Entering the 2024 season, San Francisco 49ers All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey was viewed by his peers as the No. 3 best player in the entire league, at least according to last year's NFL Top 100 list.
Entering 2025, things are nowhere close to what they used to be.
Granted, it'd be difficult for McCaffrey to retain a top-five spot that followed his 2023 Offensive Player of the Year award on the tail of 2,023 all-purpose yards. But, other circumstances ultimately led to 2024 being a massive regressions year.
Particularly injuries.
McCaffrey ultimately appeared in just four games over the course of last season, missing the first half of the year because of Achilles tendinitis and then suffering a season-ending knee injury shortly thereafter that led to a frustrating end of his 2024 campaign.