Yahoo Fantasy analyst Matt Harmon provides his first insights after the San Francisco 49ers purchase All-Professional working again Christian McCaffrey from the Carolina Panthers
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MATT HARMON: Enormous bombshell information right here Thursday evening with the San Francisco 49ers sending second, third and fourth spherical picks on this upcoming draft and a fifth spherical choose within the upcoming draft to Panthers working again Christian McCaffrey. I imply, this one, it's an enormous occasion right here. I imply, Chris McCaffrey is likely one of the finest gamers at his place. He was one of many first three gamers off the board in virtually each fantasy draft this 12 months.
Briefly, I'm not 100% positive methods to make this constructive for Christian McCaffrey from a fantasy angle. I'm undecided if that's a destructive. I really feel prefer it's perhaps impartial for his fantasy worth as a result of you may argue it both manner. First, he leaves a horrible offensive ecosystem, a horrible atmosphere within the Carolina Panthers. He will definitely have a greater probability of scoring touchdowns with the San Francisco 49ers than with the Carolina Panthers.
However will he have the identical position he had in Carolina that he may have in San Francisco? I feel that's a query value asking. As a result of the 49ers, proper now, are twenty eighth in impartial win share this 12 months. And so they have already got numerous guys to throw the ball to.
We all know McCaffrey will play virtually each snap. He'll be on the market. He turns into the principle character. You don't do this type of draft to get a man after which put him in a typical previous Shanahan committee. So I feel we will put that half apart. However how will he catch seven, eight, 9, 10 balls a recreation when he's competing for targets with Deeb Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk and George Kittle?
These three guys have been having enjoyable for the previous few weeks now. How does CMC slot in there? I'm not 100% positive. However once more, the dashing effectivity, the rise in landing possibilities will most likely preserve him within the high 4, 5 quarterbacks the remainder of the season in fantasy soccer. So in that regard, it's not an enormous loss when you’ve got Christian McCaffrey in your crew.
I feel what that does to the opposite guys on the San Francisco 49ers roster is the large query. I imply it was already laborious to do the maths between Samuel, Aiyuk and Kittle. And now we're going to throw one other physique into the combination. That would make issues actually tough for these three move catchers. It may take away the ceiling and the ground from these gamers.
They're most likely the biggest– I feel should you needed to say losers on this fantasy equation, it's these guys except we get the San Francisco 49ers within the high 15 in impartial zone success, which might be extraordinary worth. Shanahan years. However we will hope that's the case and so they're simply throwing numerous excessive share passes with Jimmy Garoppolo on the market.
And naturally, again within the Carolinas, I feel, I feel it is going to liberate extra quantity for DJ Moore. However it is going to be an unpleasant quantity. I don't suppose he's a man it is advisable to placed on the roster at this level. It's going to be soiled the remainder of the way in which for DJ Moore.
And within the backfield, I'll go along with D'Onta Foreman forward of Chubu Hubbard as a pickup, however neither of these guys have a lot enchantment in an offense that has been fully and totally damaged this 12 months. That is one hell of a bomb commerce that simply shook up all the things in fantasy and probably the NFL playoffs within the NFC.
