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Everything Just Changed - Preseason Fantasy Football

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12 min
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Aug 17, 2026
Published
Mon, August 17, 2026
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Braelon AllenCaleb DouglasDeVonta SmithGeorge KittleJeremiyah LoveJonah ColemanJordyn TysonKeon ColemanKhalil HerbertKyle PittsMalik NabersRay DavisTreVeyon HendersonTucker Kraft
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Braelon Allen

PositiveSleeper8:48

The source recommends taking an upside shot on Braelon Allen as a late-round running back target, specifically because he is behind a banged-up starter; if the starter is healthy by the season opener, the backup can simply be cut.

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Caleb Douglas

NegativeBust8:21

The source advises against drafting Caleb Douglas, suggesting he is a player who should be cut after week one in standard fantasy formats; the source further recommends prioritizing running backs like Jonah Coleman over him in late-round scenarios to capitalize on potential backfield injury upside.

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DeVonta Smith

PositiveValue17:27

DeVonta Smith has returned to practice, and the source considers him a value at the end of the third or beginning of the fourth round, provided he remains healthy through August.

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George Kittle

PositiveInjury1:58

George Kittle is progressing well from his injury and could be ready for Week 1, though the 49ers' travel to Australia for the opener makes a Week 2 return more realistic. Despite the optimism, the source recommends drafting a second tight end if Kittle is your TE1.

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Jeremiyah Love

NegativeInjury3:24

Jeremiah Love is dealing with a high ankle sprain, making it unlikely he plays again this preseason with his Week 1 status in doubt. This injury increases the likelihood that the team will 'slow roll' him, which contradicts the source's previous expectation that he would be a workhorse rookie.

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Jonah Coleman

PositiveSleeper15:51

The source highlights positive reports regarding Jonah Coleman and recommends him as a late-round target over wide receivers, citing the potential for a massive value jump if an injury occurs in the backfield.

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Jordyn Tyson

NegativeInjury4:12

The source is highly concerned about Jordan Tyson due to a new right hamstring issue and his college injury history, warning he could miss half the season; despite this, the source still loves his talent, noting he would have been the WR1 over Carnell Tate in the draft, and suggests waiting until the 8th round to draft him.

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Keon Coleman

NegativeInjury15:12

Keon Coleman is dealing with a turf toe injury that is expected to linger throughout the preseason. Due to this injury risk, the source advises lowering his draft position from the third round to the fourth round.

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Khalil Herbert

NegativeDepth Chart6:00

The 49ers releasing Khalil Herbert is viewed by the source as a positive sign regarding the health status of teammates Kayn Black and Jordan James, suggesting the team feels comfortable with their remaining depth.

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Kyle Pitts

NegativeValue1:54

The source suggests that if drafters are concerned about Tucker Kraft's slow start to the season, they might as well wait and draft Kyle Pitts two rounds later instead.

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Malik Nabers

NegativeInjury17:22

Malik Nabers is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury. The source advises waiting for him to fall to the end of the seventh or beginning of the eighth round until he returns to practice.

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Ray Davis

PositiveUsage9:01

Ray Davis is recommended as a pure handcuff target to draft, even with James Cook healthy in front of him, as he provides immediate value if an injury occurs.

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TreVeyon Henderson

NegativeValue16:49

Despite negative reports out of New England, the source still prefers Trevion Henderson over Rhamondre Stevenson due to his higher ceiling, though he has moved Henderson down in rankings from the early fifth to the middle-to-end of the fifth round.

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Tucker Kraft

NegativeInjury0:26

Tucker Kraft will be monitored for reps during the first half of the season, though he expects to be full-go by mid-season. Due to this slow start, the source advises against drafting him in the 5th or 6th round, suggesting round 7 as a starting point and recommending a backup tight end if he is your starter.

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Tyler Allgeier

PositiveUsage5:07

Due to Jeremiah Love's high ankle sprain, the source expects Tyler Allgeier to see a considerable amount of work early in the season.

