{"id":25245,"date":"2024-08-28T13:09:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=25245"},"modified":"2024-08-28T13:09:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:09:12","slug":"can-mccaffrey-repeat-as-rushing-yards-champ-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/can-mccaffrey-repeat-as-rushing-yards-champ-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Can McCaffrey Repeat as Rushing Yards Champ in 2024?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The running back position isn\u2019t as valued as it used to be, but it\u2019s still important for teams to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>have a rusher who can still be utilized to the fullest. Sure, there are some big name veterans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>out there, but there are also young talented backs who become even more valuable on their<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>rookie deals. We\u2019ll take a look at who could lead the league in rushing in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers +350<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the 49ers drafted RB Ricky Pearsall in the first round, Christian McCaffrey remains the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>team&#8217;s most important offensive weapon. He led the league in rushing with 1,459 yards and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>was named Offensive Player of the Year. Barring injury, McCaffrey should contend for this title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His offensive line is strong and should give him plenty of room to rack up the yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jonathan Taylor, Indianapolis Colts +750<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After holding out for a new contract, Jonathan Taylor got a 3-year deal and played just 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>games in 2023 posting career-lows with 74.1 yards per game and 4.4 yards per carry. The 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>rushing leader should have a better 2024 as he\u2019ll have a full offseason to get ready. The<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>downside for Taylor is he hasn\u2019t played a full 17-game season since 2021, where he averaged<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>106.5 yards a game. If he can return to that production level, he\u2019ll be in contention for another<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>rushing title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles +900<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saquon Barkley ran for 1,000 yards or more in three of his six seasons in New York where he<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>played in front of a terrible offensive line. Now imagine what he can do with the Eagles, who<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>have been one of the top rushing teams in recent years. Philadelphia loves to pound the ball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and now they have a big, skilled back who could run it down a team\u2019s throat this season. But the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>most important thing for Barkley will be can he stay healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WORTH A SHOT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kyren Williams, LA Rams +1400<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyren Williams was a revelation for the Rams last year running for 1,144 in 12 games. He was<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>on pace for 1,620 yards but injuries slowed him down. Williams hit the 100 yard mark in six of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>his twelve games and with the Rams beefing up the line, signing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jonah Jackson and re-signing Kevin Dotson, Williams could see a lot of daylight in games and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>at his price, would be worth taking a shot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most Regular Season Rushing Yards Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christian McCaffrey +350<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bijan Robinson +700<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jonathan Taylor +750<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Derrick Henry +750<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saquon Barkley +900<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breece Hall +1000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyren Williams +1400<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zamir White +1400<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jahmyr Gibbs +2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De&#8217;Von Achane +2200<br>Josh Jacobs +2500<br>Nick Chubb +2500<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The running back position isn\u2019t as valued as it used to be, but it\u2019s still important for teams to have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":24899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[146],"class_list":["post-25245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-nfl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25246,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25245\/revisions\/25246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}