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Major Blow to Saints: Top Receiver Suffers Injury in Friday's Practice

Chris Olave suffered a hamstring injury during Friday's practice and is now questionable for Sunday's game against the Falcons.

John Hendrix

Sep 22, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave (12) reacts to making a first down reception against Philadelphia Eagles safety Reed Blankenship (32) during the first half at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images
Sep 22, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave (12) reacts to making a first down reception against Philadelphia Eagles safety Reed Blankenship (32) during the first half at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images / Stephen Lew-Imagn Images
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The Saints are banged up in a bad way, and they have another big injury to deal with ahead of Sunday's game with the Falcons. Wide receiver Chris Olave injured his hamstring during Friday's practice and is now considered day-to-day. He's officially questionable on the final injury report.

New Orleans already had two receivers dealing with injuries this week, with Cedrick Wilson Jr. (ankle) getting hurt in Thursday's practice and A.T. Perry dealing with a hamstring. Perry was ruled out of action. The team lost center Erik McCoy to a groin injury and won't have guard Cesar Ruiz due to a knee injury.

We'll have to see where Olave is at on game day, but that gives the Saints three healthy receivers going into Sunday: Rashid Shaheed and rookies Mason Tipton and Bub Means. New Orleans will most assuredly call someone up from the practice squad, likely Equanimeous St. Brown.

Week 4's matchup in Atlanta is going to put the stress test on the Saints, and we'll see if they can overcome the major adversity on their hands.

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John Hendrix
JOHN HENDRIX

I officially started covering the New Orleans Saints & other NFL topics in 2011. My work has been featured on various outlets over the years. I worked closely with Skyhorse Publishing in Fall 2018 to update the book, Tales From the New Orleans Saints Sidelines, which filled in all Saints material from the 2013-2017 seasons. Prior to joining Saints News Network, I served as the Managing Editor of SB Nation's Canal Street Chronicles for 3.5 years, and before that with FanSided's Who Dat Dish as the Managing Editor for several years. I have also had experiences of being a freelance Saints reporter for The Sun Herald in Biloxi, MS and a contributing writer for WDSU, a local NBC TV station in New Orleans. I have appeared on a vast amount of TV and Radio shows, both nationally and locally. For tips, comments, or suggestions, please contact me at johnhendrix@saintsnews.net

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