Christian McCaffrey Fantasy

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey tied Jerry Rice's all-time 49ers record by scoring a touchdown for the 12th straight game in Thursday night's dominant win against the New York Giants. McCaffrey, 27, finished the night with 85 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries. He also caught all five of his targets for 34 yards receiving. In a juicy matchup against a New York defense that had struggled to stop the run, McCaffrey was his usual self, combining elusiveness with power. His fantasy day was limited by head coach Kyle Shanahan keeping his promise to get other running backs involved, though his 23 touches matched last week's. He has plenty of time to rest up before an October 1 date at home against the Arizona Cardinals.

Sep. 22nd • 1:04 AM

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey is likely to find running room when the team hosts the New York Giants in their home opener Thursday night. In Week 2, McCaffrey rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries with three receptions on three targets for 19 yards. His workload remained heavy, getting 23 touches after handling 25 the previous week, while backups Elijah Mitchell and Jordan Mason combined for zero snaps. Head coach Kyle Shanahan later admitted that he has to do a better job getting those two involved so fantasy managers shouldn't expect McCaffrey's complete domination of the backfield moving forward, especially this week on short rest. McCaffrey lines up against a Giants' defense that is last in the league in points allowed per game and most of that vulnerability has been against the run. They gave up 153 yards rushing to Arizona last week and are tied for second-to-last in the NFL in yards per carry, allowing 5.2 YPC to date. A slight reduction in snaps aside, CMC has plenty of juice to remain a high-end RB1 against the porous Giants' defense.

Sep. 20th • 6:24 PM

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey had another productive day in Sunday's 30-23 win against the Rams in Los Angeles. McCaffrey had 20 carries for 116 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown. He also caught all three of his targets for 19 yards receiving. Similar to Week 1, a large portion of his production came on one long run. This week McCaffrey ripped off a 51-yard scamper down the sideline to close the first quarter before being forced out of bounds. It's a credit to the scrappy Rams defense that they were able to limit the damage thereafter and avoid one of McCaffrey's patented monster games. In terms of usage, CMC had San Francisco's running back touches on absolute lock in this one, as no other back had even a single carry or target. McCaffrey will look to continue justifying his early first-round ADP on Thursday night when the 49ers host a vulnerable New York Giants defense in San Francisco's home opener.

Sep. 17th • 11:27 PM