Should I start Christian McCaffrey or De'Von Achane in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 12:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Christian McCaffrey: 72 percent of the snaps and 46 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against De'Von Achane's 52 percent of the snaps and 44 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB14 · SF · bye 8
2026 vs carries line 2-5
- Overall rank
- 49
RB · MIA · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 8-8
- Overall rank
- 231
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The gap
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Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian McCaffrey, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.
Live drafts hold no current pick on De'Von Achane, and the board ranks him 231st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 13.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Christian McCaffrey is 7.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
No season market is posted for De'Von Achane, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season so far
Through Week 7, Christian McCaffrey has been on the field for 69 percent of SF snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 9 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 12 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 30 two minute targets.
His 42 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.
In Week 5 against SEA he carried 11 times for 68 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 6 against WAS he carried 16 times for 64 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 53 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 7 against ATL he carried 7 times for 39 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 3, De'Von Achane has been on the field for 52 percent of MIA snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.
His 12 targets have averaged 3.2 air yards.
In Week 1 against LV he carried 11 times for 36 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and did not score.
In Week 2 against SF he carried 20 times for 74 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against KC he carried 3 times for 17 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Christian McCaffrey played 17 games and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.
He carried 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 more yards.
That came to 18.3 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 6.0 catches a game.
He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 De'Von Achane played 16 games and scored 322.8 PPR points, 20.2 a game, finishing RB5.
He carried 238 times for 1350 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 67 of 85 targets for 488 more yards.
That came to 14.9 carries a game at 5.7 yards a carry and 4.2 catches a game.
He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Christian McCaffrey was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and De'Von Achane 20.2, 4.3 a game between them.
Christian McCaffrey finished RB1 that year and De'Von Achane RB5.
Christian McCaffrey had 73 more carries than De'Von Achane, 311 to 238.
Christian McCaffrey had 35 more catches than De'Von Achane, 102 to 67.
This season Christian McCaffrey holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 52 percent.
This season Christian McCaffrey holds the bigger share of the carries, 46 percent against 44 percent.
Byes and availability
Christian McCaffrey is off in Week 8 and De'Von Achane in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Christian McCaffrey is listed as questionable on the injury report.
De'Von Achane is listed as ir on the injury report.
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