The Bills could also simply hope to get healthy, but this season feels like Super Bowl or bust, and it’s become abundantly clear over the past two games that Allen needs some more help on offense. Making a trade in the NFL is never an easy process, but if Buffalo is serious about winning it all this season, it may want to go out and swing a couple of deals before the trade deadline strikes.
Bills Get Disappointing Update on Buzzy WR Trade Target
Posted October 19, 2025
The Buffalo Bills are currently enjoying their bye week, but it’s clear that they have some things that need to be fixed when they return to the field in Week 8. After starting the season off 4-0, the Bills have lost their past two games to the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons, with some serious flaws being exposed along the way.
While Buffalo knows it’s going to be alright on offense as long as Josh Allen is under center, injuries have depleted the offense of some of its top playmakers. With that in mind, the team is expected to be active in attempting to acquire some help on offense for Allen ahead of the trade deadline. According to some recent rumors, though, it sounds like one of their top targets, Chris Olave of the New Orleans Saints, may not end up being an option for them.
Bills Set to Miss Out on Chris Olave
Allen’s ability to make plays both on the ground and in the air makes the Bills’ offense very difficult to stop, regardless of who is on the field alongside him. With James Cook at running back and guys like Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, and Dalton Kincaid leading the way in the air, Buffalo has several guys who can help take some of the pressure off of Allen.
As the team’s two recent losses indicate, though, it may not be enough for this team if it wants to win a Super Bowl this year. With that in mind, Olave has popped up as a potential trade target. Playing for a desolate Saints team, Olave has enjoyed a strong start to the season (39 receptions, 342 yards, one touchdown) after missing half of last season with concussion issues.
Olave could come in and immediately be the top target for Allen in the Bills’ passing attack, but it would likely cost the team a pretty penny if they were to make a move for him. It seems like they won’t have to worry about that, though, as New Orleans is rumored to be attempting to lock up Olave on a long-term contract extension, rather than potentially unloading him ahead of the trade deadline.
“The Saints have been trying to work out a long-term contract for receiver Chris Olave despite his name being attached to teams looking for pass catchers,” Dianna Russini of The Athletic reported.
Who Else Could the Bills Trade After Striking Out on Chris Olave?
Buffalo missing out on Olave is a big blow, as the wide receiver trade market doesn’t appear to be stocked full of names ahead of the deadline. Two of Olave’s teammates, Rashid Shaheed and Brandin Cooks, could be names to watch, as could Las Vegas Raiders star Jakobi Meyers, who requested a trade before the season that the team did not fulfill.
Why the 49ers have so many injuries in training camp year after year
This is getting ridiculous.
Every day the 49ers practice this offseason, at least one of their players seems to go down with an injury. And many of these injuries are of the soft-tissue variety. Which means they're often non-contact injuries, which theoretically are more preventable than contact injuries. Football is a collision sport after all.
Still, there has to be a reason so many 49ers have gone down through the first 15 days of camp. Just yesterday at the 49ers' joint practice against the Raiders, roughly 20 of the 90 players on the 49ers' active roster were injured and inactive. So what's going on? What are the 49ers doing differently than the rest of the NFL? Or, are they simply unlucky?
Why the 49ers have so many injuries in training camp
Aug 9, 2025; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan watches from the sidelines in the first quarter against the Denver Broncos at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images / David Gonzales-Imagn Images
These offseason injuries have been an issue for the 49ers since before Kyle Shanahan became the head coach, to be fair to him. Still, he has been the head coach for nine seasons and still hasn't found a solution. Perhaps he's part of the problem.
Some people might blame the 49ers' head of strength and conditioning, Dustin Perry. I have no insight as to whether he's good or not at his job. He has been with the organization since 2017, so I assume he's decent. I also know that he follows the head coach's orders and schedules. And Shanahan structures his practices differently from most head coaches.
The past two weeks, the 49ers have held joint practices with the Broncos and Raiders, so I've been able to see how Sean Payton and Pete Carroll structure training camp practices. And their practices are long -- roughly two and a half hours. And they do lots of stretching -- both static and dynamic -- before they start their football activities.
Jul 24, 2025; Englewood, CO, USA; Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton during Denver Broncos Training Camp. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images / Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images
This is also how Jim Harbaugh structured his training camps when he was the 49ers' head coach -- long, grueling, slow-paced practices. The goal is to toughen up the players -- help them "build a callous," as coaches say -- so they can stay healthy all season.
Keep in mind, teams are allowed to stretch and practice for a maximum of three hours a day during training camp.
Shanahan's practices often end after 90 minutes. Sometimes on longer days, they last two hours. But they are decidedly short compared to other teams. And to get through all the football drills they need to do in just 90 minutes, they seem to rush through warmups.
When they practice on their own, they don't do static stretching -- they bounce and job through a dynamic stretch for about three or four minutes, then they get to football.
I don't know why Shanahan and the 49ers are in such a rush.
Slow down. Warm up. Stretch. If they do these things, they just might have fewer injuries.
It's worth a shot.
