BREAKING: Christian McCaffrey OUT In Week 1 | Fantasy Football Q+A

[Music] [Applause] [Music] h [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] a [Music] damn right it's time to panic that is exactly what Brian Pereira is saying in the live chat with the news that Christian mcaffrey is out in week one the consensus rb1 for a decent clump of years out of his career will not be playing the number one overall pick in a lot of fantasy football drafts if he wasn't number two or number three is out tonight damn right it's time to panic that's exactly what Brian Pereira said at the top of our live chat this is arm CH fantasy football my name is Cory we are covering the news as it happens we saw that Christian mcaffrey was questionable coming into today I did not expect to get this news that he would not be playing that is quite possibly the worst news we could have gotten even limited snaps wouldn't have been that bad but this is uh this is a different type of bad news right now with just under an hour left to scramble uh so we are going to cover a quick backup plan here I am immediately diving into ESPN fantasy football and we are going to do our best to try and plug and play this is not ideal if you have Christian mcaffrey you are probably floundering for a pretty good reason we are going to follow the fantasy guidelines here and look at who's available who has opportunity who has productivity and who is going up against a weak opponent we kind of have to throw out the last couple there we just need someone who's available and is going to get opportunity because this is quite literally the worst scenario we could have asked for Christian mcaffrey the rb1 in so many drafts if it isn't Bree Hall is out and we have a pool of players from two different teams to choose from there is one game left it is Monday Night Football quite literally one of the worst scenarios you could draw make sure you leave a like make sure you subscribe we are going to try and take you through this Panic driven scenario and also talk about ways to prevent something like this happening in the future I am looking at the live chat Brian saying my choices are to make any cushion on my lead are Isaac gendo or brilin Allen please help A1 Sauce says yo Raven says I can't relax tonight playing CMC in two different leagues dropped some defensive player as a CMC owner for Jordan Mason am I overreacting by being frustrated by this why wouldn't San Francisco rule him out earlier this week we'll answer that first why would San Francisco wait until now to rule him out it's the same reason that the Packers are not technically ready to rule out Jordan love for week two even though he is estimated to be out between two to six weeks that is a pretty wide range the San Francisco 49ers wanted to give the New York Jets the least amount of time possible to game plan for a lineup without Christian mcaffrey that is why they're not playing us as fantasy owners they are playing their opponents let's first dive into the depth chart I'm seeing brillan Allen as a possible option brillan Allen is one of the better running backs to come out of the Wisconsin Badger system yes he is a rookie he is the immediate answer behind Bree Hall he did have a good Camp brillan Allen would likely be somebody that I'd be going after at this very moment and I guarantee his League ownership rate is only going up by the second so we'll look over at brillan Allen again somebody coming out of Wisconsin with you know a highly touted reviews he's actually from Fondulac which is like 30 minutes from where I am at right now in South Central Wisconsin brillan Allen's ownership rate is going to Skyrocket so if you have CMC you can grab him if you are facing someone with CMC you can also grab him for the worst player on your bench and pretty much secure win I know that seems mean but that is a easy way to lock down a w right now so if you don't have Christian mcaffrey but you're facing someone with Christian mcaffrey and Christian mcaffrey has a chance to beat you take brillan Allen and get him out of there and then we're going to look at guys like Jordan Mason again Bree Hall going to get utilized a heavy amount Jordan Mason go take him go take him and immediately because we know he is in line for the rb1 worth of touches go take him off of the waivers right now um if you don't have Christian mcaffry and you're facing him still do this if you do have Christian mcaffry and you need a backup plan Jordan Mason is likely your best answer otherwise brillan Allen is the backup behind de Bree Hall who again brillan Allen impressed in Camp uh we are not able to refresh for some reason but that is the course of action that I would go with Johnny says it's pretty slim pickings out there brillan Allen is a backup unfortunately these are kind of the cards we've been dealt CMC is not an rb2 or a flex option so we're not able to shop around and try and swap him out with a receiver of any sort that is extremely frustrating trust me I know uh internet's not cooperating right now so we'll wait a bit but yeah brillan Allen Jordan Mason Jordan Mason probably selected in a lot more leagues I I think there were a lot of people picking up Jordan Mason as soon as we got the news that Christian mcaffrey status was even in question going into this week this is a very frustrating situation I'm not going to lie um we're going to look at who is available right now but brillan Allen is someone someone we could be looking