49ers' Christian McCaffrey remains Berry's 1.01 for 2024 despite injury | Happy Hour | NFL on NBC

all right so with that let's jump right to the road to World Player news because now it's it's Panic City already because Christian mcaffrey will miss the preseason with the calf strain obviously unlikely for him to even play in an actual preseason game but from Kyle Shanahan he said he might miss a couple weeks there's no indications yet he's in danger of missing week one but for a guy that's the 101 quite often Matthew this just doesn't make you feel good well especially given his injury history obviously he's been great the last couple of years but there were you know there were two years there during his dominant run as the you know is is the fantasy 101 where he just missed majority of the season and so I think there are still fantasy managers there they're a little uh gunshy31 touches where he was just you know he had a massive workload the 49ers went to the Super Bowl I think you could make an argument that if you know if KD and Debo don't get hurt that game maybe they win that game I mean they lost it in overtime right and and so they're sitting here thinking about not an 18-week season they're thinking about like a 22 23 week season if you're Kyle shanan so they're trying to Pace their players out so you could certainly see like a reduced workload which ultimately is fine by the way if you guarantee me 17 touches from chrish mcaffry in the ners every week I will sign up for that right like I'm not worried about the reduced workload but I think there's certainly some concern having said that I'm not moving moving him off my 101 just yet I I am though however keeping an eye on it uh soft tissue injuries with running backs especially ones named chrish McCaffrey he's had them before he's had them before makes me a little nervous I think the bigger question here Jay for me is sort of like if you want Insurance on mcaffry if you use the 101 or a top five pick because he's not getting outside the top five even if someone in your league is it's like ah too many bad vibes for me and I'm going to go with Tyreek or cidd or whatever or Bree Hall who ever you somebody might go with there's no way mcaffry is getting outside the top five in any in any real league so if you do draft Chris mcaffry with a top five pick are you drafting the insurance back and then who is it because you've got Elijah Mitchell there the rookie uh guen is gendo gendo thank you Connor Thank God that you're here for this G yeah I yeah gotta help out somehow thank you gendo and my guy Jordan Mason I love I actually love Jord Mason I thought he was impressive last year when he got a shot Jay like are you taking it are you drafting all of them are you are you just drafting one with a dart throw and trying to Hope where where do you see that playing out doesn't it feel like everyone will over the next couple of weeks debate between themselves about Elijah Mitchell or Jordan Mason and then Matt breeder is just the guy um it just seems like Matt breeder is always destined to fill that role I think just with the way that Kyle Shanahan has talked about the situation in the past month or so uh he doesn't seem particularly enamored of Elijah Mitchell and just the injuries that Elijah Mitchell has dealt with and just subjectively for me I just prefer Jordan Mason and his upside and the idea that he could step into that role if mcaffrey isn't good to go but I mean ultimately they are Dart throws either of those guys or if you're going with Isaac gindo but with mcaffrey to me the most interesting thing is that he had this same injury in week 17 last year against the Commanders then he missed time he was out for effectively three weeks because they had the buy and then he came back in the playoffs and he was just Christian mcaffrey right plays three playoff games 59 carries 20 catches just does Christian mcaffrey stuff so I think there's two aspects of that where one it's good that he was able to come back from the Cal strain and just beat himself but two it's bad that he had a cal strain uh within the past four games that he's played effectively so that would be the concern is that he's 28 he has dealt with all this soft tissue stuff before and Cal are the ones that tend to get re agravated as much as any so I don't think it's like a five alarm fire yet but certainly one to Monitor and just to make sure if you are drafting mcaffrey um that you want to take another ners back certainly and not forget about that and it's got to be fluid guys because sifting through this backfield mcaffry is the latest injury gendo is still working his way back from a hamstring Elijah Mitchell has been missing practice and then you brought up Matt breida J Who's thrown into the fire out of this so like we how do you have an answer right now Matthew on who is the guy when most of them three out of the four of them aren't even practicing right now I think hopefully it'll look it's sh it's Kyle Shanahan he'll you he'll mix and match guys but I think what the one thing the mcaffrey injury does is like he probably wasn't going to play in the preseason that much anyway if at all but he