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San Francisco 49ers Fantasy Preview for Week 7<\/p>\nSan Francisco, one of only two remaining undefeated teams in the league, heads south to face Atlanta, among the best two-win teams in the business.<\/p>\n
Falcons vs. 49ers Matchup Breakdown For Week 7 Fantasy FootballSan Francisco 49ers Fantasy Preview for Week 7<\/p>\n
Hat tip to San Fran, who seems to shed a critical player every week, yet continues to avoid the loss column. Records aside, the Niners grade out as well as anyone in team-level differentials, leading the NFL in EPA\/dropback (0.32), yards\/pass attempt (2.21), passer rating (29.7), and points\/drive (1.06). Helps having fantasy\u2019s QB2 Brock Purdy<\/a> under center, who\u2019s ranked top-5 in every passing stat that matters, with an extra 26.0 rushing yards\/game as the fantasy cherry on top.<\/p>\n Even though he\u2019s ceding 7.5 carries\/game to rookie Kaelon Black<\/a>, veteran Christian McCaffrey<\/a>\u2019s one of only four RBs averaging +20 fantasy points\/game, and that\u2019s in spite of a 65% backfield opportunity share (17th highest). Also running at his highest level of efficiency in years (0.09 EPA\/attempt, 53.0% success, 9.1% explosive rush rate), CMC\u2019s earning +21% of a team\u2019s targets with all the green zone looks he can handle. Speaking of Black, he\u2019s the only other Niner RB to touch the ball in a month, and a perfect example of the type of player I\u2019ll add at the last minute on Sunday to hold over the weekend in case of emergency. If McCaffrey misses time, he\u2019s an automatic back-end RB1.<\/p>\n Once again, my short-term speculation skills failed me, though I\u2019m down but not out. After opening Christian Kirk<\/a>\u2019s practice window several days before Monday’s tilt with the Rams, he of course did not play (trombone sound). All that was before WR1 Mike Evans<\/a> re-aggravated his Achilles injury, opening even more runway for someone else to step up.<\/p>\n After Evans\u2019 departure, there\u2019s some good news and some bad news. The good? SF didn\u2019t shuffle pass catchers in and out. And the bad? Jordan Watkins<\/a> and Brandin Cooks<\/a> combined to run 21 out of a possible 24 routes, but earned just one uncaught target. Oof. Kyle Shanahan funneled the entire passing offense through George Kittle<\/a> and Christian McCaffrey<\/a>, who lined up in the slot a few times and was even spotted out wide! Long story long, that\u2019s the evidence I need to double down on the Kirk pick.<\/p>\n Start: Brock Purdy (QB3), Christian McCaffrey (RB2), George Kittle (TE2)Sit: Brandin Cooks (WR64)Sleeper: Christian Kirk (WR57) Subscribe to FantasyLife+ Tier 2 to keep reading. Use code CONTENT for 10% off.<\/p>\n![\"ATL_falcons-logo.svg\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.fantasylife-stage.com\/assets\/ATL_falcons_logo_168aa672d0.svg\"){kind=logo}
Atlanta Falcons Fantasy Preview For Week 7![\"FantasyLife](\"https:\/\/www.fantasylife.com\/assets\/img\/base\/fantasylife-plus.svg\"\/)
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