Nothing can derail a fantasy football season quicker than drafting busts in the early rounds of your fantasy drafts. We are here to help you avoid that crucial mistake. These are the top early-round busts you should be avoiding in your fantasy drafts.
Top Early-Round Busts To Avoid In 2026RB Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers
In just about every bust list I have written this offseason, there has been one common player, and it's CMC. There is no way you should be drafting him this season at his ADP of the fifth-overall pick. We don't even like him as the 15th-overall pick.
McCaffrey has an extensive injury history and is now 30 years old. Last season, he saw his yards per carry drop from 5.4 in 2023 to 3.9 in 2025 after being limited to just 50 carries due to injury in 2024.
Along with that steep decline in efficiency came the largest workload of his career. CMC carried the ball 311 times and caught 102 of 129 targets. That is a brutal amount of work to try to bounce back from at 30 years old.
