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Welcome to today’s roundup of New Orleans Saints and NFL news! We’re going to get an answer on his status and soon. Not the best, but could be worse. Both sides are optimistic a deal will get done
The Saints selected wide receiver Jordyn Tyson with the eighth overall pick last month. Tyson isn’t a future replacement for Chris Olave. Instead, the Saints want to build their passing attack around Olave and Tyson. Olave, though, is set to become a free agent after this season. General Manager Mickey Loomis wants to get a deal done, but the sides have no timetable on a long-term extension. “Obviously, we’d love to have something done sooner than later, and I’m sure Chris would as well, but we’re not there yet,” Loomis said Monday, via Katherine Terrell of ESPN. Olave, who turns 26 next month, is under contract for this season at $15.49 million under his fifth-year option. He has three 1,000-yard seasons in his four seasons, catching 291 passes for 3,728 yards and 19 touchdowns
Saints GM Mickey Loomis said Monday that talks with Olave (illness) regarding a contact extension have been positive, Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com reports. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update
Sleeper status change for Chris Olave (8144). Before: status=Active, injury_status=Questionable. After: status=Active, injury_status=
The 2026 regular season schedule was officially released on Thursday night for all 32 NFL teams. For the Baltimore Ravens, this year’s schedule announcement was highly anticipated as the franchise enters a new-look era under head coach Jesse Minter. How does each game on the schedule shape up? Let’s run through all 17 matchups and break them down. The Ravens open their season on the road for the third straight season, this time traveling to Indianapolis to play the Colts. The Colts were one of the league’s best teams during the first half of the 2025 season before tailing off and finishing with a losing record (8-9). They have a big question mark at quarterback with Daniel Jones returning from a torn achilles injury but a solid offensive line and talent on defense. They also one of the best running backs in the league in Jonathan Taylor , which will give the Ravens’ run defense a big test right away. In Week 2, the Ravens will host the New Orleans Saints in their home opener. The Saints finished 6-11 last season but ended the year winning four of their final five games. Rookie quarterback Tyler Shough showed a lot of growth and nearly won Offensive Rookie of the Year. The Ravens a clear talent advantage over the Saints on paper but will have to avoid overlooking a young team at home ahead of a more anticipated matchup. The Saints also have a good group of playmakers on offense with WR Chris Olave , RB Alvin Kamara , RB Travis Eteienne, and incoming first-round pick WR Jordan Tyson. While this is technically an away matchup, the Ravens will be playing the Cowboys in Brazil. International games always have an unpredictable nature to them. The Cowboys missed out on the playoffs last season but have plenty of talent, headlined by a top-tier wide receiver duo ( CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens ) along with gunslinger quarterback Dak Prescott . Their passing attack will challenge the Ravens’ secondary and be a good litmus test for how much their pass defense has improved from last year. Dallas also made big upgrades to their defense this offseason and should be more formidable on that side of the ball. After a long travel week out of the country, the Ravens will be pleased to get another favorable matchup back on home turf. The Titans finished tied for the league’s worst record last season with just three wins, although they will a much different look in 2026. They should be an improved squad under Robert Saleh and a new coaching staff in quarterback Cam Ward’s sophomore season. However, the Ravens still have the talent advantage across the board. This will be the second home game in the first few weeks where the Ravens are facing a rising second-year quarterback. The Ravens’ first primetime contest of the year comes on the road in Week 5, where they’ll face the Atlanta Falcons. It’s unclear who will be the Falcons’ starting quarterback between Michael Penix Jr . and Tua Tagovailoa , but they have high-level offensive playmakers regardless in RB Bijan Robinson , WR Drake London , and TE Kyle Pitts . The Falcons finished one game under .5o0 last season and hired a new head coach, Kevin Stefanski, who the Ravens are familiar with from his time in Cleveland . Stefanski should help the Falcons be competitive and this will be a challenging road matchup in a dome environment. In Week 6, the Ravens will play their first consecutive road game and also their first divisional opponent. It will be the team’s first taste of the Cleveland Browns with Todd Monken as the new head coach. Given Monken was Baltimore’s offensive coordinator for the past three seasons, it will be interesting to see if he has any advantages up his sleeve. Myles Garrett ’s game-wrecking ability always makes the Browns’ defense a threat, but their uncertainty at quarterback remains on the other side of the ball. Their young talent on offense makes the group intriguing, though, and not to be overlooked. The Browns used several early-round draft picks this year on offe [... truncated ...]
