Pat Kerrane pushed back on the Olave fear, calling him a screaming buy in both best ball and dynasty. Kerrane pointed to Olave’s career-long underlying juice—top-15 in targets per route run and yards per route run since entering the league—plus the luxury of playing half his games in a dome. He believes a pocket passer like Shuck (or even Rattler if things go south) will still funnel volume to the star wide-out, and emphasized that elite peripherals plus a controlled environment usually translate to spike weeks regardless of who is under center. With market sentiment cooling, Kerrane is actively offering late-first-round rookie picks or WR3 types to secure Olave shares before the price rebounds.

Davis Mattek dropped Chris Olave all the way to 75th overall in his dynasty ranks and said managers should treat the wide-out as a sell or at least a stay-away at current prices. Mattek sees three red flags: (1) quarterback chaos—he expects 40th-overall rookie Tyler Shuck to start in 2025 with Spencer Rattler waiting in the wings, leaving Olave’s 2026 passer totally up in the air; (2) five documented concussions since 2020, a "black-marble" tail-risk that could send his dynasty stock to zero with one more head injury; and (3) Mattek never thought Olave was an alpha to begin with, so he is more willing to nuke the profile now that the situation has deteriorated. Given those factors, Mattek would trade Olave for any top-15 rookie pick or pivot to safer wide receivers in the same tier.

Liam Murphy rejected concerns that shaky quarterback play should push Chris Olave down draft boards. He reminded listeners Olave has been a perennial Round-2 fantasy pick and said any Saints starter is still likely to throw 200-220 yards per game—more than enough for a 30-percent-target-share receiver. If Derek Carr simply holds the job all season, Murphy thinks Olave becomes a ‘mega value’ at his current third-round price tag.