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Episode Transcript

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0:00Two years the preseason's been really
0:01fun, right? We finally have football.
0:03Yes, let's see our guys perform well,
0:05but I am actually stressing with my own
0:08team right now because the vast majority
0:10of things that came out of week one of
0:12the preseason were injuries. And I'm
0:15going to be honest, few players on this
0:17list I may or may not have drafted in
0:18the flock league. So, let's go through
0:20all the injury stuff. We have mainly
0:22negatives, but some slightly positive
0:24updates. First thing that I want to
0:26discuss is a report that came out on
0:28Sunday regarding Tucker Kraft coming
0:30back from his injury this season. His
0:32quote was essentially, "Hey, I'm going
0:34to be monitored with my reps the first
0:36half of the year, but by the time I get
0:38halfway through the season, I'm going to
0:40be full go, zero limitations, and you
0:42shouldn't worry about me." Now, if you
0:45are drafting Tucker Kraft in the middle
0:48rounds of your draft, I do think it's a
0:50reasonable thing to draft a second tight
0:53end at the very end, right? Now, what I
0:55would not do if I were you is I wouldn't
0:58take Tucker Kraft in the fifth round. I
0:59wouldn't take Tucker Kraft in the sixth
1:01round. Maybe round seven is where I
1:03would start to consider it because he's
1:05an incredibly good player when he is
1:07healthy. But if you're going to have to
1:08draft a second tight end if he starts
1:10slow to open up the year, you might as
1:13well just wait a little bit later and
1:14grab Kyle Pitts two rounds after. Now,
1:17moving over to our next tight end, we
1:19have George Kittle. Kittle right now
1:21sounds like he is progressing extremely
1:24well, and he could be good to go for
1:26week one. Now, keep in mind, week one
1:29the Niners are playing in Australia. So,
1:32it seems like that would be a pretty
1:34rough flight to ask George Kittle to
1:36make, and it would just be a lot more
1:38realistic, and in my opinion, a lot more
1:41reasonable to tell him, "Hey man, just
1:43stay, rest up here. You don't need to go
1:45on that flight. Be good to go by week
1:47two." But I think if you drafted Kittle,
1:50you should be a little more optimistic
1:51than you were a week ago. But very
1:53similar to Tucker Kraft, coming off a
1:55significant injury, I'd probably draft a
1:57second tight end if Kittle is my tight
1:59end one. Now, this is where we get to
2:01the concerning stuff that just popped
2:04up. Cardinals rookie running back
2:06Jeremiah Love is dealing with the high
2:08ankle sprain per sources. It makes it
2:11unlikely that Love plays again this
2:12preseason with the team hoping he can
2:14return for the September 13th regular
2:17season opener versus the Chargers.
2:19This freaking sucks. Because the entire
2:22conversation surrounding Jeremiah Love
2:24this off season was, "Oh, Tyler Allgeier
2:27is going to see a lot of work. Oh,
2:28they're going to slow roll him into the
2:30year." And I was looking at that going,
2:32"No, that's nonsense. That's garbage.
2:34They just took this dude with the top
2:35five pick in the NFL draft. We haven't
2:37seen this type of team investment
2:39outside of like Saquon Barkley and
2:41Ezekiel Elliott at the running back
2:42position, and both of them were just
2:45thrown straight into the fire as true
2:47workhorses their rookie years." I
2:48thought that was going to happen with
2:49Jeremiah Love. Now, obviously, you
2:51couldn't have drafted him that early
2:53because he plays on one of the worst
2:55offenses in the league. But now that
2:57he's going to be coming into the season
2:58with the high ankle sprain and week one
3:00is in doubt, it seems a lot more
3:02realistic that they do slow roll him
3:05with this ankle. And honestly, Allgeier
3:08is worked in a considerable amount early
3:11in the season. Now, I'm going to be
3:12honest, this has made me update my
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4:02I'm doing every night until Christmas.
4:04Now, let's go over to our next guy,
4:07which is going to be Jordan Tyson. So,
4:09Jordan Tyson was a sixth-round pick
4:11pretty much all off season. And I'm
