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Christian McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

RB • San Francisco 49ers SF
Todd Gurley

Todd Gurley

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting McCaffrey over Gurley

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Christian McCaffrey

Elite RB1 Status Confirmed as Draft Market Momentum Climbs

Despite entering his age-30 season, Christian McCaffrey remains the premier fantasy running back. While outside analysts worry about his historic usage, we project him to remain highly efficient with 240 carries, 1021 rushing yards, and 9 touchdowns, alongside a robust 74 receptions in a star-studded offense.

He safely anchors the backfield ahead of backups Isaac Guerendo and rookie Kaelon Black. Fantasy managers continue to show absolute faith in his weekly floor, keeping his ownership and start rates locked in at a flawless 100% across all formats.

His draft market momentum is clear; his ADP has steadily risen from a mid-first-round price of around seven in early May to a secure top-four overall pick today. Our models confirm he is well worth this premium cost as an elite anchor.

Updated 9 hrs ago

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Christian McCaffrey
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Next Up ❱ Redzone Touches
Redzone Touches Christian McCaffrey
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2 MIA 🔓 🔓 🔓
3 ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
4 DEN 🔓 🔓 🔓
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6 WAS 🔓 🔓 🔓
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9 LV 🔓 🔓 🔓
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11 MIN 🔓 🔓 🔓
12 SEA 🔓 🔓 🔓
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13 LAR 🔓 🔓 🔓
15 @LAC 🔓 🔓 🔓
16 @KC 🔓 🔓 🔓
17 PHI 🔓 🔓 🔓
18 @ARI 🔓 🔓 🔓
19 🔓 🔓 🔓
20 🔓 🔓 🔓

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Redzone Touches Todd Gurley
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Christian McCaffrey
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Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Christian McCaffrey
4th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Todd Gurley
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Christian McCaffrey

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts rank this player at 4th among RB's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 1st with 365.60 total points (18.28 avg).
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 18.3.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 3 in receptions and is currently ranked 1st among RB.
  • Top 3 in targets and is currently ranked 1st among RB.
  • Top 3 in reception yards with 977 and 8.96 YPC and is currently ranked 1st among RB.
  • Top 3 in Rec TDs with 7 and is currently ranked 2nd among RB.
  • Top 3 in red zone targets and is currently ranked 1st among RB.
  • Top 3 in red zone receptions and is currently ranked 1st among RB.
  • Top 3 in red zone attempts and is currently ranked 1st among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 3 in rush attempts with 335 (18.61 per game) and is currently ranked 2nd among RB.
  • Top 10 in rush yards with 1291 (71.72 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among RB.
  • Top 10 in rush tds with 11 (0.61 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 14 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: +1172, Rush AVG: -0.2 Rush TDs: +11, Receptions: +105, Rec Yards: +936 Rec TDs: +9,
  • His touches per game on the ground are great.
  • Involved in both the running and passing game!
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

    • Season Outlook

  • RUSH ATT: 240, RUSH YDS: 1021, RUSH TDS: 9, REC: 74, REC YDS: 653, REC TDS: 5
Breakdown Todd Gurley

    Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
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Injury Christian McCaffrey

No Injury Reported

Injury Todd Gurley

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Christian McCaffrey

Week 1
San Francisco 49ers @ Los Angeles Rams

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
21.25304.9030205224.48
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 6th with 145.00 total points (7.25 avg).
  • Currently 82 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.3.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 6 in turnovers with 25 (1.47 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Top 12 in rush defense with 2007 (118.06 per game) and is currently ranked 12th among DST.
  • Ranked 18th in pass defense with 4091 (240.65 per game).
  • Top 10 in sacks with 47 (2.76 per game) and currently ranked 9th among DST.
  • Top 8 in interceptions with 16 (0.94 per game) and currently ranked 7th among DST.
  • Top 10 in points against with 20.35 per game and currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Currently ranked 18th in Total TDs with 2 (0.12 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -22.99, Turnovers: +11 Sacks: +8, INTs: +9, TDs: -1, Points Allowed: -1.33,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 48, INT: 14, TDS: 3, PA/G: 21.6, YDS/G: 348
Matchups Todd Gurley

Week 1
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Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Christian McCaffrey
31.59
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Todd Gurley
0.00
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Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Christian McCaffrey
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2017 CAR 16 117 435 3.7 2 113 80 651 8.1 5
2018 CAR 16 219 1098 5.0 7 124 107 867 8.1 6
2019 CAR 16 287 1387 4.8 15 143 116 1005 8.7 4
2020 CAR 3 59 225 3.8 5 19 17 149 8.8 1
2021 CAR 7 99 442 4.5 1 41 37 343 9.3 1
2022 CAR 16 244 1139 4.7 8 107 85 741 8.7 5
2023 SF 16 272 1459 5.4 14 83 67 564 8.4 7
2024 SF 4 50 202 4.0 0 19 15 146 9.7 0
2025 SF 16 335 1291 3.9 11 136 109 977 9.0 7
3-YEAR AVG 14 239 1073 4.5 10 88 70 613 8.8 5
Totals 121 1807 8267 4.6 69 838 675 5761 8.5 40
Career Todd Gurley

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Matchups

Week 1
ARI @LAC
ATL @PIT
BAL @IND
BUF @HOU
CAR vs CHI
CIN vs TB
CLE @JAC
DAL @NYG
DEN @KC
DET vs NO
GB @MIN
LAR vs SF
LV vs MIA
NE @SEA
NYJ @TEN
PHI vs WAS
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs WAS 04:10 EDT EST
ATH @HOU 04:10 EDT EST
ATL vs PIT 04:10 EDT EST
BAL @TOR 03:07 EDT EST
BOS @NYY 07:35 EDT EST
CHC vs SF 02:20 EDT EST
CHW @PHI 04:05 EDT EST
CIN @STL 02:15 EDT EST
CLE @TEX 07:35 EDT EST
COL vs MIL 09:10 EDT EST
DET vs SEA 01:10 EDT EST
KC @MIN 02:10 EDT EST
LAA @LAD 10:10 EDT EST
MIA vs TB 04:10 EDT EST
NYM @SD 10:10 EDT EST
Matchup Time
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Matchup Time
CAR @VGK 8:00 PM EST