Olave's Concussion Adds to Saints' Woes, Carr Addresses Thomas’ Frustration

Saints wide receiver Chris Olave returned on a flight with the team on Sunday after suffering his second concussion of the season that required him to visit a hospital.

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Olave was put on the league’s concussion protocol for the fourth time in his NFL career after a helmet strike to his head midway through the first quarter for the Saints in their 23-22 defeat against the Carolina Panthers.

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"Thank God. A Billion Thanks for all the love and prayers anyway. As usual on his X account, Olave wrote after the game: “I’m going to be right.

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Xavier Woods, a Panthers safety, struck Olave in the head and neck as he was scurrying toward the end zone to try to catch a high pass from quarterback Derek Carr across the middle of the field.

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Woods was penalized for unnecessary roughness for the play, the ninth time he committed such a foul in his NFL career, which began in 2017; Woods leads the NFL in such penalties during that time.

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Olave did not get up from the ground after the pass and was taken to the cart before being driven out of the field but before he was transported to the hospital, he was strapped to a backboard.

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Players from both teams congregated around Olave and the medical team as they attended to him, and he waved and doled out a few ‘fives’ to his teammates before he was carted off.

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Former Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas seemed to point the finger at Carr for Olave’s concussion in some tweets on his X page.

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