at especially if the line switches and all of a sudden the Jets are out in front they want to use Allen as a Bruiser inside the goal line there is no way to know his role again this is literally the worst scenario you could ask for it is week one so we have no data to go off of nothing to reference with this Jets offense and how they utilize bril and Allen or their secondary and tertiary pieces Christian mcaffrey the rb1 is out and we have two teams to choose from because it is Monday Night Football in week one we're going to help you try and Flounder through this horrible scenario and again we're going to start by looking over at waivers the jet step chart it's brilin Allen Isaiah Davis I wouldn't go anywhere beyond that I wouldn't go anywhere Beyond brillan Allen because Bree Hall is healthy he's not the one that's hurt uh Jordan Mason if you are facing a Christian mcaffrey owner go get Jordan Mason and you pretty much have guaranteed yourself a win I I think that some people would look down at that strategy I would say that it seals you the win and if anything it is it is smart play okay let's look over here I am kind of scared to see the news this is the smart decision take Jordan Mason who is owned in 28.6% of leagues an increase of 12% if we look at the 49ers depth chart again they don't have guys like Matt bra or Elijah Mitchell anymore Isaac gendo maybe it's a split backfield because Jordan Mason is and not has not been the white or the running back one in the last couple of years of his career he's still relatively young I would say the pecking order is Jordan Mason then brillan Allen and then Isaac gendo yeah not ideal not ideal at all this sucks there's really no other way to put it the names you should be looking for right now if you are a Christian mcaffry owner Jordan Mason Isaac gendo and brillan Allen brillan Allen the backup for priest Hall hopefully that saves you an extra two or three minutes from looking at the depth charts I've already done it for you this is uh this is something again this is someone with a lot of injury risk I said the same thing about him and Cooper cup I stay away from them in drafts I see three fource of you have been impacted by this it's something I would consider going forward I know Christian mcaffry was coming off the healthy year but historically again what is the number one rule on our fantasy guidelines we have been using since day one which was just a few days ago availability and there has been a risk of that regardless of the phenomenal value that Christian mcaffrey brings forth regardless of the fact he has been a first round pick pretty much since he entered the league if not the year after when he got the main bulk of the touches in Carolina he has been risky in relation to our number one rule in availability he's always gotten the opportunity he's always been productive it's really negated opponent strength all right let's keep going through the chat if you guys are just joining my name is Cory Sparks this is armchair fantasy football we are 20 subscribers away from a th so if this security this last second emerc advice is helping you out at all I would appreciate it if you liked and subscribed we are almost at a thousand helping you out research your fantasy opponent the order I would go in Jordan Mason for sure obviously he is in line to be at the running back one spot with Christian mcaffrey down according to the depth chart for the 49ers and what we'd expect coming into this year then I would go brillan Allen behind Bree hall and then I would go Isaac gendo I don't really know what to say beyond that because it's it's a tough situation to be in it is last minute we have one game Patrick Taylor who had a decent amount of touches I mean relative to the to these other guys especially brilon Allen who hasn't touched the ball yet um you know 4.4 yards per carry decently involved in the pass catching game in a limited capacity he's all the way at the rv4 spot I would not mess with Patrick Taylor we have a thin pool of players but yeah Johnny I am not I am not shocked that you're frustrated by this a lot of us are this is one of the most talented players in the National Football League who draws a lot of appeal for fantasy football and he is out um what does the role say here drop some defensive player as a CMC owner for Jordan Mason okay uh Raven showoo says put my week one W's in the books Brian Pereira says James Conor played well yesterday and of course I had him on my bench why Allen over gendo honest question I feel like Allen's going to have more productivity because of his draft profile coming out of the Wisconsin Badgers system I really do think it's a crapshoot between those two I'm just leaning Allen because I firsthand watched him be a monster and know that he can power through contact he's a little bit bigger than Bree Hall so maybe he's the goal line guy whereas I couldn't tell you anything about Isaac or yeah gendo right now so I just know a little bit more about brillan Allen the RO says should I drop sauce for brillan Allen in an ADP League I love sauce but he's lock down corner and isn't that good an oh an IDP yeah in this situation if you're in a squeeze and you need points and you feel like here's the thing right don't move mountains if you're down 50 points and you had Christian mcaffrey Do not drop one of your better players on your bench to go and get Jordan Mason or Patrick Taylor Jr or gendo or brayan Al if you already know this