now definitely isn't and so hopefully what we can see is like all right well they're gonna they're GNA do at least a couple of series with the ones right at some point so you can sort of see who gets work is it Mitchell is it is it Mason um I I sort of lean towards Mason too because I agree with Jay like I know Mitchell's been effective when he's been in there but he just can't get in there right you can't make the club from the tub I believe is the is the old saying and that uh that seems to really be the case with Elijah Mitchell I also have Jordan Mason like on three different Dynasty teams so I'm also like you know I'm trying to will this into existence but uh I I think we will have more uh more insight into this as the preseason goes on and we sort of see what they do with their first team offense uh or don't you know what I mean like if if they if they if they roll out a bunch of Scrubs right if P's out and Debo's out and KD's out and Jordan Mason's out that's you know that sort of tells you something too right so um so we'll sort of see how that uh that all plays out um but I think that if you were doing drafts between now and the start of the Season you're probably knocking chrish mcaffry a little bit but just remember like even if he miss miss his three games he was so much better than every other player last year like he was 100 points better than every player like just the upside of mcaffrey I think is is worth it personally yeah I think firstly I'm glad you've renewed you can't make the club from the tub for season two after you debuted it um very suspiciously last year I'm not sure that is an actual saying at least one that I've not heard uh and then secondly the thing with is it false though it's an americ tell me I'm wrong Jou can you J Croucher I'm asking you directly can you in fact make the club from the tub you tell me I don't know it makes it more difficult to make the club from the tub that is without question um but speaking of I think it's one other thing here is that we saw the Elijah Mitchell backup experience last year and he couldn't make the club onto the F onto the field because in games that mattered Chris mcaffry was playing like 100% of the snaps which I think tells you a little bit about what shanan might think of Elijah Mitchell coupled with his lukewarm comments about Mitchell this offseason so I just think that if you want upside and ultimately like that's what you want like you're shooting for upside when you're drafting draft to win your league you can go for the home Runner I think that Jordan Mason is just is a bit more upside and so he was the guy he would be the guy I would lean towards Jordan Mason invested in a $3,000 jugs machine this offseason guys if we're looking for some hope you love to hear it more Niners news the Niners news doesn't stop NBC bay areas Matt mayoko reports the 49ers have agreed to the framework of Brandon iuk trade it was originally with the Patriots and the Browns we know Adam sher's updated the Patriots decided not to further explore any trade possibilities it sounds like the Steelers maybe could be back in this SK the bottom line is Matthew this is trending towards Brandon auk will not be with the 49ers which isn't probably good news if you love Brandon iuk in fantasy it it's not got good news let's let's start with the idea that iuk isn't on the 49ers so right I you know you you up Debo a little bit uh you up George KD a little bit suddenly Jaan Jennings um and Ricky piol I'd actually put but given how complicated Shanahan's offense is and peol has been a little banged up I actually think Joan Jennings who by the way might have been their best player in the Super Bowl I mean you know everyone's laughing about Joan Jennings but seriously like Joan Jennings um I think that in that offense and I mean you know Joan Jennings I thought actually had a hell of a Super Bowl and uh I think he would suddenly be he's on the sleeper radar I know Ricky piera's the name and the the hot rookie but he's been banged up a little bit and I I would think that at least to start the season Jennings would would get a run ahead of of piol so I think that's what happens there and you knock you knock pie down a little bit in terms of what would happen there and certainly Brandon I going to any system that isn't San Francisco especially the ones that are rumored Cleveland uh Pittsburgh and the Patriots you don't love any of those situations better than uh than the Niners now I have a little bit of insight into this a little birdie told me a couple of different things here and so I think and you can sort of put this together if you've seen all the different reports and Matt myoko doing a great job other reports have been out there as well shef to reporting the Patriots are now out of it but in essence it's two different things auk wants to be paid so the team that he he has to basically say yes if you insert team decides to trade for me I will sign a long-term extension with you so that needs to be negotiated but then the Niners also have to say like okay well if we're giving up this asset that we really like and Brandon auk we need a haul back and so from what I what