The New Orleans Saints wide receivers, and specifically Chris Olave, should have a field day against a banged up Carolina Panthers secondary. They've been banged up for weeks, and even with the potential return of Mike Jackson and Will Lee, it shouldn't be enough to slow down the Saints wide receivers. The Saints receiving corps has two things the Panthers secondary doesn't: high end talent and bodies.
Olave had a bounce back performance a week ago against the Browns. It's not that he was necessarily having bad games, but the offense as a whole was struggling and he wasn't hitting the same numbers from the beginning of the season.
The Saints star receiver had over 80 yards in each of his first four games, crossing the century mark three of them. He had 98 yards in last week's game, which was the first time he had been over 60 yards since Week 4. If Olave doesn't see similar production in Week 10, it'll be more about Tyler Shough spreading the ball around than the Panthers stopping Olave.
Jaycee Horn's injury kicks the door wide open for Saints wide receivers
The Panthers are going to be healthier than they have been in recent weeks at cornerback. Cornerbacks Lee and Jackson were full participants in practice, so the expectation is that they'll return this week. That's simply not enough.
For starters, they'll be without their best cornerback, Jaycee Horn. Instead of missing their top four cornerbacks, the Panthers will be without two of their top four corners. Getting Lee and Jackson back makes a horrendous situation better, but it's still a tough sell without Horn.
Olave got the best Horn in both games last season, 104 yards in game 1 and 85 yards in game 2. Olave had a touchdown in the second game that left Horn face down on the turf. Horn is an extremely talented cornerback, and Olave should fare even better this week.
If the Panthers want to give extra attention to Olave, which is likely, the Saints still have Devaughn Vele and Jordyn Tyson who can give defenses fits. The Saints receiving corps is at full strength, and as Tyson begins to settle in, it's going to become increasingly more difficult to stop everyone.
The Panthers defenders are coming back from injury, so we'll have to see what level they're at. Health and talent is on the Saints side on this one. Tyson's role will grow, so don't count out him going over 50-60 yards if Carolina focuses more attention on Olave.
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