week is a lost cause don't do it because then you're giving up value someone else is going to snatch it up and this move that just impacted one week could burn you four weeks I do want to start with that all right Timeless says someone has Jordan Mason and brillan Allen so who should I take you're gonna go on down the line in the depth chart and assume that Jordan Mason doesn't touch the ball 25 times we're gonna go with Isaac gendo I think that's our best bet here he is second in the pecking order Bree Hall's obviously healthy then it's Allen if you went behind Allen you're at the rb3 at least in gendo you're getting the rb2 so Timeless I'm going to go with Isaac gendo uh Brian Pereira says now the injury bug thought with CMC is creeping up on me it's happened a lot right it's extremely frustrating that somebody who again has so much productivity gets so much opportunity is such a versatile back to the point where opponent strength really doesn't matter is out so often it's extremely frustrating so I don't blame you for thinking that there's a reason I avoid guys like him and Cooper cup and others Chandler Constantino says thoughts on zamir white Madison came on and saw all the third down work and the one goal line carry also out snapped him I think white is droppable going forward or not I mean zamir white runs a sub four4 and is a big dude I think we just got in a situation this is for Chandler we just got in a situation where the Raiders were working from behind and it it wasn't a good spot they had to go past heavy they were dumping it off more to Alexander Madison I would let it sit if you can swap zamir white out for somebody maybe let him ride the bench a little bit until we get more data on him again it was Josh Jacobs backfield for the recent past we haven't seen zamir white have the backfield to himself I think it's too early after just one week to say it's not his rv1 spot to take Raven showoo says CMC owners I feel y'all the puka news hurt me yeah puka AA am Christian mcaffrey out for tonight and we literally have 6% of the League's players to choose from because it is Monday Night Football and the best player in fantasy football somewh AR you is out xpc says is it normal my league would not allow for me to trade for Mason and it only processes after tonight it is normal for trades for waivers you can't pick up anybody after they've played in week one but you should be able to pick up people who do play tonight if they are not claimed xpc I would say that is a pretty normal rule all right if you folks have any questions at all again I am going Jordan Mason for sure if he is picked up it's kind of a crap between Isaac gendo and brillan Allen we can look at gendo's profile he is 6' 221 if we look over at brillan Allen my argument with him is that he is bigger than Bree Hall and might be the goal line guy and all of a sudden if the Jets do have an advantage here and end up playing from out in front they may rely on the run a little bit more all right 6' 221 this is is yeah this is frustrating 6'1 to 35 so he's got about 15 pounds I'm not sure we can really sit here and say gandoo is going to be the guy to plow people over while Jordan Mason gets to bulk of the carries they very well might split again these are two late round rookies but brillan Allen does have a bit more of that power profile dendo might get a bigger piece of the pie because again Bree Hall has a strangle hold on that back field while uh Jordan Mason just got slotted in like an hour before the game started so maybe I actually lean that way maybe we go Mason gendo Allen because even though Allen is the rb2 Bree Hall is healthy Bree Hall has been the option Bree Hall will be the option for the entire year whereas Jordan Mason is kind of just there maybe they go more ARB by committee as opposed to giving Mason 25 carries so Brian I'm going to resend my statement and actually give the nod to Guerrero or Guero we will go Mason Guero and then brillan Allen again folks my name is Cory this is armchair fantasy football if you'd like to leave a like And subscribe if any of this is helpful to you my pecking order is going to be excuse me gendo uh Jordan Mason Isaac gendo because they are likely going to be splitting carries whereas brillan Allen you know he might be the goal line guy but it's a pretty conclusive rv1 situation with the Jets in bree Hall so I am going to go Mason gendo and then brillan Allen a couple of late round rookies that are going to be getting a decent amount of attention again I apologize this is a tough situation those are kind of the options that we have at the moment but I do hope that that pecking hoarder at least gives you some clarity if Jordan Mason is not available i' goar Reno again I don't think Mason has a strangle hold on the rb1 spot for tonight like Bree Hall has for the last few weeks even last few months so I would go Mason gendo and then brillan Allen uh yikes yikes yikes I mean what a what a bad turn of events this is again why though if you look on the right side of the screen availability is so important it is so extremely important even if someone has only been out for a season and a half so far and those were bigger slots and it's technically only happened twice this is so extremely crucial to take people who are reliable there's a reason it goes on two three and four in that order availability if they are not on the field it doesn't matter how much opportunity they get it doesn't matter if they're one