Chris Olave is off the NFI list and participating in Saints training camp.
Chris Olave has been activated off the NFI list. Nick Underhill reports that Olave had no limitations upon being activated. The source of the injury was noted to be his shoulder.
Fantasy gamers can breathe a sigh of relief as the Saints were only practicing caution with their alpha wide receiver. Entering his third season, Chris Olave is on the precipice of breaking out. With the Klint Kubiak offense deploying more motion, expect Chris Olave to benefit from the Saints offensive game plan which incorporates creativity not seen in Olave’s first two seasons.
Chris Olave currently goes in round 2 on UnderDog while the Saints No. 2 wide receiver Rashid Shaheed is being selected in the 9th round. While everything is alright this time around, it is wise to run a mental contingent exercise every time there is a reported injury. Rashid Shaheed would significantly outpace his round 9 draft capital in the event Chris Olave misses a lengthy amount of time.
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The Saints get a bargain price for returner and wide receiver Rashid Shaheed.
Adam Schefter reports that Saints wide receiver and All-Pro returner Rashid Shaheed has signed a 1-year $5.2 million extension. This is a considerable bargain as Shaheed offers versatility in the return game while ascending as a wide receiver.
The All-Pro and Pro Bowl returner is a tremendous pick in the Scott Fish Bowl which rewards a point for every 5 yards returned. On UnderDog, Rashid Shaheed is being drafted as WR-53 in the 9th round. Entering his 3rd NFL season, Shaheed is looking to build off of his 46 receptions, 719 receiving yards, and 5 receiving touchdowns in 2023.
Expect Rashid Shaheed to pay off his current ADP. Drafters can click him confidently when stacked with Derek Carr, correlated with the week 17 matchup vs. the Raiders, or unstacked as a standalone pick in your best ball builds.
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Fifth round rookie wide receiver Bub Means is beginning Saints training camp on the non-football injury list. The injury is not deemed serious. Means will have to pass a conditioning test prior to being activated for Saints training camp. Of note is that players do not start drawing their salary until they are activated from the NFI list.
The rookie from Pittsburgh runs a 4.43 40-yard dash and his athleticism score of 105.7 is 8th for the 2024 class of wide receivers. Once active in training camp, Bub Means will look to compete for the third wide receiver spot behind Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed. Means won’t have it easy as A.T. Perry has garnered late-round hype for the third wide receiver spot on the Saints. You can draft Bub Means as a late round dart throw on UnderDog in the 18th round.
Rashid Shaheed has been tendered by the Saints and will return on a one year contract worth $985k.
While there is zero guaranteed money in Shaheed’s contract, it’s a no brainer that he will be back on the field for the Saints in 2024 after displaying high end explosiveness during his first two seasons.
Shaheed has been a best ball hero of sorts, putting up wildly inconsistent production and having the ability to finish as a top-20 Wide Receiver any given week. In 2023, he posted 4 separate performances with over 18 ppr fantasy points, while scoring less than 8 points in nine games where he was fully healthy.
Look for Shaheed to continue to be a boom/bust option in 2024, with it being likely that he will be catching passes from Derek Carr. Carr struggled with a shoulder injury last year which many believe hindered his ability to throw it deep, and may have had a negative impact on Shaheed’s production. Shaheed has shown development in his first two seasons, and fantasy managers can expect him to produce in 2024 with better QB play, putting him firmly on best ball draft radars.
Rashid Shaheed did not finish practice Saturday after re-aggravating a lingering groin injury.
Reports out of Saints OTA’s indicated that Shaheed was “looking great” early on. This hype gave much hope that he could build off an impressive finish to a rookie campaign that saw him finish with at least 50 yards receiving in five of the Saint’s final six games. Since the beginning of Saint’s minicamp, however, he has been dealing with a lingering groin injury. Shaheed sat out the first three games of the mandatory minicamp and after sitting out nearly a month during OTA’s he appeared to be on the mend as training camp rolled around.
After a few weeks with no reports of any issues, the lingering groin injury popped back up during the first week of the official team training camp. Shaheed was unable to finish practice on Saturday after suffering a re-aggravation of the injury. Head coach Dennis Allen indicated that the injury was likely minor and that he was not overly concerned.
