Chris Olave’s brother Josh Olave will be on Underhill live stream during PHI-GB wildcard game (1 Viewer)

[DaveXA]

I believe there was a penalty on that play. There was no penalty on the Bucs player who concussed him, however.

Ah, yeah, that might be what I was thinking. I do remember one play where he was hit in the head and no call.

 

[Snakehead]

Newsflash. If they didn't care, they wouldn't bother appealing the fines. And it will lead to more 15 yard penalties so even if they don't care, their coaches will.

They appeal because they can. Also, the "They" I am referring to is the NFL. They don't care about concussions.


It's lipservice that you are buying into. They aren't doing anything to take it out of the game. After the fact, pennies on the dollar fines does nothing.

We see the hits in every game. If they were really doing something, they would work their way out of the game.

 

[meily]

They’ll probably be elaborating further on this point during the stream. I’m sure Josh can’t wait to go in.

He's not built to be a go-to receiver but a guy who makes explosive plays, if he was starting opposite Michael Thomas, he'd be thriving.

 

[St. Widge]

They appeal because they can. Also, the "They" I am referring to is the NFL. They don't care about concussions.


It's lipservice that you are buying into. They aren't doing anything to take it out of the game. After the fact, pennies on the dollar fines does nothing.

We see the hits in every game. If they were really doing something, they would work their way out of the game.

I'm not buying into anything. I know they don't care about concussions. But they do care about image so they pretend to care about concussions. Of course you see hits every game. It's a violent sport by nature, that can't be changed. But, what you don't see are the devastating shots over the middle with forearms, targeting heads, nailing defenseless receivers regardless of if they catch the ball or not, etc. There are no Ronnie Lott, Sammy Knight, or Jack Lambert type players because it wasn't good for the image of the NFL and costs them corporate dollars. You do sometimes see it in the playoffs because they let them play in the playoffs because it only risks losing star players for a game or two and not for an entire season which hurts ratings.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

For example...they're putting all this work into "making kickoff safer" while they haven't even touched punts which is waaaaaaaay more dangerous.

How can we do the most to give off the appearance of making things safer while doing the absolute least

 

[Hubig]

Olave's bro is now on the stream.

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[Quiet Storm]

This is a bad look for Olaves brother and Nick.

Olave's brother stepping in and talking reminds me a lot of the Derrick Rose situation in Chicago. Rose tore his ACL, he was cleared after 8/9 months but his brothers started directing him on what to do and he didn't come back till 18 months. That rubbed Chicago the wrong way..

Olave's brother blaming Carr is stupid. Needs to shut his mouth along with Thomas.

 

[Elvis]

I’m on the stream now. Nothing super controversial. Just talking football. Seems to know his stuff pretty well.

 

[DeuceMcAllisterFan]

So people got riled up for nothing?

 

[DerrickB]

Did I miss anything?

 

[Loco Hornet Fan]

Take a deep breath.

We traded all the way up to the 11th pick to draft Olave. Expectations are apart of the job.

So far he has not been a top receiver like we would have hoped. Combine that with his inability to stay on the field and being one hit away from retirement he's going to have some negative thoughts about him.

I don’t know. In my opinion, the concussions aren’t his fault. I don’t get having negative thoughts about that.

He’s played through a lot of other injuries.

I guess it depends on what your expectations were when we drafted him (I agree that he’s not one of the best receivers in the league at this point), but I think he’s played well enough for an 11th pick.

 

[Loco Hornet Fan]

What great player doesn’t want number 1 money though? If he wants it, he will have to prove he can do the dirty work every go to guy does and stay healthy.

I didn’t say that he doesn’t want the money. My point was that he hasn’t complained about wanting the money/status without having to get hit or have coverages focus on him.

 

[LetsGetWaffles]

Might be able to get a very late 1st or 2nd. I'd look at Houston who will probably be without Tank Dell next year and Diggs is old always wears out his welcome. Buffalo is another option. Miami would be an option since Hill will probably force his way out and they are super finesse.

It would be better for the Saints and for him if he just put on the muscle, got stronger and just evolved his game. He's smooth and a tactician who just happens to be fast. He can sacrifice some speed for size/strength which would compliment his route running and hands.

I think a 2nd from a team that feels like they are 1 WR away from a championship run would be the best we could hope for, so that pretty much means a pick in the late 50s at the best. I also don’t see any team giving up a 2nd or even a 3rd for him this offseason being that he got knocked out 3 times and ended the year in potential disarray.

 

[Snakehead]

I think a 2nd from a team that feels like they are 1 WR away from a championship run would be the best we could hope for, so that pretty much means a pick in the late 50s at the best. I also don’t see any team giving up a 2nd or even a 3rd for him this offseason being that he got knocked out 3 times and ended the year in potential disarray.

Agreed. The best option for all parties is he gets bigger/stronger and puts some time between his last concussion and his next hit, the more the better.