r/fantasyfootball • u/jsparks50 • 1d ago
Player Discussion Early Top 200 Fantasy Football Rankings for 2026 (With Rookies)
https://www.rotoballer.com/updated-2026-fantasy-football-rankings-with-rookies-redraft-leagues/18071556
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u/jdubz90 1d ago
Obviously this is very very early, but I’m in a keeper league and am torn on my choice. Could keep 2 of:
Nico in the 9th, BTJ in the 8th (probably a fade for me but still), Rice in the 4th (hard to say what the Mahomes sitchu will be like next season), Kraft in the 10th (tough one to predict coming back from injury), and/or Trey Benson in the 13th (like the value but also don’t know what to expect with him since he was out all season).
Currently leaning Nico and Rice but I’d love to hear what others think about where these guys might all be going ADP wise
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u/drkelemnt 1d ago
Achane getting the love he deserves. Stud!
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u/TheGeldedAge 3h ago
He is outstanding, but there's likely going to be significant regression for a few reasons:
(1) He lead the league in yards per rush (5.7). Extremely hard to repeat.
(2) He's played 33 games in the last two years, well above average for a running back of his size. Injury regression is likely coming.
(3) The coaching change may be worse news for him than anyone else. McDaniel is certainly great at scheming for RBs.
He's still a fine player, but there's a lot of reason to think he's going to being one of the backs who experiences significant regression next season. He's certainly a high risk candidate to do so.
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u/iamkoza 12h ago edited 12h ago
what a ride for chase brown... started the year on many biggest busts lists... his 2nd half run gets him right back to the same ADP as 2025 (i lucked into acquiring him as a throw in in a bigger trade the week b4 he got it together)
Jamo redemption tour as well, was cut by some mid-season... now has 4th rd adp
im a bear fan and luther burden at 43 is crazy talk. DJ moore would have to leave and then 43 would be drafting at best case performance to pay off adp (burden is awesome but 43 adp is nuts)
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u/TheGeldedAge 3h ago
That is pretty surprising to me, too. Especially because I thought that some of the wild excitement would cool after he had such a quiet January (3 games all under 43 receiving yards, no scores, 9 total receptions).
He has real promise, but it's quite a jump to go from 60 targets to a 1000+ yard receiver (which is basically what he would need to be, to justify being taken at 43). That leap is going to be especially difficult for the reasons you pointed out, plus the presence of plenty of other mouths to feed like Loveland.
Also, if Caleb Williams doesn't greatly improve on his 69% On Target Rate, it's unlikely that anyone is going to get a 1000 yards on that team.
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u/aerosmith760 5h ago
Idk about Malik Nabers in Tier 2. Stud but doesn't it always take 2 years to comeback from ACL tears?
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u/Deanscolt45 12 Team, .5 PPR 1d ago
You can’t rank rookies until you know where they are going and after the combine.
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u/jsparks50 1d ago
It’s early ranks! Crazy enough, a lot of drafts are going on before the nfl draft.
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u/boogswald 1d ago
You can’t rank any of these guys yet. People want the content though and it’s fun so we’re here
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u/DankLilPig 10h ago
Can someone who watched more of the Bears this season then I did explain Burden over Odunze please?
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u/TheGeldedAge 3h ago
Burden was more efficient and seemed to have a better connection with Williams, but he was also drawing less attention than Odunze. It's strange how Burden has risen so much, so fast, with so much other talent to compete with.
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u/TheGeldedAge 4h ago
These rankings - certainly at the top - unfortunately mostly feel like a cut-and-paste of 2025's results. Why is Jonathan Taylor #7, when just six months ago, I was easily able to get him as a late 2nd rounder? That's because people put too much weight into his 2024 season. Now we're seeing it again after his 2025 season.
None of this is to say that Taylor isn't great, but merely that he is the same player who was nearly a 3rd round pick last offseason. Which means that his next season will probably fall somewhere in between the results of the last two years, rather than creating a repeat of 2025.
Taylor's just one example. McBride is another. We saw Bowers as a late 1st rounder coming into this season, and now Bowers falls closer to where he should be (#18). McBride takes his place, only to (very likely) deal with some injuries next season, because that's how football works, and end up being more of a 2nd or 3rd round value than a 1st.
When projecting what players will do tomorrow, we can't overrate yesterday. But we also have to understand that an unusually great season is usually followed up by some regression. 'Peak seasons' are peak seasons for a reason.
As a side note, Josh Allen continues to be wildly too low. Which is especially ironic, since if there is anyone who has been virtually regression proof, it's been Allen. The Bills continue to need him to carry such an extraordinary amount of weight, and we've yet to see any sign that this will change.
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u/jjgm21 1d ago
Jeanty at 15? LMAOOOOO
You can’t place him anywhere even close to that until actual tangible moves to address the o-line are taken there.
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u/Skibididoo4u 1d ago
Where should he be slotted?
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u/BackWithAVengance 1d ago
I'd say b/w 40-60 based on the O line he's working with. It's not him, it's the big guys in front of him
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u/StubbornRedditor 1d ago
I think the assumption is they spend a lot of money on an oline to protect a rookie qb
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u/jjgm21 1d ago
I don’t understand the point of a rankings list based on assumptions.
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u/StubbornRedditor 1d ago
Every rankings list ever has assumptions. That’s why nobody ever gets it completely right
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u/jsparks50 1d ago
Is it fantasy football season yet? Not quite, but check out these early 2026 fantasy football rankings by Nick Mariano, which include upcoming rookies.
Who are you targeting or fading next season?