All good things must come to an end, but not necessarily right now. There are a handful of aging running backs every season who were once big fantasy stars, but fantasy owners become tentative to draft them because of their age.
Many of these running backs still have one more year left in them, while a lot more fall off a fantasy cliff. These are our Father Time running backs who you should roll with for one more year or avoid like the plague.
Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers
McCaffrey is someone I gave up on two years ago. It worked out great in 2024, and not so great in 2025, but I'm certainly not going back to that well in 2026. However, for the first time, my avoidance of CMC goes beyond just injury concerns, although that is a significant factor.
The Niners running back enters this season at 30 years old, coming off the most carries and touches of his career with 311 carries and 102 receptions. That kind of volume is not sustainable, especially for a running back with a lengthy injury history.