4:13going to be honest, I love Jordan Tyson
4:15in the sixth round. This was a rookie
4:17wide receiver that a lot of people said
4:20he would have been the wide receiver one
4:21over Carnell Tate in this year's NFL
4:23draft if it wasn't for his hamstring
4:25issues. But, he was very much
4:28injury-prone in college at Arizona
4:30State, and that's what led to him not
4:33getting drafted ahead of Carnell Tate.
4:35And that's what led to him slipping in
4:36the NFL draft. Now, keep in mind, still
4:38goes early to mid-round one, so he still
4:41gets good draft capital. But, now he
4:44pops up with a right hamstring issue and
4:47is going to miss some time. Now, this is
4:49extremely concerning. Kellen Moore says
4:52that it has nothing to do with the
4:54previous hamstring injuries that he has
4:56had in the past. But, for me, how I read
4:59that is the Saints are afraid that they
5:02are about to get cooked beyond belief if
5:04they went out there, they drafted the
5:06guy with the injury past, and he got
5:08injured before his rookie season, and he
5:10missed the entire year. So,
5:12I am praying
5:14really, every night before I go to sleep
5:16until we get another update with Jordan
5:18Tyson, that we get something out here
5:20soon that with the second opinion he is
5:22going to see that oh, no, it's not the
5:25end of the world. Maybe he misses week
5:27one, maybe he misses week two, but he's
5:30going to be back in about a month. That
5:31is like the best-case scenario at this
5:33point, and fingers are crossed that's
5:35what we get. But, I am prepared, and you
5:39should be prepared for Jordan Tyson to
5:41miss half of this season, which
5:43obviously would be an absolute disaster.
5:45All of these top rookies like Jeremiah
5:47Love, Jordan Tyson, I'm rooting for. I
5:49want to see them play well. I think if
5:51you were to draft Tyson now, the
5:54earliest you could consider is round
5:56seven, but I'd probably want him to fall
5:58to round eight if I was going to pull
5:59the trigger. Now, the Niners are
6:01releasing Khalil Herbert. Super brief on
6:03this. I think this is a positive sign
6:05for the injury update that we have with
6:07Kaylin Black and Jordan James. Maybe
6:09they feel good about their backup
6:11running backs. Now, Najee Harris is
6:13visiting today with the New York Giants.
6:15Does this mean you should panic with Cam
6:16Akers?
6:17No. Now, let's be on the same page here.
6:20If Najee does sign with the Giants, it's
6:22not good for Akers. But, what it would
6:24do is it would effectively nuke any
6:27reason you would have to draft Tyrod
6:28Tracy as a premium handcuff for the
6:30Giants. So, monitor that, but I'm not
6:32going to be plummeting Cam Akers down my
6:34rankings because of it. Now, it was
6:37almost a complete emergency this morning
6:40when we got the report that Breece Hall
6:42went down with the non-contact.
6:44However, what we've been told since with
6:47Aaron Glenn is he doesn't think it's
6:49going to be a big deal. It was a
6:51strained groin. Now, don't get me wrong.
6:54Is this good if you drafted Breece Hall
6:56or good if you were looking to draft
6:57Breece? No, I don't think so. I've seen
7:00people pushing Breece Hall up to the
7:01very beginning of the third round. And
7:04what this injury has led for me to do,
7:06knowing that he is going into the season
7:08with something nagging him, is I would
7:10just very clearly rather have Kyren
7:12Williams at this point. If you're on the
7:14clock at the beginning of round three or
7:15the middle of round three, and your
7:17choice is a very talented running back
7:20in Breece Hall in a garbage offense
7:22that's injured, or a fully healthy Kyren
7:24Williams in the Rams offense, I'm
7:26probably going to go ahead and take
7:28Kyren now easily.
7:30Now, Bears running back Khalil Herbert,
7:32a guy who left practice today after
7:33injuring his knee, is believed to be
7:35fine per sources. Initial tests showed
7:38his knee to be structurally sound, but
7:40the team will do an MRI to confirm. So,
7:42we did have that scare with Manongai.
7:44Seems like he's going to be okay. If
7:46Kalif Manongai were to miss an extended
7:48period of time, De'Andre Swift is that
7:50much better of a pick at the 4-5 turn.
