Latest fantasy football news: Christian McCaffrey ready to go Week 1

Christian McCaffrey is set for Week 1 after entering the offseason tagged as a fantasy “fade” due to an unusually clean 2025 run. Across 19 games including playoffs, he logged 450 touches and totaled 2,314 yards, numbers that are considered hard to repeat. The key update, though, is availability: he has avoided an injury designation for the season opener in Melbourne and has no limitations or concerns for the matchup against the Los Angeles Rams, even with Aaron Donald absent. The 49ers, according to the report, treated him like an asset during the offseason—resting him for “tightness” and “soreness” while describing it as planned maintenance rather than a setback.