


"When healthy" is assuming a lot, but McCaffrey's injuries haven't been serious enough to require surgery, nor have they been the kind of recurring injuries that tend to be especially worrisome. Heck, McCaffrey has just one fewer game with 24-plus PPR points (seven) than Taylor over the past two seasons, despite playing 22 fewer games. Injuries have been an issue – he's played just 10 games the past two seasons – but there's little doubt in my mind that McCaffrey is still the best playing in Fantasy when healthy. McCaffrey was at 18.2, but if you take out the two games he left early with injuries, he averaged 23.6 points per game. In fact, Taylor wasn't even the top scorer per game in 2021 Derrick Henry was. 1 RBs his 22.2 PPR points per game was the lowest by a top-ranked RB since Devonta Freeman's 21.4 in 2017. As good as Taylor was in 2021, he didn't actually have a great season by the standards of No. That's still Christian McCaffrey for me, and I'm okay being the outlier here.
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1 running back in 2021 after he led the NFL with 1,811 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns – plus 40 catches for 36 yards and given his age (23) and lack of injury concerns (no games missed last season, just two in five years, dating back to the start of his college career), he's going to be the top choice in nearly all leagues.īut he's not my No. In most Fantasy football leagues this season, there won't be much of a question about who to take with the No.