of the most productive versatile options in NFL history if they are not out on the field so it hurts that much more it hurts that much more because he is a first round pick he is the 101 in a lot of these drafts but now we just have to field what's happening and and go from there all right Brian saying if the 49ers I'm assuming you're h still type in there so I'll let you finish that we are going to go Mason gendo and brillan Allen in that order Mason the impromptu to rb1 gendo right behind him likely to be a committee we'll go to Underdog fantasy to see if they have any news breaking on it about the status of the backfield I want to make sure I'm not just feeding you a hunch if there is news out there but assuming that Jordan Mason doesn't get as big of a proportion of the carries out of the backfield as a Bree hallwood would go Mason gendo and then brillan Allen uh one second here what a frustrating scenario okay um we're going to go into sleeper Mason gendo Allen that's the pecking order beyond that it kind of really is a crapshoot I would even argue gendo versus Allen as a crapshoot but again gendo should get a bigger piece of that Pi there we go Jordan Mason getting picked up right away Elijah Mitchell not even on that depth chart that I was looking at let's see what we have on Jordan Mason and again if you are a Christian mcaffrey owner this is a no-brainer go and get Jordan Mason go and get Isaac gendo go and get brail and Allen if you have to um I do think it's a bigger deal or not a a bigger deal but um a pretty smart move if you are facing Christian mcaffrey to swipe Jordan Mason off the waivers for your worst bench piece because it does guarantee you the win now again if you are down 50 points and you have Christian mcaffrey don't go trying to swing a ton to get rid of somebody on your bench that someone else might pick up you've likely lost the week anyway Christian mcaffrey of all people would have been able to maybe give you a fighting chance but it's not him and Jordan Mason certainly isn't going to be that answer either so if you're down 50 or 55 or you know that Christian mcaffrey playing or not playing wasn't going to change the outcome Don't Go Changing your bench I I hope that resonates with some of you um the Royal says how long is CMC out uh considering he was essentially a Gametime decision and we didn't get this news until about a hour ago I'm going to go out on a limit and say he's only out for this week he will have a short week of recovery but he wouldn't have played at all I'll look here but I he didn't go to the IR so that is the important part chrisan mcaffrey is not on the injured reserve he is not going to be out for a prolong period of time at least with what we're under the impression of uh had been Limited in practice this last week and was confident that he would see the field Monday night but the 49ers will be out we will be with out their star running back in this one heavy workload for RB Jordan Mason so I don't know if that's speculation but the fact I haven't seen anything at least in the last 45 minutes about a split backfield tells me Jordan Mason should be at least there's an inkling out there that Jordan Mason would be the lead back Isaac gendo again is a late round pick from this year he is a rookie I would say he has a more of a fighting chance to get a handful of carries as opposed to brillan Allen also a rookie but working behind Breeze Hall who is the guy he is the conclusive rb1 it might be more of a committee again for a team that likes to run the ball now this might help people who are deciding oh do I at this point there's not much to decide there's only two teams left one game tonight but maybe the value ticks up just a tiny bit for Brandon auk for guys like George KD for guys like Debo Samuel even Jawan Jennings maybe this Niners team throws the ball a little bit more without arguably the best running back in the entire game right now and Christian mcaffrey barring availability so if you want to take anything away from that you can uh we have shuriken saying yo what's good bro how's it going going good man uh obviously some not great breaking news for a lot of Christian mcaffry owners out there I do want to say hopefully none of you are in a league together if you are facing Christian mcaffrey and the replacement in Jordan Mason or Isaac gendo or a pickup of brayan Allen could help your opponent win grab them go get Jordan Mason and just cut off your opponent for the week guarantee yourself a win it seems mean but it it seals the deal for you ice cold Jones says do I start Mason since I lost CMC absolutely he's the best option gendo after him and then you would go after brillan Allen Brian says I'm up by 15 but I'm still trying to swing for the fences Brian does anyone against you have players left otherwise you're good right can't smell anything says are you worried gendo hasn't practiced and just came off an injury needs six points him or Hall if you're saying him or Bree Hall definitely Hall if you're talking about bril and Allen um or gendo did he just come off an injury let's see what we have I mean the fact I just saw that Jordan Mason is supposed to get a heavy workload tells me maybe gendo is less of a factor than we thought limited participant in each of San Francisco's first two practices after missing all of last week due to a groin injury returning to a full practice list his question he will definitely be suiting up limited work in the running