New Orleans Saints rookie wide receiver Bryce Lance could be a perfect fit with his new team. The North Dakota State product was selected in the fourth round of the 2026 NFL Draft. Although he doesn't have the greatest draft capital as a Day 3 pick, he's a perfect scheme fit for the Saints, who have been looking for a speedy receiver to replace Rashid Shaheed. Lance ran a 4.34-second 40-yard dash at the Scouting Combine, and he caught a whopping 126 passes for 2,150 yards and 25 touchdowns over his final two years at school. The Saints have a somewhat crowded receiver room headlined by Chris Olave and Jordyn Tyson, but we could see Lance stepping into the No. 3 role by midseason. Even if he doesn't start every game or play the majority of the snaps, he offers tremendous fantasy upside as a downfield threat who needs just one or two big plays to explode in fantasy football. With such a high ceiling, he's a worthwhile pick in the second round of 2026 rookie drafts
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Jordyn Tyson was a top prospect in this year's NFL Draft, and his landing spot could be conducive to a top-12 finish in fantasy football. Tyson ended up with the Saints, where he should start every game opposite Chris Olave. New Orleans' offense is trending in the right direction under offensive-minded head coach Kellen Moore. Quarterback Tyler Shough had a fantastic rookie season, Travis Etienne Jr. was added to the backfield, and Tyson and Olave could end up being the best wide receiver duo in the NFC South. We're not too worried about target share, either, as Shough averaged 35 pass attempts per game following the bye week last year, and that number could increase in 2026. Tyson may initially produce slightly less than Olave, but we wouldn't be surprised to see an even split (or even see Tyson win the top role) by season's end, especially given Olave's concussion history. All in all, Tyson will push to be the top-scoring receiver in the 2026 rookie class, both short-term and long-term. His biggest competition is presumably Carnell Tate, the Titans' first-round pick, who may initially face some growing pains as Cameron Ward continues to develop
The NFL will announce its international game schedule on May 13, ahead of the full 2026 schedule release. Nine international games are planned, with the 49ers playing the Rams in Melbourne and the Cowboys facing the Ravens in Rio already confirmed. Other teams involved include the Jaguars (twice in London), Commanders (London), 49ers (Mexico City), Falcons (Madrid), Lions (Munich), and Saints (Paris)
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New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave finished 2025 as the fantasy WR6, largely on the strength of a 27.3% team target share, and he came into the offseason as the undisputed top option in New Orleans. The addition of Travis Etienne Jr. in free agency will add a wrinkle to Kellen Moore's evolving offense, but having topped a 10% target share only once in his four professional seasons, he posed no major threat to Olave's week-winning volume. The same can not be said about some of the talent added through the first two nights of the NFL Draft. The Saints selected Arizona State wide receiver Jordyn Tyson with the eighth overall pick and added Georgia tight end Oscar Delp in the third round. While durability concerns shaded Tyson's profile heading into the draft, many believe he has the most upside of any receiver in a deep 2026 class, and Delp is thought to have untapped potential as a pass catcher after being utilized predominantly inline by the Bulldogs. Since being selected in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, Olave has never faced significant target competition. Even while missing 13 games across his first four seasons, Olave's 111.5 targets per season radically outpaced the 53.5 per year average of the team's WR2 over that time. While the Saints have long involved their tight ends and running backs in the passing game, the offense they are building around Tyler Shough will provide answers at all levels of the field and make him less reliant on any one player. While Olave still has a claim as the most talented receiver on the team, the 9.4 targets per game that he earned, partly out of necessity, in 2025 could very well stand as a career-high
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave re-emerged as a high-value PPR wide receiver in 2025, recording 100 receptions for 1,163 yards and nine touchdowns on 156 targets across 16 games. After a lost season in which injuries forced him to miss nine games in 2024, Olave was able to re-establish himself as the clear number one target in New Orleans. He also got some much-needed help in the quarterback department in the second half of the year after Tyler Shough took over as the Saints' QB1. Olave's worrying track record of concussion issues remains a red flag for his long-term dynasty outlook. However, he's proven to be an effective high-volume target earner as long as he's on the field. Particularly with the improved offensive environment around him, Olave's value is trending up heading into 2026
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