{"id":747172,"date":"2026-07-06T21:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/747172\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T21:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:05:09","slug":"49ers-fans-are-convinced-who-rb2-is-behind-christian-mccaffrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/747172\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers fans are convinced who RB2 is behind Christian McCaffrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Last week, we asked fans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninersnation.com\/san-francisco-49ers-news\/160162\/which-49ers-running-back-will-have-more-yards-from-scrimmage-in-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which player<\/a> would have more yards from scrimmage on the San Francisco 49ers behind Christian McCaffrey. It\u2019s our weekly survey question brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a>. They were the last two draft picks at the position: Kaelon Black and Jordan James.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The results were not close, which was mildly surprising. We\u2019re all guessing about the potential roles. James seems like McCaffrey\u2019s backup as a runner with more of an every-down factor, while Black comes off as the change-of-pace, speedy, home-run back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">According to the votes, Black is going to beat out James in the yards from scrimmage stat handily:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Black is the rookie \u2014 a third-rounder at that. The 49ers will have a plan for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">James was the ninth pick of the fifth round in 2025. He doesn\u2019t possess the same explosiveness, but might be better suited as the 15-20-carry back, while Black might be more of a 15-touch back that includes receptions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">If it comes to a McCaffrey injury, the two will likely spell each other while Shanahan rides the hot hand. It makes for an interesting battle, but judging by the votes, speed will win out. Or is it as simple as Black being the higher draft pick?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last week, we asked fans which player would have more yards from scrimmage on the San Francisco 49ers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,180832,99],"class_list":["post-747172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers-discussion","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}