Team Profile
New Orleans Saints
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-4.8% 20thOff DVOA
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-0.3% 26thPassing DVOA
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-2% 12thRushing DVOA
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3.4% 22ndDef DVOA
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3% 11thDef Passing DVOA
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4.1% 30thDef Rushing DVOA
2024 Team Stats
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Points For20.6 22nd
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Points Against23.1 16th
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Yards Per Game327.0 18th
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Yards Allowed Per Game378.0 30th
After leaving practice on Tuesday following a training camp scare where New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave (hip) landed on his hip, Olave returned to practice on Wednesday. Hopefully, this is more of a minor bump than anything that will linger throughout camp, but it's excellent news that the 24-year-old Olave returned to the field just 24 hours later. The bulk of the passing game targets should go directly to Olave in 2024, as Olave and Alvin Kamara are the only two members of the Saints' roster who have earned 75 or more targets in a season. For fantasy purposes, Olave is a low-end WR1 with big-time upside at wide receiver in 2024.
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling has faded into the background at training camp in the last few practices as he attempts to battle for a prominent role on offense in 2024. Valdes-Scantling has yet to make a strong impression in the passing game during team drills, and his opportunities with quarterback Josh Allen and the top unit have dwindled as a result. At one point, MVS was on a side field working with the second and third units, which was more notable with Chase Claypool (toe) out. It's still early, but it's been clear that he hasn't been on of the top five receivers this summer. Second-year wideout Tyrell Shavers has outplayed Valdes-Scantling and offers more versatility. Claypool has also had his moments before getting injured. If the Bills decide to move on, they'd eat $2.25 million in dead cap money.
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave (hip) left Tuesday's practice early after landing on his hip, head coach Dennis Allen said. Allen had no further updates when addressing the media shortly after the session had ended. Fantasy managers should deem Olave day-to-day until more information is available, but there's a chance his exit was a precautionary measure at this stage of the season. Although the 24-year-old star wideout struggled for efficiency last season with the Saints and quarterback Derek Carr, as evidenced by his unimpressive 8.1 yards per target over 138 targets, his 32 deep targets in 16 games and role as New Orleans' undisputed top target gives him a strong floor and ceiling combination in the early rounds of drafts this summer. Olive's ADP as a WR1 option should not be adjusted for this situation.
Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire (illness) didn't practice on Sunday. Like his teammate, Marquise Brown, he's under the weather. However, it doesn't appear CEH will be out of action for long, so there's a chance he may return to training camp on Monday. The 25-year-old has spent four seasons in Kansas City since entering the league in 2020. Unfortunately, his production has been sporadic, rushing for 1,845 yards and 12 touchdowns off 441 carries and amassing 89 grabs for 765 yards and seven scores. The Chiefs have Isiah Pacheco as the No. 1 option on the depth chart, meaning Edwards-Helaire shouldn't be viewed as anything other than an insurance policy in fantasy drafts heading into the 2024-25 campaign.
New Orleans Saints running back Kendre Miller (hamstring) remained sidelined at training camp practice on Saturday after injuring his hamstring in the first practice of the summer on Wednesday. It remains to be seen when Miller will be able to get back on the field, but it's certainly a bad start for the 22-year-old former third-round pick last year after he managed to play in just eight games in his rookie season in 2023. If Miller cannot figure out a way to stay healthy, he may not stick around in New Orleans for very long. As of right now, he's not on the fantasy radar in redraft leagues with both Alvin Kamara and Jamaal Williams ahead of him on the RB depth chart. Miller averaged only 3.8 yards per carry on his 41 rushing attempts last year for 156 yards and one touchdown.