Christian McCaffrey was also supposedly healthy last offseason, right until the series of events that lead to the 49ers inactivating McCaffrey for the season opener, then shortly after placing him on IR and only after that disclosing that he was suffering from Achilles tendinitis in both calves. Once can see how Coach Shanahan’s statements around his star running back’s health might be taken with more than just a grain of salt.

Truth be told, when CMC is healthy, he is one of the most dominant offensive players in the game. McCaffrey has had 5 seasons of averaging over 20 fantasy points per game in his career, and when he’s played a full season he has never finished worse than running back 2 in the league. San Francisco should have a massive bounce back this season, they locked in Brock Purdy to a fair deal and still have plenty of weapons to move the chains. In seasonal and best ball leagues McCaffrey is one of those rare players that you should be drafting with confidence, even a little above his ADP, he has true league winning upside, health permitting ;)

Author: Lukasz Stec (@Lukasz_FF01)