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Should I start Zach Charbonnet or Christian McCaffrey in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 6:16 AM ET.

Start Christian McCaffrey: he has been on the field this season, 72 percent of the snaps, and Zach Charbonnet has no snap on record yet. 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.

Should I drop Zach Charbonnet for Christian McCaffrey?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Christian McCaffrey projects 187 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (20.8 a game over 9 games), Zach Charbonnet 32 (4.0 a game over 8 games). Christian McCaffrey is listed questionable.

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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.

Zach Charbonnet

RB13 · SEA · bye 11

2025 vs carries line 10-6

Market-based projection
8.3 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
46

Christian McCaffrey

RB14 · SF · bye 8

2026 vs carries line 2-5

Overall rank
49

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Zach Charbonnet, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Christian McCaffrey is 7.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

This season through Week 7

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Zach Charbonnet this season.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Zach Charbonnet played 16 games and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He carried 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 more yards.

That came to 11-12 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Christian McCaffrey was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Zach Charbonnet 11.3, 13.2 a game between them.

Zach Charbonnet finished RB24 that year and Christian McCaffrey RB1.

Christian McCaffrey had 127 more carries than Zach Charbonnet, 311 to 184.

Christian McCaffrey had 82 more catches than Zach Charbonnet, 102 to 20.

Byes and availability

Zach Charbonnet is off in Week 11 and Christian McCaffrey in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Christian McCaffrey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Zach Charbonnet for Christian McCaffrey?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Christian McCaffrey projects 187 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (20.8 a game over 9 games), Zach Charbonnet 32 (4.0 a game over 8 games). Christian McCaffrey is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Christian McCaffrey for Zach Charbonnet?

    No. Keep Christian McCaffrey: he projects 187 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (20.8 a game over 9 games), Zach Charbonnet 32 (4.0 a game over 8 games). Christian McCaffrey is listed questionable.

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