Should 49ers have ruled out Christian McCaffrey sooner? Jordan Mason reveals he knew Friday he’d start at RB

The NFL world got a big old ‘quake that came down Monday night roughly an hour before kickoff, with the news Christian McCaffrey, the reigning NFL Offensive Player of the Year and popular No. 1 overall fantasy draft pick, wouldn’t just be limited against the Jets … he wouldn’t play at all. Instead, Jordan Mason — you might be asking “who?” but best ball bros and fantasy diehards know — was getting the start. 

It’s the sort of news that sent people scrambling to the waiver wire to fix their fantasy lineups, caused chaos amongst every sportsbook while they reset prop markets (ironically it only moved the actual spread a point) and basically replicated the same pregame chaos we got Sunday with Tyreek Hill being arrested and Dak Prescott getting a contract extension in the span of 10 to 15 minutes. 

But maybe it didn’t have to be that way. Mason, in the wake of an incredible 28-carry, 147-yard, Wally Pipp-esque performance, joined ESPN’s Lisa Salters on the field for a postgame interview. Asked when he knew he’d be starting, Mason provided a pretty revealing answer.

“Friday … maybe Friday night,” Mason said with a bit of reluctance. 

There’s a lot to unpack here. So let’s try and segment it out a bit. 

Fantasy implications

There will be a LOT of people angry about CMC not playing in this game and it possibly being a thing as early as Friday, allowing people to maneuver their lineups in such a manner they had outs in case McCaffrey didn’t play. If you don’t think people are angry, you’re not online enough. (Congrats to you.)

I’m not going to post any of the angry tweets because I’ll just end up getting in trouble, but there were a LOT of people who follow the NFL closely that found themselves surprised by the revelation. 

You get the gist. The CMC news sent me rapid-fire texting group chats when it dropped. The scramble in DFS and regular fantasy was real. I would argue if…

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Author : Will Brinson

Publish date : 2024-09-10 04:19:28

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