The Washington Commanders are coming off of their late Week 14 bye to a road game against the New Orleans Saints. The Saints haven’t been eliminated from playoff contention yet, but they aren’t far from it. A loss would certainly inch them closer to the end of their season. A win for the Saints, though, could derail the Commanders’ playoff hopes.
Neither team can afford to walk away with a loss when these two teams meet on Sunday. To that end, the Commanders would love to steal one of the Saints players to ensure a victory. This week, they’d like to have wide receiver Chris Olave in maroon and gold.
First, let’s address the fact that Olave is on injured reserve and isn’t available for either team this week, thanks to a rather nasty hit a few weeks ago. However, if he were healthy, Olave would make an excellent complement to fellow former Ohio State Buckeye wide receiver Terry McLaurin.
Both Olave and McLaurin have similar collegiate backgrounds under Urban Meyer and Ryan Day, who are similar coaches as Day was Meyer’s offensive coordinator before becoming the current head coach. They both can get down the field with ridiculous speed and have the ability to catch just about anything thrown their way. Not only would they be fun for Commanders’ fans to watch, but they’d be hard for opposing defenses to stop.
Unfortunately, the Commanders didn’t draft Olave when they could have in 2022, so we’ll never know how that would have worked out. And now Olave is injured and can’t play anyway. But it’s always fun to hypothesize and imagine the what-ifs.
