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Video: The Ultimate Early 2026 Fantasy Football RB Rankings
Our guy our best call of last year, Christian McCaffrey, stands in here as your running back four. Why not higher? Why not the running back one this year, Hayden? Because what we got last year is it wasn't even explosive or really efficient carries. It was just a bludgeoning runs last year. Injured wide receivers, injured quarterback, injured offensive line. He was the only healthy person on the field for the 49ers all season long. Yeah, that it could just change at any moment here. So, the only reason why I have him a little bit lower is just the age concerns. And we did see the efficiency fall off.

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McCaffrey ranked as RB4 due to age concerns and declining efficiency last year despite being the RB1 in 2024; he can still finish as the first overall player but carries higher risk of falling off.

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