Chris Olave Week 6 Outlook - Buccaneers at Saints

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 10th 2024, 1:05pm EDT

Olave has been disappointing this season (WR43) as he has been operating as the team's WR2 behind Rashid Shaheed. This is definitely not how we thought Olave's 2024 season would unfold, but this is where we are currently. Olave has garnered a 19.9% target share with a 24.7% air-yard share, 2.15 YPRR, and a 25.3% first-read share. He remains tied for the team lead in end-zone targets and red-zone targets with two apiece. The Bucs have the third-highest rate of Cover 3 in the NFL (43.5%). Against Cover 3, Olave has seen his market share metric stay consistent with his overall numbers while his YPRR has jumped to 3.21. Olave will run about 69% of his routes against Zyon McCollum (48.1% catch rate and 92.1 passer rating) and Jamel Dean (66.7% catch rate and 92.7 passer rating). This is a decent bounce-back spot for Olave against a secondary that has allowed the ninth-most receiving yards per game to perimeter wide receivers.