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New Bears Tight End  Enjoys Different Draft Experience Than Grandpa
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New Bears Tight End Enjoys Different Draft Experience Than Grandpa

Chicago Bears On SI·Gene Chamberlain·about 1 month ago
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The NFL draft has become such a big production and it's sometimes tough for today's draft picks to relate to simpler times when it was taken less seriously by the country. The postdraft celebrations today by the new NFL families are telecast and go viral when it wasn't always the case or even close. Bears third-round pick Sam Roush is the grandson of Phil Olsen, who played seven years for the Rams and Broncos. Phil's brother was Merlin Olsen, the late, great member of the Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" and a longtime NFL announcer who broadcast the Bears' Super Bowl XX victory for NBC.  Roush heard plenty of stories from the brothers when he was younger and had some emotional moments with his grandfather after being drafted. He related how his grandfather's draft experience with the family was a bit less enjoyable, especially with the phone call from the team.  "It was a little different," Roush said. "My grandma actually thought he was getting drafted to Viet Nam.…

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