Buried outside of the top-30 wideouts in best ball rankings at times this offseason, Olave figures to be a key fixture in Moore’s offense as long as he can stay healthy. He likely would have returned from his second 2024 concussion before the season ended if the Saints had happened to have something to play for. Olave was practicing in full for most of January. It’s not unfair to consider Olave in the Tua Tagovailoa mould for fantasy purposes — a good player, but one with added injury risk — now that he has four NFL concussions in three seasons. But the reward may outweigh the risk at some point on your board. Moore’s No. 1 wideouts have never lacked for targets.

Olave is practicing in full, but the Saints have nothing to play for. Despite likely being cleared for action, we would be surprised to see him take the field for a meaningless Week 18 contest. Assuming he doesn’t, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Kevin Austin will run as the team’s top receivers versus Tampa Bay.

He practiced in full for most of last week, but the decision to hold him out reportedly came down to conditioning. It’s almost impossible to understand what a Week 18 Olave looks like without also figuring out the health of Derek Carr and Alvin Kamara, but if Olave played with Spencer Rattler in Week 18 he’d probably not be worth using in fantasy leagues given how weak that offense has looked the last three weeks.

Olave practiced in full on Wednesday and Thursday. His Friday practice participation has not yet been released but his questionable labeling at least tells us the team is keeping long-term outlooks in mind. Beat reporter Nick Underhill states, “Olave is questionable but I’d bet he doesn’t play.” Fantasy managers should expect to be without Olave this week though he would be a volatile WR2/3 if active.