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Chris Olave almost called it quits before delivering a career year

After the best game of his professional career, Chris Olave revealed he almost retired this offseason due to the concussions he's suffered. Olave has spoke about the mental battles that came with those concussions before. After the New Orleans Saints played at Carolina, he spoke about the anxiety of going back to where his 2024 campaign was ended.

That was Olave's second concussion of the season and kept him out the last eight games of the year. He really drove home how disappointing the situation was with one sentence. "I was only 24 years old contemplating retirement.