# Week 2 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings and Tiers: Time for Christian McCaffrey managers to panic?

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Podcast: [Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fantasy-football-with-ian-hartitz-7968280)
Published: 2026-09-16T13:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Week 2 is here, and one week of football has already changed how people feel about their running backs. Ian Hartitz ranks his top 48 backs for Week 2, sorts them into six tiers, and stops after every tier for a bigger question about the position. First up: everyone who drafted Christian McCaffrey at RB3 should take a step back and chill out. The 49ers gave him 18 combined carries and targets in Week 1, in Australia, while he was dealing with cramps, and they still look like one of the best offenses in the NFL.

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