Peter King Predicts Saints' Chris Olave, Jets' Sauce Gardner to Win Rookie NFL Awards

The New Orleans Saints wideout is projected by Peter King of NBC Sports to be the offensive rookies of the year.

New York Giants tackle Evan Neal was listed as King's second- and third-place pick for the award.

On the other side of the field, King predicted that the New York Jets would win the defensive rookies of the year, beating out Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles.

Since 1999, only two defensive backs have won the defensive rookies of the year award, Marcus Peters and Marshon Lattimore.

The No. 1 pick in last year's draft was not considered a candidate.

There was only one quarterback selected in the first round of the 2020 draft, but six other players. There are a lot of players who could have big roles in the early going.

There will be competition for playing time and targets, but both of them will be major questions going into 2022. Thomas missed all of the year with an ankle injury, while Landry had career lows in reception, receiving yards and touchdown.

It could lead to an opening for Olave, who led Ohio State in touchdown scoring.

After seemingly winning the starting job for the Texans at running back, there's still a player to keep an eye on. The first running back to be drafted by the Jets was Breece Hall. The fourth-round pick out of Florida will have to fight off a veteran in order to make the team.