I've been able to piece together both from from my sources and from from what you read online is in essence basically auk wanted to go to the Steelers but the Steelers the Niners the Steelers were like the Niners you know asked for whatever they asked for and the Steelers didn't want to pay it meanwhile this the Niners were able to get a deal done or the framework of a deal done with both the Patriots and the Browns but auk didn't want to go to those teams uh Mary K kabat reporting this as well myoka had this as well but B basically that had he if the Browns deal happens and I guess that's still apparently alive Amari Cooper would be going from Cleveland to San Francisco and so then you sort of just see a swap there and I actually think you know Amari Cooper I feel like honestly better quarterback play but you know more competition for targets but better quarterback play Amari Cooper would sort of say the same and I think you'd feel better about auk in Cleveland with deshun Watson than you would and Kevin sfans as his coach than you would in in New England or uh or Pittsburgh with Arthur Smith calling the plays um so I think if you're an iuk manager you know if you've already drafted and he's on your team or you have Dynasty I think that's what you're hoping for because it doesn't look like he's suiting up for the ners this season at least as we sit here today um Pittsburgh maybe comes back maybe they renegotiate that deal but you know that's sort of where it stands I will also say that although auk's back at practice it does not seem like like none of this is good none of this is good right I mean the fact that it's just it's sort of out there and everything like that Patriots apparently are out of it as well but uh and and also apparently uh the commanders which I was hoping for because auk and Jane Daniels are very close obviously Adam Peters former San Francisco assistant general manager has a lot of ties to John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan they they make trades before couple different times where we've gotten fleeced on uh Trent Williams and Chase young so I was hoping that iuk would show up in a Commander's uniform but that apparently is also off the table Yeah I think the thing with auk is that it's a interesting just the push and pull between his efficiency is clearly going to go down if he leaves Brock pie and the shanan system and all the other weapons that the ners have to take attention away from auk but his volume will go up basically anywhere he goes last year Brandon auk was 36th in the NFL in targets he had one more Target all of last season than Elijah Moore he had seven more targets than Tyler Boyd meanwhile he was seventh in the NFL in receiving yards uh at over 1300 so again if he if he goes to the Browns that to me is the most compelling situation because all of a sudden that offense becomes just the weirdest most high variance offense in the entire NFL you have Nick chub coming back at some point you have the Shawn Watson who we still have no idea if he's any good or not and we have a new offensive coordinator in kend dorsy who allegedly is going to play more shotgun increase the pace the Sha allegedly looks good at Camp uh so there are all these competing factors but I think it's probably a net negative sorry a net positive if IU gets traded there just because of the volume and the upside where now there are worlds where he could be you know the number one wide receiver in fantasy that's on the table and it's probably not on the table in San Francisco yeah I mean Amari Cooper saw I think think averaged over eight targets a game last year had 128 total there and so you know Conor our guy Cedric Tilman having a nice Camp as well you know you know whatever they they've got some other guys there I know they've always been trying to get uh Elijah Moore going as well you've got you've got Nick chub but I agree with you like if if you I think that's the best case scenario Pittsburgh feels like it's gonna be run heavy I guess the argument there would be if if it doesn't seem like Pickins would be the guy that would um uh pick it doesn't seem like Pickins would be the guy that would go back to San Francisco if the Steelers trade happened so I guess what you're hoping there is is volume and again to your point he doesn't need a ton of volume to be productive I like this stat as well last year only Tyreek Hill and CD lamb had more receptions of 20 or more yards than Brandon iuk and as you mentioned like he just didn't get a lot of looks you know it was a run heavy offense there were a lot of mouths to feed San Francisco so like when he got looks he was very productive incredibly talented player tough contract situation right now in San Francisco we'll see how it all plays out our last bit of news here guys sticking with the wide receivers pro football talks Mike Florio believes Jordan Addison will eventually face a three-game suspension for his July DUI arrest Addison's hearing has been set for October 7th so Jay I mean we've seen these things really really drag out over the years in terms of when the league gets involved and actually enforcing any kind of suspension obviously