There’s something quietly romantic about a good compliment. The New Orleans Saints don’t need another Chris Olave. They need someone who makes his life easier. Someone who turns defensive double teams into regrets.
Romeo Doubs Projected To Provide the Reliability Saints Searching for Opposite Chris Olave
According to Jared Dubin of CBS Sports, Romeo Doubs feels less like a random name on a free-agent list and more like the kind of pairing that makes narrative sense. The Saints receiver room has the feel of a bookshelf missing a bookend.
After the midseason trade of Rashid Shaheed and the earlier departure of Brandin Cooks, the depth chart behind Olave looks thin in ways that matter. There’s promise, yes. But promise doesn’t win third-and-seven in December.
Doubs might.
“The Saints traded away Rashid Shaheed during this past season and need to add a complement to Chris Olave. They can’t come into next year with DeVaughn Vele and Kevin Austin Jr. as the secondary pass-catchers. Doubs is still 25 years old and has been reliable in Green Bay, and could do more in an expanded role,” Dubin wrote.
Over four seasons with the Green Bay Packers, Doubs has quietly stacked 21 touchdown receptions, the kind of production that doesn’t always trend but consistently shows up when it counts.
His 2025 season was the cleanest distillation of who he is as a player: He logged 55 catches, 724 yards, 6 touchdowns, and 13.2 yards per reception. Even more telling? 41 of those catches resulted in first downs. Nearly three-quarters of his receptions kept drives alive. He’s not only catching passes. He’s extending conversations. He has a score of 77.9 on PFSN’s WR Impact metric.
For New Orleans, that production matters.
Olave is the electric one, the smooth route runner who stretches the field and forces defensive coordinators to lose sleep. Doubs, by contrast, plays with a kind of grounded physicality. He’s comfortable on the boundary. He wins in traffic. He doesn’t mind a 50/50 ball because he tends to treat it like it’s 70/30 in his favor.
And then there’s the red zone. Doubs led Green Bay with six touchdown receptions in 2025. For a Saints offense that too often settled for field goals instead of celebrations, that particular detail reads less like trivia and more like a solution.
In New Orleans, Doubs would step into a defined role opposite Olave. More snaps. More targets. More moments. The kind of expanded responsibility that turns a dependable starter into something more.
