New Orleans Saints head coach Dennis Allen had updates on two of his WRs Wednesday afternoon, and neither were good.
Chris Olave will not play Thursday night against the Denver Broncos due to the concussion he sustained in the Saints’ 51-27 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 6. He took a helmet-to-helmet collision in the first quarter and hasn’t seen the field since, missing the rest of the game and every practice this week.
The news is worse for Rashid Shaheed, who left last week’s game in the 4th quarter after injuring his knee. He’s having meniscus surgery on Thursday, and Allen didn’t give more info than that. We don’t know if he’ll be out for a few weeks, or much longer.
The Saints are pretty banged up right now, but they are getting a break soon. After Thursday’s game, they have 10 days before their next game on Oct. 27. They can do a lot of healing in 10 days.
Here’s a look at some of the other top stories in the NFL coming out of Week 6.
The New York Giants have lost their star left tackle, Andrew Thomas, for the season. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Thomas had surgery on a Lisfranc injury (which involves the joints and ligaments in the middle of the foot) on Wednesday morning, and he will miss the remainder of the year. Thomas injured his foot in the third quarter of the Giants’ Sunday night loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. He somehow managed to finish out the game, but did it with a limp that got worse and worse as time went on.
Thomas is one of the few bright spots for the Giants this season, and one of the reasons the offensive line has improved so much since last year. He signed a five-year, $117 million contract extension last summer, and this will be the second straight season he’s missed significant time.
After weeks of speculation, Davante Adams is headed to the New York Jets to reunite with his former QB Aaron Rodgers, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The Jets are reportedly sending back a conditional third-round pick that can become a second-round pick based on performance.
The trade came less than 12 hours after the Jets delivered an ugly 23-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills on “Monday Night Football.” It was the team’s first game since firing head coach Robert Saleh, and the presence of the newly-named interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich, as well as new offensive signal caller Todd Downing, wasn’t enough to stop the Jets from making costly mistakes.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are trending toward making a change at quarterback. Veteran Russell Wilson, who signed with the Steelers in March, is finally healthy enough to start taking first-team reps, and will reportedly do just that this week. That sets him up to make his Steelers debut this weekend when they face the New York Jets.
The Lions’ pass-rushing specialist is leading the NFL in sacks with 6.5, but was carted off the field in Dallas on Sunday with what was confirmed to be a broken tibia. He had surgery on it in Dallas and is expected to miss the rest of the 2024 season, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Hutchinson had 11.5 sacks in 2023 and made his first Pro Bowl last season.
If you were to just look at the Dallas Cowboys’ road results this year, you’d find a 3-0 team that, while it has some things to clean up, has been able to come away with a couple close wins, even beating the 4-2 Steelers in Pittsburgh. But at home, the Cowboys have barely been competitive, and for all but two quarters, have gotten entirely stomped on home turf. The Cowboys have given up 119 points — 39.7 points per game — at home in three games this season.
After the worst home loss of the Jerry Jones era — coincidentally on his 82nd birthday — Jones said he’s not considering a coaching change, even as questions about Mike McCarthy continue to swirl. The Cowboys are off in Week 7, and play their next two games on the road.
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Saints head coach Dennis Allen has given updates on two of his wide receivers:
Chris Olave, who sustained a concussion in the Saints’ 51-27 loss to the Buccaneers last week, is out for Week 7.
Rashid Shaheed sustained a knee injury in the fourth quarter of the same game, and is undergoing meniscus surgery Thursday. He’ll be out, but right now there’s no info on how long.
The Los Angeles Rams may have Cooper Kupp back this weekend. Kupp, who hasn’t played since he sprained his ankle in Week 2, is “trending in the right direction” to play on Sunday against the Raiders, head coach Sean McVay said on Wednesday.
Kupp participated in individual work on Wednesday, and the Rams are hopeful he can join fully over the next few days.
“There’s a possibility that he’ll play, but we’ll see how today goes,” McVay said, via ESPN’s Sarah Barshop. “He’s trending in the right direction, but we’ll see exactly what that means as the week progresses.”
The Las Vegas Raiders are trading All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams to the New York Jets, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The Jets are reportedly sending back a conditional third-round pick that can become a second-round pick based on performance.
This trade comes less than 12 hours after the Jets delivered an ugly 23-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills on “Monday Night Football.” It was the team’s first game since firing head coach Robert Saleh, and the presence of the newly-named interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich, as well as new offensive signal caller Todd Downing, wasn’t enough to stop the Jets from making costly mistakes.
Adams has a very familiar face waiting for him when he arrives in New Jersey: Aaron Rodgers, who was Adams’ teammate on the Green Bay Packers for years. With the Jets’ offense struggling, the hope is that reuniting Rodgers with one of his most successful on-field partners will help unlock all the success the team feels is just out of their reach.
The trade ends a two-plus season tenure for Adams in Las Vegas.
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A little more info on the evolving Haason Reddick situation…
From the FWIW file: Drew Rosenhaus’ first comment to me last night was that his goal is to work something out with the #Jets. Mentioned it before I could ask about a possible trade. Could be canvassing the field to explore all options. https://t.co/GNVjw0ykPt
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) October 15, 2024
