Start Christian McCaffrey or De'Von Achane? Week 1
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start De'Von Achane over Christian McCaffrey
Wrong: 10.6 to 13.8
- LV D vs RB
- 10.5
- 5th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 86%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 19%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 10.6
- PPR pts
- Books imply
- 6.0
- fantasy pts
- LAR D vs RB
- 21.8
- 14th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 55%
- Week 1
- Target share
- 24%
- Week 1
- Scored
- 13.8
- PPR pts
Our Week 1 call
Start De'Von Achane over Christian McCaffrey in Week 1.
Christian McCaffrey is priced by the books at 6.0 projected points and De'Von Achane is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take De'Von Achane at ADP 9 and Christian McCaffrey at 5.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Christian McCaffrey, with 40 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
No sportsbook posted a player market for De'Von Achane in Week 1.
Week 1 matchups
Christian McCaffrey and SF visit LAR on Thursday at 8:35 PM ET.
LAR allowed 21.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 14th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 133 yards and no touchdowns against LAR and caught passes for 25 more yards.
De'Von Achane and MIA visit LV.
LV allowed 10.5 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 5th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 35 yards and no touchdowns against LV and caught passes for 30 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Christian McCaffrey has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Christian McCaffrey was not on the injury report when the call was made.
De'Von Achane was not on the injury report when the call was made.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Christian McCaffrey played 17 games for SF and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.
He ran 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 yards.
He was on the field for 83 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Christian McCaffrey, Week 18 of 2025 against SEA: 36 of 42 snaps, 8 carries for 23 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 34 yards, 11.7 PPR points.
Christian McCaffrey, Week 17 of 2025 against CHI: 61 of 72 snaps, 23 carries for 140 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 41 yards, 1 touchdown, 28.1 PPR points.
Christian McCaffrey, Week 16 of 2025 against IND: 53 of 66 snaps, 21 carries for 117 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 29 yards, 2 touchdowns, 32.6 PPR points.
In 2025, De'Von Achane played 16 games for MIA and scored 322.8 PPR points, 20.2 a game, finishing RB5.
He ran 238 times for 1350 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 67 of 85 targets for 488 yards.
He was on the field for 75 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
De'Von Achane, Week 17 of 2025 against TB: 41 of 55 snaps, 18 carries for 83 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 29 yards, 14.2 PPR points.
De'Von Achane, Week 16 of 2025 against CIN: 42 of 59 snaps, 15 carries for 81 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 9 yards, 1 touchdown, 18.0 PPR points.
De'Von Achane, Week 15 of 2025 against PIT: 40 of 50 snaps, 12 carries for 60 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 67 yards, 18.7 PPR points.
How Week 1 went
De'Von Achane scored 10.6 PPR points and Christian McCaffrey scored 13.8.
The call was wrong: Christian McCaffrey outscored De'Von Achane by 3.2.
De'Von Achane, Week 1 against LV: 48 of 56 snaps, 11 carries for 36 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 30 yards, 10.6 PPR points.
De'Von Achane finished as the week's RB24 in PPR scoring.
Christian McCaffrey finished 7.9 points above the 6.0 the props implied.
Christian McCaffrey, Week 1 against LAR: 36 of 65 snaps, 10 carries for 68 yards, 8 targets and 5 catches for 20 yards, 13.8 PPR points.
Christian McCaffrey finished as the week's RB19 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 1 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB8 · SF · bye 8
2025 vs rush yds line 6-11
- Overall rank
- 19
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB9 · MIA · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 8-8
- Overall rank
- 22
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 1, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board3
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 4
- Board size244 draftable players
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