Should you trade for Christian McCaffrey? Week 10 trade advice and fantasy outlook for 49ers RB

Christian McCaffrey has been one of the most dominant fantasy football players during his NFL career so far. In each of his past four seasons that he has played in at least eight games, he has finished the year ranked among the top three overall running backs. This includes both of his seasons with the San Francisco 49ers so far.GhKe

The biggest obstacle to McCaffrey's dominant career has been his health. He has missed 31 total games over the past five years with injuries, including all eight of the 49ers' games this season. The good news is that he is expected to make his return in Week 10 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers following a bye week. This makes him a potential trade target in fantasy football.

Trade advice for Christian McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey understandably entered the 2024 season as the most popular player to target with the first pick in fantasy drafts. Managers who spent their top selection on him have been severely disappointed as he has yet to make his debut for the San Francisco 49ers this year. That is reportedly expected to change in Week 10 as he has apparently recovered from his injury.

His potential return makes him an interesting player to target with the trade deadline and fantasy playoff quickly approaching. His failure to play in any games this year should put his trade value at a much lower price than what he would have commanded prior to the start of the season. He will still be an expensive acquisition, but he is an elite target at his relatively cheaper price tag.

Christian McCaffrey fantasy outlook for rest of 2024 season

As soon as McCaffrey is healthy enough to get back on the field for the 49ers, which is likely to be in Week 10, he is expected to resume his role as their featured running back. Despite a breakout 2024 fantasy football season for Jordan Mason, he is unlikely to take any of the work away from the returning superstar.

Mason was on the 49ers' roster last year, but McCaffrey still exceeded a massive 75% of the offensive snaps in 13 of his 16 games. This suggests that as long as CMC is healthy, he should get back to his usual dominant workload, especially considering the 49ers have struggled to a 4-4 record this year and could use a boost.