NBC Sports Rotoworld on Christian McCaffrey

Article2026 Fantasy Football Week 8 Defense (DST) Rankings and StreamersOctober 27, 2026

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but we didn't know Christian McCaffrey would get banged up in this one either.

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McCaffrey's unexpected injury affected defensive ranking accuracy.

Running back Christian McCaffrey got banged up during the 49ers game against the Falcons; the source notes this injury was not anticipated when making defensive rankings, contributing to over-inflated injury credit in the model.

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Christian McCaffreyNegativeInjury

McCaffrey missed most of first half with quadriceps injury vs. Falcons.

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Christian McCaffreyPositiveUsage

McCaffrey led targets with 14 catches on 17 targets for 149 yards.

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Christian McCaffreyPositiveNews

Rush yards over expected per attempt leaders through 7 weeks (min. 50 att), per @FantasyPtsData: 1. Kenneth Walker III (+1.81) 2. Kyle Monangai (+1....

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Brock Purdy passing to Mike Evans, Garrett Wilson, George Kittle, and Christian McCaffrey would break the NFL Someone would ALWAYS be open

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RB targets per route run leaders: 1. RJ Harvey - 35.0% 2. Ashton Jeanty - 29.2% 3. Jahmyr Gibbs - 29.0% 4. Bijan Robinson - 28.6% 5. Christian McCaff...

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McCaffrey trade cited as example of 49ers' major deadline acquisitions.

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