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ArticleTop 5 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Priority Pickups: Week 10 (2026)
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Black is now an essential handcuff if you're a McCaffrey stakeholder. Even if you aren't rostering CMC, Black is worth rostering, because a McCaffrey injury would send Black's fantasy value to the moon.
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Black is essential McCaffrey handcuff; 4.5 YPC with injury upside potential.

Rookie RB Kaelon Black (third-round pick from Indiana) is an essential handcuff for Christian McCaffrey stakeholders and a valuable standalone asset given McCaffrey injury upside. Black has 68-303-1 rushing (4.5 yards per carry) and is well above league average in rushing success rate while well below league average in stuff rate. In Week 9 against the Raiders, Black had 11-70-0 rushing in a 38-17 win and could get double-digit carries against the Cowboys' poor defense this week. Head coach Kyle Shanahan has long discussed managing McCaffrey's workload more judiciously as the playoffs approach, and Black's emergence gives Shanahan a reason to limit CMC's touches.

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