

He had, he had kind of that. basketball stuff. He wasn't a burner. He had great hands. He made big place for his team. He went to a Super Bowl. He's got crazy stats. You know, he had the 3,000 yard seasons. What, what attribute, the best attribute or characteristic that Greg Olson contained in his pocket? His secret weapon was his route running skills. He's route running. His route running skills, one of the best in the game at the tight end position. He'd like loo you. I always see him hitting that bow route.

He'd marry his routes together. Remember he was really good at that bow route? Remember that cover four? I always see him hit in like the fringe shot where you're right outside the red area, the 20. And they'd always run that. They'd get cover four, and they'd run that post, and he'd run that bow route,

and they'd hit him on that. I remember seeing that one, we installed something. We stole it from them because we were copying it. We liked the way they ran it. And he'd run that bow route and he caught it right on that one yard line. He's really, I mean, he's just, he's a, he's an awesome guy. Did he doesn't, he doesn't care about his looks.

He doesn't care about like what's going on out there. He just cares about being a good dude. Being a family man. And that's why I love him, man. I love being around him. He's always so positive. And he can also, by the way, when I, when I train with him when I was young, too, the guy just never stopped talking.

Never stopped talking. was always the best. It was always entertaining. That's why he's on TV. And literally from the first day I met him, I was like, this guy is going to be a commentator one day. He's going to be an announcer. And then he actually landed perfectly in that spot after his football career. And when he signed with Fox too, and I think it was like the first year he signed with Fox was like the first year I did when I first retired. I did a couple games as well. And I was literally just thinking my mind, just talking to him, this guy has landed in the perfect field for him. He's so good at it. So intelligent. Yeah, great storyteller. And he looks like Grizzly Adams

a little bit. He's got an under, he's got an under, under, under, under, what it? He's got an underrated chin. If Grizzly Adams did have a beard. Yeah. Happy Gilmore. Coming out, number two's coming out soon. A little mad at Sandler for not hitting this up. I know, isn't you a New England guy? Adam Sandler, New England guy. He's from New Hampshire.

New England players. But his family grew up in like I don't get it. New York. Like that's my favorite movie of all time. He's in it. Yeah, he is in it. We didn't get hit up. We didn't get hit up. I mean, I can't hate on Travis being in. I can't either.

Travis is freaking Travis. I mean, he's top of his game. On the field, off the field. Like, I'm just disappointed and Happy Gomor productions, I guess. Or what is it? Billy Madison. Happy Madison. Well, now we're giving him shoutouts and he didn't even want us in his movie.

I know. I know. We got no hate, hey, Jules. We still love him and we're still going to watch Happy Gailmore too. Oh, without a doubt. No doubt about it. And Happy Gailmore is still my favorite movie. I actually watched it about three weeks ago.

It was on TV and I never turned it off. This is why I loved about Greg Olson. But you said he talked a lot. He does talk a lot. And that kind of explains why he came out with a rap song. And it was good. It was really good. It was really awesome and explained a lot of details on how they lived life at the University of Miami,

which was really cool. I was a big fan, no doubt about it. You were probably a big fan as well. I never listened to it. I lied right there fully. But it was called the 7th floor. crew rap. Yes. And it was a legendary rap song by some of the Miami players in 2003. And they were just doing it, I think, as a joke from what I've heard Greg Olson say before, like just to have

fun and it just blew up out of nowhere. But it kind of made, you know, the universe of Miami even more, you know, prominent in my mind, especially at the tight end position. One of his, I think what it was his name was, uh, third leg Greg. Was his name third, third leg, third leg, Greg. Well, scary weather was in it. Yeah. Scary weather. Scary weather. Mm-hmm.

Third leg, Greg, his name was. And John Beeson. Oh, he was a beast, man. Yeah. He was a beast, linebacker. That's fun. We got to listen to that. Yeah, we do.

We'll put it out on Insta. And we want to hear what you guys say in the crowd. Robert, what would your rap name be? Kind of think. I've said it plenty of times before. It's kind of easy, basic. Robbie G, the one and only? Robin G.