game behind the start tail back and backup Jordan Mason he looks to be good to go now he's been progressing the last couple of days oh he returned to a full practice session on Saturday yeah I mean Jordan Mason and breee Hall if you're going to ask me in this situation who gets more touches I'm going to tell you Bree Hall every day of the week that tells me there's more opportunity for gendo and he was was a full participant in practice two days ago so I'm still going gendo here uh that is for can't smell anything and then shuriken do you mind if I drop a question real quick no problem at all that is what this live stream is for again if you guys could drop a like get up to five real quick that'd be awesome I see 13 of you in here right now leave a like And subscribe please we are we are here to help you out research your fantasy opponent and we are only 20 subscribers away from 1,000 hopefully we can help you with your security plan so my security plan I mean just I guess emergency backup plan with Christian mcaffry going down we're going to go Mason we're going to go gendo because he was the full participant in practice on Saturday and then we'll go brilin out uh Jacob Anders says sounds like a pre-game setback something didn't feel right in warm-ups and that's why for those of you asking is Christian mcaffrey out for a long period of time I'm going to lean know there were reports even his in his own sleeper profile and just reports coming out of 49ers practice that he fully felt like he was going to participate in today's game and like it was just said probably a pregame setback something didn't feel right they didn't want to risk it they want him long term it's unfortunate again worst case scenario what we're dealing with right now TS says I win since CMC is out up by 18 good stuff yeah I can't smell anything choosing between Allen or gendo I'm still going gendo because I feel like he gets a bigger piece of that pie um and and was a full participant in practice on Saturday TS says goth Gibbs I'm on ra St Brown stack didn't work too well for me that was a weird game leaport didn't play very well Montgomery was given the bulk of the workload out of the back field as soon as they went into overtime and I saw the first two plays were runs I was immediately convinced all right Dan Campbell is just going to shove it up the middle on them over and over and over there was a check down pass to Gibbs the other seven plays were runs like 70 yards I yeah I am not shocked but that should be a good stack throughout the year again Gibbs an extremely productive pass catcher Aman Ross St Brown a top 10 receiver just a down week and a tough opponent the Rams played them hard shuriken says just dropped a like anyway I got Mark Andrews and Johnny Smith for my tight ends what should I do I would go Mark Andrews let's not overreact to Isaiah likeley if you want to grab likely and handcuff the two tight ends that's fine if anything I would capitalize on a lot of people who are very high unlikely and use him as trade bait I I really do think Mark Andrew is still the guy he's only 29 he is three years older likely is the dynasty pick but yeah shuriken thank you for dropping a like if you aren't already subscribed I would appreciate it uh 24hour stream once you hit 1,000 Brian we'll have to see about that man I I'm working on the weekends too we're doing like five or six days a week that would be tough I will do something for 1K I am not sure yet I will will do something once we hit a th there's got to be an incentive you guys have supported me so much it absolutely means the world so we will do something uh does juice scare you getting work over gendo I'm just going to rely on the depth chart here at this point if anything I'm just going to hope that Jordan Mason is available I don't think I'm too intimidated by uh that much down the depth chart unless we have reports of him stealing carries it we're we're kind of fighting over like who's going to get three points going to get one and a half right like it's going to be tough Patrick Taylor had the experience with Green Bay honestly they could probably use him now with AJ Dylan out for the season it's pretty much uh Josh Jacobs and Friends Emanuel Wilson did have a nice appearance on that horrible field in Brazil against the Eagles but yeah the roll says I traded likely jamo and a third for Andrews and a dynasty tight end plus yeah so likely you're giving someone the five the fiveyear upside but you're getting likely a more likely you are what's a synonym for likely you will probably have a more productive tight end in 2024 and Andrew over Isaiah likely I do think people are overreacting again Andrews was in that car wreck not too long ago so I like the move you're pushing up for a win now scenario that's really it it just depends on your mentality uh again we are looking at the horrible predicament of Christian mcaffrey being announced out an hour ahead of game time he was confident he would go and then something happened in pregame warm-up so my pecking order personally is Jordan Mason who many people are picking up right now it is then Isaac gendo and then brillan Allen because I do believe that it's going to be more of a running back by committee situation with the ners just finding out that mcaffrey would be out an hour ago as opposed to a running back by committee situation in New York where Bree Hall has been is and will be the guy for the foreseeable future as long as he is