Is Christian McCaffrey the most important player in fantasy football again?

That's what we're going to talk about today on Stealing Pananas at Ben Gretchenc.

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As always, is Sean Siegel. We find out his great work over at Rodeviz. We're going to break down Thursday night football as well, and we'll probably start there. But we got an absolute blockbuster of a trade. I don't think the 101 in any fantasy draft,

I don't think I 101 in any fantasy draft, I don't think I

never remember them being traded in season. We only started to have important in season trades

over these last couple of years. The idea that a guy that was that, you know, drafted that high

for fantasy and is that valuable, even as he hasn't

started like the most valuable player in fantasy, the idea that he could get dealt in season,

the impact on both rosters, the impact on him is just so fascinating, right?

There are a ton of really cool parts to this.

I got actually a text from you late last night after I'd been doing some other things

and then caught up, watched the Thursday night game about it.

And you mentioned doing a live reaction show.

We did a live reaction show with some of the Chiefs news.

I think the Tyree Kill trade, right, this summer.

And so as soon as I saw it, I'm like, did Christian McCaffrey get traded to the Kansas

City Chiefs?

Because the Kansas City Chiefs would be the perfect fit.

And they're the team that needed Christian McCaffrey the most.

Obviously, there were some contractual elements here.

But so then when I look up and find this the the 49ers it was a real gut

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