Robbie G. The one and only? Yeah, Robert G, the one and only. Kind of a long name, though. So maybe that's not it. I think my name would be... Like, the Jewelster? No, it'd be...

The squirrelster? Young squirrel J. Young squirrel J. I want a better name, though. Robert G. The one and only is too long. Come on, Jules. I just went three... Young squirrel J.

Yeah, that's quick and easy, right to the point. Young Big Peace? Yeah, young, big piece. You just throw young in front of anything. It could be... Mr. Big Peace. Young Big Peace. Because I carry a massive gun with me.

I'm dangerous. It's loaded. Yeah, it's loaded. It's National Tide End Day. People want to rob me. All right. Let's do. We got a rat name, Generator, to find the perfect rabn date for Rob.

All right. What's your favorite TV character? We'll go with SpongeBob. SpongeBob. Oh, this is going to be a gangster name. Your real life first name. Robert. Robert.

Your real life last name. Grancoski. The name of a criminal. Whitey Balger Whitey Bulger Something really pleasant Bulldog Because I have a French bulldog

So you can't write French Bulldog And you can't write the name Ralph You've got to let them know And Bulldog is pretty aggressive Because rappers like Bulldog So this is going to be aggressive name I like it I like this I like this

An adjective to describe you and your music I want this name like gangs I want it to be hired So I would just say rap rap. I like that. Because we're going for a rap name anyway, so. And your name of your favorite child. Oh, Junior.

Junior. Junior. I had a dog. I had a dog named Junior. It was, um, what are those dogs? Uh, a pug. Pug. Pug named junior. Let's see. Yeah.

Bulldog gronk. I guess we're just sticking with the one and only. Robbie G. the one and only. I'm Robbie G. the one and only. If you don't know me, I'm sorry. If you want to, I don't want to say the rest because it's very, it's very, it's very, it's very inappropriate. That's why I stopped the first time. Time's up. What kind of dude is Greg Olson? Okay. I mean, he's not, he's a freak, but he's not a freak.

He's not a freak. He's kind of got that. He's definitely a dudes dude. He is a dude's definitely maybe a whiz. He is a whiz as well because that knowledge, that's why he's such a great commentator. And that was replaced by. He was a first round draft pick? Yeah, he was a first round draft pick to the Chicago Bears. It's kind of a slow start. They traded him to the Panthers. But, you know, everyone has a slow start. when they get to the NFL. Not everyone, but a lot of guys do, but it's okay. He picked it up in Carolina, but, uh, so what are the two that you were leaning on? Uh, I'm going to go with whiz, dudes, dude, um, kind of a stud in a way, because he's a stud. He just owns whatever,

you know, he just owns himself. He looks like a stud, like he does. Blonde hair, six five, blue eye. He is. Like, you see that javelin picture? He looks like you should be on a weeys box. I'm going to go with, I want to go with Wiz, though. We don't, we haven't had many whizeses and he's a because of his knowledge and just a way he can explain anything, break down anything, to be able to get open in many circumstances on the field. And he got to be a smart player. He was clutch. He was clutch for his team. He was clutch for his team.

Another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer, Streeter Seidel, help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter.

Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and friends on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, it's Edwin Castro, also known as Castro 1021. And I'm Conky, his best friend and business manager. And we've got a new show called The 1021 Podcast. I'm taking you behind the scenes on how I became one of Twitch's most popular streamers. We also love sports.

And with the World Cup right around the corner, we'll be breaking down the biggest storylines ahead of the big tournament here in the USA. Listen to the 1021 podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Why are we all so obsessed with romance? On the Radio 831 podcast, join us, Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall,

as we unpack all the trending tropes, fuzzy adaptations, book talk drama, and celebrity love stories with hot takes and sharp guests. Each episode digs into what these stories reveal about desire, fantasy, identity, and how we love now. Listen to the Radio 831 podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Joey Dardano, and on my new podcast, Hope from a Hypocrite, I'll be changing lives, helping people in need with thoughtful solutions. psych! I'm a comedian! I'm not qualified to give good advice. Join me and my comedian friends as we riff, rant, recommend some of the most legally dubious advice known to me.

This is Help from a Hypocrite, the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from a Hypocrite Wednesdays on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.