healthy and he is healthy but yeah just a sucky situation uh we have I'm definitely a a contender yeah so the role if you are a contender right now it only makes sense it only makes sense to kind of go for that win now type of move and swing for the fences cap for Life says somebody just dropped Mason this is the way so far Fields Justice Hill Jordan Mason tank bsby we have Wilson from Arizona Greg dorch and Damen Pierce thoughts on the Rams tight end are you talking about Tyler higgy I'm assuming that is what I'm assuming you are referring to Let's actually look at that game yesterday again if you guys are joining my name is Corey this is armchair fantasy football ask me any questions about the CMC situation in my opinion if you're beating the person who had CMC and they could have come back go and take Jordan Mason off the waivers expel any doubt that you could win seal it call it what you want to it's a guaranteed win if you do it otherwise if you are in need of someone to replace Christian mcaffrey I'm going Jordan Mason I'm going Isaac gendo and then I going brillan Allen gendo working out of more of a committee likely Allen the backup gendo was hurt I'm glad someone brought that up but he was a full participant in practice on Saturday all right let's look over here oh Colby Parkinson is who you're referring to that's right why I said Higg Parkinson with five targets 21 targets for Cooper cup and Matthew Stafford threw the ball 49 times the Rams had 72 plays am I reading that right uh so realistically teams are going to be more in that 50 to 60 play range I do think Parkinson has some pass catching appeal and we always want to prioritize pass catchers regardless of position in a PPR format uh I do think Mason could be an interesting handcuff if you have CMC or just an interesting security blanket if CMC does go down again we do know his injury history it again comes into week one even though maybe it's just a situation where something didn't feel right in pregame warm-ups or the 49ers don't want to chance anything no the wide receiver Alec Pierce I've got number two on the waiver uh Alec Pierce could be an interesting one again Anthony Richardson only completed nine passes but was able to contribute a decent amount in fantasy so that is interesting to look at uh tank bsby obviously had a decent day Fields is a short-term answer longterm I'd be curious with Justice Hill because Derrik Henry has never been a pass Catcher And Justice Hill was one of the leading receivers I do think there's an opportunity in a still very run heavy team under Harbaugh to have a thunder and lightning Dynamic Thunder being Derrick Henry strictly on the ground lightning being Justice Hill Justice Hill got a decent amount of snaps and Justice Hill contributed I would actually go after him uh Brian Pereira said I realized two years ago you mentioned Alec Pierce and now he's blowing up again I mean it could be after Pitman he could be the other answer right I know we had Josh DS trending as well last year that is a possibility Joshua Thornton said who should I grab no Mason should I get Kyle the fullback or the backup running back to Mason uh I oh okay so you're going between use Che and Isaac gendo I did not consider use Che before this actually let's um let's look at him here the number one fullback could Shanahan get crafty here I mean use Che is good for about a reception or two a game occasionally gets a touchdown if they're looking for more of that Bruiser that'd be interesting I am still going to go Mason you said Mason is up use Che or gendo I might leave that one up to the chat I kind of want to lean use Che so it would go Mason use Che gendo Allen that would be interesting well actually let's look a couple years ago when Christian mcaffrey was down more or no he only been healthy since he's joined San FR but when it was more of an RV by committee situation use Che was utilized more before they went out and got Christian mcaffry a couple years ago that is very interesting I think use Checker Mason is a tossup again we're fighting over someone who's either going to get six or seven points and someone who might get four or five so we also got to consider that but use check I sorry I should have had that on my screen before before they went out and got CMC and they were dealing with Elijah Mitchell getting hurt Matt Brady getting hurt lots of season in injuries they leaned on him more it wasn't a lot but more he had a great year in 2020 six touchdowns that's an interesting angle Joshua I am torn but I am between gendo and ere I wouldn't mess with brilin Allen I don't think he's gonna get a lot of imp or he he won't get a lot of touches behind Bree Hall the conclusive rb1 Brian says that was the first waiver wire pickup I chose because of you nice to see him have some sort of resurgence yeah I would go again back to cap for life I am between Alec Pierce um and Justice Hill two good pass catchers Fields Mason a good backup option but we're not really going to get long-term Effectiveness out of him unless what happened tonight happens more so I would go Pierce Hill Mason in that order or Hill Pierce Mason Justice Hill or Alec Pierce but yeah Brian that's a throwback right I bet I could go back and find the Alec Pierce waiver wire pickups video I was a big fan of him again he went to Cincinnati when they made the college football playoff under Luke fickle that was a fun team Desmond R was there yeah and he has shown some upside he