The New Orleans Saints continue to play it safe with wide receiver Chris Olave, who missed the 2025 season finale against the rival Atlanta Falcons due to a blood clot in his lungs.
Five months after the discovery, the Saints continue to hold him out of team drills, and he did not participate in organized team activities for the second straight week.
"He hasn't been able to do the team activities obviously throughout OTAs," coach Kellen Moore said Wednesday, . "The blood clot was related to not participating in team and some of those things."
Late last month, Olave described the incident after participating in some individual drills.
"It was crazy," Olave said. "I didn't really know before when they told me, I ain't really know what a blood clot was, but once they told me, they explained the whole situation that was going on, I feel like it was tough at first.
"But I just put my best foot forward, (and am) just trying to do everything right so I can be healthy at the beginning of the year."
Playing it safe with the star receiver, who caught a career-high 100 passes for 1,163 yards and nine touchdowns in 16 games last season, makes sense. His status is particularly notable as the Saints and Olave's camp continue to work on a big-money contract extension ahead of the final year of his rookie deal.
The Saints will hold mandatory minicamp next week (June 16-17).
