Yahoo Fantasy’s Matt Harmon and Ray Garvin dissect Olive’s latest utilization and the way it’s translating to large fantasy upside in New Orleans. Hear the complete dialog on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast – and subscribe on , or wherever you pay attention.
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This elementary fact nonetheless stays in New Orleans.
It’s consolidated as hell.
It’s Olave and it is Rashid Shaheed and so they’re taking part in with the quarterback that completely will put the ball in any sort of method, hurt’s method, great way, dangerous method.
Spencer Rattler is a enjoyable participant.
He goes to give his, his, his receivers an opportunity.
I began wanting up a few of the goal charges with Olave.
To your level, man protection, a 100% goal charge versus man protection in week 7.
If he was lined up one on one and it was man protection, we’re getting the ball to Chris Olave.
Ninth highest total utilization rating amongst vast receivers in our Trinity mannequin.
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Uh, that is.
Chris Olave’s expertise has all the time been there.
It’s been the quarterback drawback and typically his capability to keep wholesome.
But you see this on the display.
Second, what, true second in targets, one thing, what was that?
Second in targets on the season.
Like that is, this can be a participant, sure, 68 targets, second within the NFL.
47 of these catchable targets.
This is a quiet, quiet, like, I do not need to say star this yr in 2025, however man, he’s, he’s shining with out making.
lots of noise.
There’s not lots of consideration round Chris Olave, and, and, and I nonetheless suppose that there are methods to purchase him this yr with another greater names who might not be producing as a lot.
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Like, if I simply ask you proper off the rip, like, who do you may have extra confidence in shifting ahead this season?
Not dynasty, Teeroa MacMillan in his state of affairs or Chris Olave?
Can you make a pivot there?
If there’s some individuals on the market, Matt, that won’t actually be shopping for into Travis Hunter’s new position doubtlessly, can you utilize that sport and the failures of Brian Thomas early to be like, hey, can I commerce my Hunter to perhaps seize a participant like Chris Olave?
I simply need to shine some gentle on a receiver who’s quietly simply taking part in actually, actually good ball and he is a plug and play starter for you.
And then if you get these sort of weeks the place he will get the landing or two, you feel nice about anyone like Olave.
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Yeah, that is one thing I’ve been harping on for weeks, man, that his position is superior on this offense.
I like the way in which they’ve weaponized him.
Week two, I wrote up a, uh, a complete factor on reception notion about how completely different his position was this yr versus years previous when he was type particularly when previous Pete Carmichael was the play caller.
For this workforce, and it was simply this historical archaic, made-for-Drew Brees offense, however you bought Derek Carr working it.
No disrespect to Derek Carr, however we’re speaking about completely different ranges to this complete factor.
So I might relatively have Olave than TAC the remainder of the season.
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Um, I’m enthusiastic about what I noticed from Travis Hunter final week, however I, I most likely, I feel Olave’s safer, simply trigger I do know he is gonna be the primary vast receiver on his workforce and all that stuff.
I, I, I, that may very well be fallacious, and I, I’m actually enthusiastic about Hunter proper now, however yeah, I, I’m, I’m loving what I’m seeing from Olave this yr.