Fantasy Footballers on Christian McCaffrey

PodcastBreakout Picks + Injury Anger, Mike Returns! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/17August 17, 2026

From the episode

Christian McCaffrey has now missed one full week of practice. Originally, it was revealed it was due to, quote, tightness. ... it kept seeming like totally going to be fine, nothing to see here. And so then two years ago, there was something to see there, and it was very, very bad.

Mentioned at 18:55 – 20:15

STACKED’s take

Negative signalInjury

McCaffrey has missed a week with 'tightness,' raising concerns based on past history.

Christian McCaffrey has missed a full week of practice due to 'tightness.' The source expresses skepticism, drawing a parallel to a previous injury two years ago that was initially downplayed as minor but turned out to be significant.