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Rich Hribar#24 of 87 NFL pundits · Jul 10, 2024

Hribar places Christian McCaffrey alone in Tier 1 as the top fantasy running back, while predicting the gap between them and the RB2 will narrow in 2024 and that San Francisco's backup backs will see more work.

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Waiting2 calls, none settled yet

—Average accuracynothing settled yet

—A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

0 of 2Settled2 still waiting

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What Rich Hribar said

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That is not going to move McCaffrey down as the best fantasy asset perhaps ever at his position, but it is a caution that we could see the reserves in San Francisco get more work than they did a year ago.

Rich Hribar, the lead quote · each call’s own words are below

Where it was published: Sharp Football Analysis
The piece: Fantasy Football Running Back Tiers, 2024
The original: The copy as archived Jul 11, 2024 · the live page
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1Elijah Mitchell to be 2nd on the depth chart“Mitchell is far from a strong bet of staying healthy again as the clear RB2, but the addition of Isaac Guerendo does add another piece to the board.”
2Fantasy Rankings“Tier 1 Fantasy Football RBs: Christian McCaffrey ... No intro to the tier since we have one player clearly at the top.”

Box score

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Verdict	Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
	Elijah Mitchell to be 2nd on the depth chart¹	Depth Chart Calls	—	—	—	—
	“Tier 1 Fantasy Football RBs: Christian McCaffrey ... No intro…”²	Fantasy Rankings	—	—	—	—
	2 calls · 2 waiting			—	—

How each call scored

2 checkable claims — 1 depth chart call and 1 fantasy ranking — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.

It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.

None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.

Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.

1Depth Chart Calls Elijah Mitchell San Francisco 49ers
Elijah Mitchell to be 2nd on the depth chart
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2Fantasy Rankings
“Tier 1 Fantasy Football RBs: Christian McCaffrey ... No intro to the tier since we have one player clearly at the top.”
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