7:52Now, a couple things that don't matter
7:54to me, but I felt like it's honestly
7:56worth bringing them up because I saw
7:58them get drafted in the Flock League. I
8:00again, I don't want to give out too many
8:02Flock League spoilers. The Flock League
8:03video is going to be out on that channel
8:05on Friday. I am dying to see it just
8:08like you are.
8:09But, Ravens rookie wide receiver Jacobi
8:12Lane is absolutely balling at camp. He's
8:14had great reports. He scored a touchdown
8:16in the preseason. And also, Caleb
8:19Douglas was drafted in the Flock League,
8:21looked pretty good. I I don't want you
8:22to draft Jacobi Lane. I don't want you
8:24to draft Caleb Douglas, especially if
8:26it's like a two wide receiver one flex
8:28league. In my opinion, these are like
8:30the classic guys that you draft them
8:33with your last pick, your second-to-last
8:34pick, and you cut them after week one,
8:37right? I I don't think there's a reason
8:38to draft them. What I would rather do
8:40than drafting some of these wide
8:41receivers at the very end is I would
8:43rather take an upside shot on a running
8:45back such as um Tyler Allgeier, such as
8:49Braelon Allen, right? Some of the
8:50running backs that are behind the
8:52banged-up starters in front of them. Or,
8:55I'd rather take a shot on I mean, a
8:57running back that is just a pure
8:58handcuff, even if the guy's healthy in
9:00front of them, like Ray Davis playing
9:03behind James Cook. Now,
9:05if those running backs are healthy at
9:07the start of the season, you just cut
9:08the backup and move on, but you're going
9:09to cut these receivers anyway.
9:11Now, Ihmir Ebukam is dealing with the
9:13turf toe. From what we can tell is it
9:17does seem like this is going to linger
9:19through the rest of the offseason.
9:22There's no way in hell Ihmir Ebukam is
9:23going to be playing another preseason
9:25game. The hope, if you drafted Ihmir
9:27Ebukam, is he is good to go by week one.
9:30Not only is he good to go by week one,
9:32but more importantly, he is a full
9:34participant at practice before that
9:36point. However, it's a very real concern
9:39and for that reason if you are
9:41considering Ebukam in the third, now
9:43this point the earliest you could draft
9:45him would be the fourth.
9:47Now, going over to Denver, right now we
9:50are getting a ton of praise regarding
9:52Javonte Williams. So, I would say maybe
9:54at the end of your draft again, if you
9:56were considering the running backs such
9:57as Javonte Williams or you were
9:59considering the receivers such as Caleb
10:01Douglas, I would definitely go with the
10:02running back just in case an injury ends
10:05up happening before the year and your
10:06running back jumps up massively in
10:08value. Then going over to Rhamondre
10:10Stevenson,
10:11every report that's been coming out of
10:13New England over the past few weeks has
10:15been negative Henderson and positive
10:17Stevenson. So, for me I can't just close
10:21my eyes, cover my ears and pretend that
10:23I don't see anything. I have sadly had
10:25to move Rhamondre down from being an
10:27early fifth round pick in my rankings
10:29closer to being a middle to the end of
10:31fifth round player. Now, I still would
10:33rather have Henderson because I think he
10:34has a much higher ceiling than
10:35Rhamondre, but it does seem like the
10:37Patriots prefer Stevenson between the
10:39two of them. Now, going over to
10:41Philadelphia, I think this is a very
10:42important update. Kenneth Gainwell has
10:44not been able to go back to practice
10:46with the hamstring injury, but DeVonta
10:48Smith has. So, with Gainwell, he was
10:50previously around seven pick in drafts,
10:53but at this point I would probably need
10:55him to fall to the end of the seventh,
10:57the beginning of the eighth until we see
10:59him back at practice fully healthy. It'd
11:01be crazy to consider him at the six
11:03seven turn. And then with DeVonta Smith,
11:05if he is back at practice in August,
11:08right? August 17th, then I think you're
11:10fine to go ahead and draft him at the
11:12end of the third, the beginning of the
11:13fourth. I think those would be the clear
11:15values and shots you can take.
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