had a game winner that year later that year it's just a matter of getting again he's been available he's been productive he hasn't really had the opportunity tone bear says I had CMC Kiren puka London Le pora rice thought I was going to go crazy this week I guess not something to keep in mind with week one when it comes to injuries lackluster performances I saw something that said on Sunday the average Quarterback was throwing for like 180 yards these teams don't have much of a preseason anymore it's not four weeks plus the Hall of Fame game it is three weeks plus the Hall of Fame game so everyone really plays three and no one plays their starters in the first preseason game no one 10 starting quarterbacks didn't play at all in the preseason and most guys are rested for the last game so if you're resting a decent proportion of the starting quarterbacks in the NFL in the first game and the last game that leaves the middle game and they're not going to play more than one or two quarters so now all of a sudden you're getting these injuries you're getting these cramps you're getting these muscle PS these tears you're getting lackluster performances I'm not saying that's what caused the CMC thing but we're seeing some Trends tone bear yeah that is um all of a sudden with puka we might want to find someone who's been willing to who is willing to play the long game and maybe two or three weeks into it when we get closer to him coming back you sell him off for a higher value than he's at right now because again when someone goes on the IR and gets hurt their lowest value is when you get the news all of a sudden you're a week or two closer a month closer you're a couple weeks away from them coming back they do have more value maybe you wait and sell them on the way up uh but obviously Cooper C value just skyrocketed thoughts on McMillan from Tampa yeah let's look at that real quick as we review some week one stuff again I am going Jordan Mason Kyle usechek gendo and then brillan Allen for your emergency backup plans in a very sucky situation how about Baker Mayfield by the way if anybody was on the live stream with me before we kicked off I was saying go pick up Baker Mayfield own in 13% of sleeper leagues I bet that's doubled by now I'd be shocked if it hasn't or it's it's waiver claim so it's not going to go up uh yeah fifth career game of at least four passing touchdowns Bucky Irving looked very good McMillan only with three targets Kade uton with two McMillan could take over that spot kadeen you know as much as I love him for his value he falls he was the tertiary option for a bit he still has a lot of Target competition it's Chris Godwin it's Mike Evans I do think Mike Evans takes a slight step back this might be the year he doesn't hit a thousand yards he's getting old and then it looks like it might be Rashad white catching all six of his targets for 75 yards Rashad white is a wagon had a horrible day on the ground he had a rush for 15 yards and he took the other 14 carries for 16 yards but he still got 16 points because of the pass catching upside so it's Godwin it's white it's Evans McMillan you could take a flyer on him but I'm yawning a lot I would not replace a decent bench piece I'd be curious at what your bench looks like before you make a move like that because again we would just be reacting to one performance and there wasn't much volume there with CMC out would you start Garrett Wilson or Debo in full PPR now this is interesting Debo also used out of the Run game we know how creative Shanahan can get with that rushing offense Garrett Wilson with Aaron Rogers there or Debo I'm still going to go Wilson because even if Debo does get more rushes in a PPR format which you said it is full PPR we're not going to get as much of an incentive from a couple more rushes from dbo unless one of them is a score as we would Garrett Wilson with a future Hall of Famer at quarterback and Garrett Wilson doesn't have any competition at the wide receiver one spot there is nothing it is Mike Williams it's a couple of other guys out there Garrett Wilson is the conclusive number one so from a PPR standpoint we're still going to go with him Conor lose says how do we feel about Jordan Mason Jordan Mason's it man if he's available he's the one you want to grab if you're going up against someone who had Christian mcaffrey guess what you still want to grab him uh yeah there is there is not much to say about that it's got to be Jordan Mason if it's not Jordan Mason I'm going Isaac gendo because I do think it'll be a running back by committee and then I'll go brilin Allen who is the backup to Bree Hall who for all intents and purposes is one of the better running backs in the league is probably the best healthy running back in the league now he's been going as the rb2 in drafts so I am going Jordan Mason who should be getting a bulk of the carries Isaac gendo brilin Allen if you want to sneak use check in there I do not blame you uh folks I see 17 of you in here we are 20 subscribers away from 1,000 I would greatly appreciate it if you left a like and subscribed we are here breaking news to you we're streaming pretty much every day for the entire season here to help you out research your fantasy opponent and here to help you devise emergency backup plans five six minutes before kickoff when Christian mcaffry has announced is out even though we thought he was going to play the entire week so that is what I am here to do this is such a