florio's hinting at it'll be a three- game suspension but you it's kind of a wild card if that suspension is going to impact this year or a following year absolutely I mean this could get dragged out for a long time there's no real Clarity around that obviously you have to downgrade Addison somewhat just for the possibility that he could be missing time this season but I mean there's no one who is to me super attractive in the Vikings wide receiver depth chart there's also just the added uncertainty of T.J hackinson when he's going to come back what he's going to look like to me all this points to is that I think the people are and it's weird to call this guy underrated but I think people are sleeping a little bit on Justin Jefferson and just the insane amount of targets he is going to gobble up and I think that he's going to get more confident quarterback play than he did towards the end of last season when it was the Nick Mullins jiren Hall Show Jefferson didn't get really to play much with Josh dobs at all uh so I think that Jefferson like if I was taking wide receiver one I guess like CD lamb might have the highest Flor just cuz he has Dak and he plays in a dome but I think there are Jefferson it's very much on the table that he repeats being wide receiver one that he was a couple of years ago but Conor was interested in terms of like the depth on this team at receiver do you think that Sam darnold who looks like is probably going to be the starter do you think he is salvageable where he can turn some of these second tier receivers into guys in Kevin o Carnell's offense it obviously sets a higher floor for Sam but I lean more with you that this is just going to be Justin Jefferson show all the way and the fact is for me assuming he's healthy I think they're going to throw the ball a lot to Aaron Jones as well I don't really look at the wide receiver room and get excited over the depth of that when hackinson has been ahead of his rehab timeline and I don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves because it was a late injury but he's been ahead of schedule they bring in Aaron Jones because quite frankly besides the outside Zone running game that okell loves to run and Jones fits that they could throw him the ball as well so Jay I think it's just funnel differently where it's an uptick for Jefferson it's more on the plate for Aaron Jones and when hackinson is ready we know he's the guy the number two guy in the offense what do you think Matthew yeah I would agree with that I mean the fact of the matter is is that the the NFL we saw this with the Alvin cherra case as well the NFL is reluctant to hand down any sort of suspension until the legal process plays out so you're mentioning the court case isn't until October there's always a chance that gets delayed that um that that lawyers file you know motions to you know all sorts of motions that it just it gets delayed and pushed and everything like that and then regardless of how that court case plays out you know is there an appeal process Etc so there's a chance that there is not a decision in his legal case until the season is over or until close the season is over at which point the NFL may say you know what we're just going to wait until the offseason they are generally reluctant to hand out suspensions right and so I I think there's a better than average chance that Jordan Addison doesn't miss any games this year due to suspension you know eventually he will but um so I don't know I if if if I'm in best ball and like you're thinking about the playoffs and maybe he's not there at the end of the season okay fine but sort of feels like if you're in redraft leagues and you're wanting to take a flyer on somebody in the Vikings offense because Addison did have some real nice moments last year um and obviously there's going to be less of less Target competition this season worst quarterback play but we expect whether it's Sam Donnell or J.J McCarthy we expect Kevin oconnell to get that offense going it's still going to be a pass first offense I don't mind Jordan Addison I actually think this might sleeper as strong but I do think this might make him a little bit of a value because people may devalue him because of this news and I'm sort of like you know I I guess for me it wouldn't affect how I draft Jordan Addison this year in redraft leagues yeah it's a classic case of that little note card or red flag in your draft and people just kind of wave their arms and say no when it could be a minor situation for him on the field hey it's Matthew Barry from NBC sports.com and rotoworld.com and I want to thank you so much for watching whatever it is you just watched or if nothing else being too lazy to click out of the autoplay after this video started after whatever it is you actually wanted to watch finished but now that you're here I'd like to take a moment here to ask you respectfully respectfully now okay I'm asking you respectfully to subscribe to the NFL on NBC YouTube channel you'll get the latest Rota World fantasy news headlines all sorts of great shows including my own fantasy football happy hour so go subscribe now again I'm asking respectfully