The Titans confirmed 2 more positive cases resulting in postponement of Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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00:00 Tennessee Titans and Minnesota Vikings have suspended all activities after three Tennessee
00:04 players and five members of their personnel tested positive for COVID-19, making this
00:10 the first outbreak situation in the NFL. For more, I'm joined by David Beauclair of All Titans and
00:16 Ben Heisler, our fantasy and gambling analyst. Now, first, thoughts go out to anybody affected,
00:21 hope they're safe, but there are obviously going to be ramifications both schedule-wise and in
00:25 fantasy. David, let's start with the former there. What do you expect for this weekend? We know the
00:31 facilities are shut down. Is the possibility of a forfeit legitimately on the table?
00:36 I think so, Robin. I mean, it was written into the rules this year that division winners will
00:42 be decided based on winning percentage, which means the league thought about the possibility
00:47 of teams playing a different number of games this year. So I think there's very much a possibility.
00:53 The Titans are shut down as of right now through Friday, meaning they're not going to be able to
00:58 get on the field and practice this week for what is a really, really big game against the Pittsburgh
01:04 Steelers. And I don't know, can you send guys out on a Sunday afternoon like that after you
01:10 haven't practiced all week? Seems like a big ask. Meanwhile, Ben, when you get to the fantasy
01:15 implications, if there is no game like David alluded to there, there would be no Ryan Tannehill,
01:20 Derek Henry, Ben Roethlisberger, Juju Schuster, amongst others. Who would fantasy players be
01:26 looking at as a cautionary backup right now on the waiver wire? Yeah, that's a really good question.
01:32 In fact, one of those guys coming in, Robin, was Justin Jefferson with the Minnesota Vikings. That
01:37 was one of the top guys on the list as far as possibilities. He's coming off of a great game
01:42 with the Vikings. But I think in this current situation, you want to try to make sure you can
01:47 find whatever depth you can. Certainly we've seen some situations, you know, guys like Tyler Boyd
01:51 might be able to be a possible waiver wire pickup. Certainly his teammate T Higgins with the Cincinnati
01:57 Bengals coming off a really nice game. You know, there was a couple of guys that were starting to
02:01 give up on the Buffalo side. I think Cole Beasley is once again, back in play as Josh Allen can take
02:06 continues to take a bunch of targets down the field. And then in the quarterback spot, you know,
02:10 Ryan Tannehill, that was a guy that was a very, very heavy pickup last week. I think if you wanted
02:15 to go back to Gardner Minshew after a disappointing game against Miami, a lot of folks might've given
02:20 up on him. Certainly at the quarterback spot, you can consider him along with maybe even Carson
02:25 once it's nobody wants to play Carson once right now. And the schedule is starting to get tougher
02:29 and tougher, but he actually had a solid fantasy output. So maybe, maybe he's back in play again
02:33 for this week, especially with all the guys that you might have to consider on the waiver wire.
02:37 Yeah, no doubt. Now, you know, the NFL has been mostly unaffected, but we knew there
02:41 might be ramifications, uh, health and safety come first, but there are implications when it comes
02:47 to a schedule being played and perhaps we're feeling them right now, guys, appreciate your time
02:52 as always.
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