Week 8 showed us once again how an injury to a quarterback can have a ripple effect. The Minnesota Vikings lost Kirk Cousins for the season with a torn Achilles. With a lot of uncertainty about his replacement, even after Minnesota acquired Joshua Dobbs, the value of all Vikings fantasy players take a huge hit – from Justin Jefferson and T.J. Hockenson on down.
The same was true with the New York Jets in Week 1. For the first time in years, a slew of Jets players ended up on fantasy rosters on draft day – only to see their weekly value bottom out when Aaron Rodgers went down.
Quarterbacks last longer in fantasy drafts than their value indicates, because so many of them are equally productive from week-to-week. But when you lose one, the ripple effect on the rest of the offense can be devastating.