{"id":933891,"date":"2026-07-01T16:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/933891\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T16:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:24:25","slug":"which-49ers-running-back-will-have-more-yards-from-scrimmage-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/933891\/","title":{"rendered":"Which 49ers running back will have more yards from scrimmage in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Niners fans and fans across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/EFIUQ7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">We are asking about the running backs this week, but not Christian McCaffrey. San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan hasn\u2019t been subtle about acknowledging the need to use more backs moving forward. The team drafted Kaelon Black in the third round, but don\u2019t forget about Jordan James from last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">James has a lot of Devonta Freeman in him. Not the flashiest, fastest, or biggest. But you can\u2019t deny how effective he is, and by season\u2019s end, you\u2019re surprised at how many yards he\u2019s racked up. That kind of consistency is just what the doctor ordered for the 49ers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Black is flashy. The 49ers will run Black up the middle, but turn around and throw him a pass that allows him to use his speed to turn the corner and run right by a linebacker. Black is the kind of runner who will rush for 1, 2, 3, and 15 yards. However, we believe the majority of his damage will be through the air early on in his career, especially if the team needs to go a couple of games without McCaffrey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Understanding that McCaffrey\u2019s workload will be lighter this season, we\u2019re asking you which running back will have more yards from scrimmage in 2026. Will it be the consistency of James or the flashiness of Black?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year, we ask questions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,7,6,1161,252,52067,1137,2624,2623],"class_list":["post-933891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco-49ers","tag-49ers","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-san-francisco-49ers-roster","tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","tag-sanfrancisco","tag-sanfrancisco49ers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116845652491846901","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}