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Fantasy Football Week 7 Takeaways: Surprises & Disappointments (2022)

Fantasy Football Week 7 Takeaways: Surprises & Disappointments (2022)

The lead-up to Week 7 was dominated by one of the biggest in-season trades in recent memory. Christian McCaffrey, a consensus top-two pick in 2022 fantasy drafts, was dealt from one of the league’s most dysfunctional offenses to the most running back-friendly offense in the entire league.

While CMC may have to sacrifice a few touches by moving from Carolina to a San Francisco offense full of dynamic playmakers, he’ll more than make up for it for fantasy purposes with improved efficiency and increased touchdown potential in Kyle Shanahan’s scheme.

In the short-term, though, the McCaffrey trade brought tricky questions about how much he could realistically be expected to play after spending just two days learning the playbook. It was reported shortly before kickoff that McCaffrey could be expected to play around 20 snaps, and while he was on pace to cruise past that number in the first half, he played sparingly in the second half and ended up right at 21 snaps (29.2%).

McCaffrey finished outside the top-30 fantasy RBs for the week, but he did average 6.2 yards per touch and looked like a perfect fit for Shanahan’s system. Fantasy managers with CMC may have taken a hit this week, but the payoff of him joining the 49ers should be well worth it over the rest of the season.

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