bad situation Joe Kingsley says my threee Keepers were CMC Aman and Jamar Chase starting tight end is Ferguson and I drafted Drake London is it Panic time for me or do I sit tight with that talent I would sit tight uh thank you for the like we are up to eight if we could get up to 10 before we jump off the stream in a couple minutes that would be awesome um fantasy guidelines if you are looking for a direction to go in for longterm for Fantasy availability are they on the field CMC is not again opportunity touches targets and snaps productivity are they efficient and opponent strength you want to capitalize against weak opponents Joe King is it time to panic for me or do I sit tight Ferguson's in a phenomenal offense Drake London is still the wide receiver one and first receiving option for KK cousins who has a lot of 4,000 yard passing Seasons it was just a rough first week again these guys don't get a preseason there are three weeks of preseason typically guys aren't playing the first week that's for the backups the last week is for the guys who are trying to make the cut so that leaves week two and 10 quarterbacks did not play in the preseason at all not worried about Drake London am manra again a weird first week a grinder of a game against the Rams team that really put up a good fight and the Lions had to stick to their guns and go very run oriented not worried about am manra Jamar the Bengals have always started slow Christian mcaffrey is the one you kind of have to ask yourself on do some soul searching with because yes he's the best out of all those arguably the best fantasy option I wouldn't even say arguably he's the best fantasy option in the entire league when he abides by rule number one of our fantasy guidelines availability he is not on the field a lot that's the only one I'd start to do some soul searching on Brian Pereira who are you starting then what are the options for tonight for the RV position uh and Joe says me I picked up Mason earlier this week okay good stuff um oh I see yeah Brian if you're asking me again we're going Mason we're going gendo use Che you can use those interchangeably if it comes down to that and then I'm going brilin outen after that I am taking Garrett Wilson over dvo Samuel I do believe that dvo Samuel all those options has a decent amount of upside but you can also make the argument that maybe the 49ers and Shanahan decide to throw the ball a little bit more to guys like George K to guys like Debo Samuel to guys like of course Brandon iuk Jawan Jennings because they're missing a decent pass catcher to say the very least one of the best pass catchers in the league who also happens to play the running back position so again one more time Jordan Mason Isaac gendo Kyle yusek and bril Allen in that order Hau says got offered Chase for leaport and raand should I take it I have hackinson on IR uh who would you who would you have at tight end going forward then because you're losing lorta and randrealty top 15 top 20 on a yearly basis for a Patriots team that kind of scrubbed out a win you would need to get more than just Chase Chase and leapa I would argue Lea is more valuable because he should be the runaway tight end one despite a sluggish start he's projected to be and randrecous we can actually look at that right now um not a ton of usage for him five attempts for 18 yards he was in for just 22% of snaps ra Andre and Antonio Gibson's a good back but rre Stevenson is the guy 78% so actually that lines up perfectly 78% plus 22 is 100 uh he had 28 touches he had a touchdown he had some PPR points not a ton yeah uh this this is a no-brainer you got to ask for more or or just hold on to what you have there's a lot of value there Bri Muth off waivers let's hold leaport someone is trying to bait you right now into selling Sam leaport after one bad performance let's look at the 16 good performances he had last year all right folks we're just about a kickoff so again Jordan Mason Isaac gendo or Kyle eek and then brillan Allen who is not working out of a running back by committee situation he is behind Bree Hall who again has that backfield to himself as long as he is healthy remember to follow those fantasy football guidelines availability opportunity productivity and opponent strength I am going to drop the free Discord Link in the chat you can ask me questions Around the Clock when news like 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tier guys that I have always avoided as talented as they are because they have a higher chance of not even being on the field they can't perform with you if they are not on the field and healthy opportunity you want to look for guys who are getting snaps targets and touches in general guys who are getting the ball in their hands at a high frequency productivity we're looking for efficiency High yards per carry High yards per reception a decent catch percentage to make sure someone is a reliable Target and opponent strength as we get more and more data in 2024 we are going to look for players and options going up against opponents that will maybe allow them to have an above average performance my name is Cory this is armch fantasy football make sure you leave a like And subscribe 20 away from a th000 we will do some type of incentive when we hit that Mark of course it'll be a huge thank you as well thank you to all of you for joining on the stream enjoy the football game tonight again 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