The Top 10 Fantasy Football League Winners | Must Draft Players!
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18 min
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Aug 7, 2026
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Fri, August 7, 2026
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Bijan RobinsonCarnell TateEmeka EgbukaJadarian PriceJahmyr GibbsKenyon SadiqLadd McConkeyLuther BurdenQuinshon JudkinsTyler Warren
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Bijan Robinson
PositiveProjection3:23
Bijan Robinson is viewed as a top fantasy prospect who recently received a new contract, making him an exciting, high-upside player for the upcoming season.
Insight pageCarnell Tate
PositiveBreakout7:18
Carnell Tate is identified as the 'alpha dog' receiver with massive ceiling and league-winning upside. Despite competition from other receivers, he is the preferred target in round five (64 overall) due to his chemistry with quarterback Cam Ward.
Insight pageEmeka Egbuka
PositiveValue5:11
Emeka Egbuka is a high-priority target with a round three ADP (38 overall), though drafters at the 12th position may need to reach for him in the second round. His ADP has risen from the 26-27 range to around 20, reflecting his status as a potential WR1.
Insight pageJadarian Price
PositiveRole12:15
Jadarian Price is a round six ADP (72 overall) target with workhorse running back potential. He is described as unguardable in training camp and capable of catching passes like a receiver, making him a high-value pick who could run away with the starting job.
Insight pageJahmyr Gibbs
PositiveProjection3:20
Jahmyr Gibbs is considered a top fantasy prospect who recently secured a new contract, solidifying his status as a high-end fantasy asset.
Insight pageKenyon Sadiq
PositiveSleeper14:04
Kenyon Sadiq is a high-upside tight end (6'4", 240 lbs) with great speed and hands. Despite a minor injury, he is expected to be ready for the season and represents a massive value at his current ADP, potentially outperforming higher-drafted tight ends.
Insight pageLadd McConkey
PositiveProjection9:05
Ladd McConkey is a 'must-draft' PPR monster with top-10 potential. He is currently a round three ADP target, but drafters in the 10-12 range should consider taking him in the second round. His outlook is boosted by the departure of Keenan Allen, which frees up significant target volume.
Insight pageLuther Burden
PositiveRole19:07
Luther Burden is a WR23 (45 overall) who is confirmed as the WR1 in his team's offense. He is expected to benefit from Caleb Williams' passing ability, making him an excellent value pick with high-ceiling potential.
Insight pageQuinshon Judkins
PositiveValue25:29
Quinshon Judkins is a round six ADP (RB22) target who is expected to serve as a workhorse running back. Despite a minor leg injury, he is fully healed and benefits from an improved offensive line and a more balanced receiving corps that will prevent defenses from stacking the box.
Insight pageTyler Warren
PositiveProjection22:36
Tyler Warren is a high-upside tight end with a round four ADP. He is expected to command significant volume due to a lack of competition in the offense, with the potential to finish as a top-tier tight end, outperforming players like Brock Bowers and Trey McBride.
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Episode Transcript
0:00We are talking Top 10 League Winners. These guys are going to win your leagues.
0:04I'm excited to dive in. If you're new to the channel, smash it, tap it, slap it, hit the thumbs up, and
0:11welcome to the most scenic view in fantasy football.
0:13Happy Friday and great news. It is officially draft season.
0:16I'm excited to share these league winners because I want you guys to actually win your leagues, okay?
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0:25Finally, this is my backyard here, and I want a little bit of overcast today, but hey, it still looks beautiful.
0:31And listen, what's more beautiful is that I'm going to share with you guys that can actually win your leagues.
0:37Now, if you want my full list of league winners, sleepers, breakouts, off-door players, and a full printable cheat sheet with all
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1:49See you guys at nine o'clock, right? That's the plugs here.
1:52I also want to talk a little bit. There isn't too much in the latest news and notes here that I do want to cover.
2:00Other than Jameer Gibbs got paid, making the highest paid running back pretty much at all times, slightly above.
2:05Robinson there, who recently also got paid. So listen, I'm excited about Gibbs.
2:09I'm excited about Robinson because they're two top fantasy prospects who actually just recently got paid.
2:14So that is exciting news. That's one of the main things I wanted to cover.
2:18I also want to get into one player here who's, there's some news about a player here on this winner's list, league
2:25winner's list, who is dealing with a little bit of an injury, but he's going to be back.
2:30Okay? So I want to talk about that. Other than that, let's get right to the list, okay?
2:35Hit the thumbs up. Let's dive in. The first league winner who I absolutely love, and some of these guys, if you're
2:42regular to my channel, you'll be like, oh, well, why are you talking about them again?
2:46I'm talking about them because they're league winners. I'm not going to change my tone.
2:51Now, I'm going to do a bust video tomorrow about players I don't talk about.
2:55We're going to do top 10 busts tomorrow, players to avoid, but when it's about people that I believe can actually win
3:01your league, I'm going to continue to talk about them, okay?
3:05The first one, now the last one, last couple, don't talk about them as much as the first two here.
3:11So the first one here is Emeka Egbuka. Eggs, like as in I love my eggs in the morning.
3:16Emeka Egbuka, 38 overalls, current ranking, round three ADP.
3:19So we're talking about a guy who is a wide receiver one.
3:22Now, here's the thing about Emeka. Emeka, you've got to get him in round two if you are drafting from the 12th spot.
3:29That's the one issue that I have with him is that you have to literally spend a second round pick on Emeka
3:35if you're drafting from the 12th position. So I did the mock draft yesterday in 16 rounds where I highlight this, okay?
3:42So you don't have to get Emeka, but he's not coming back around.
3:46His ADP has jumped since April, okay? I think it was like 26, 27.
3:50Now it's like 20, okay? So if you want him, you may have to just spend a early second round pick on him.
3:56If not, you've got to get a mid third.
3:59But if you're drafting, like I said, if you've got the 12th pick, you go back to back.
4:04He's not coming back to the end of third.
4:07Does that make sense in a snake draft? But I love him.
4:10I mean, like, again, everything is leaning towards this guy having a good year.
4:15No more Mike Evans. Great talent. He was a first round pick.
4:18I love the Bucs. Hey, I'm Florida. I might have to go get some, watch some games.
4:23Emeka, 38 overall. Love him. Currently sitting as like wide receiver 20, wide receiver 21.
4:27All right? Number two, league winner number two. There's been a lot of hype about this guy.
4:32I keep hearing highlight videos, how well he's doing.
4:35And listen, I liked them before all these highlight videos, okay?
4:38The guy I'm talking about, wide receiver 30, round five ADP, 64 overall.
4:42Round five is Carnell Tate. Now some people are saying, oh, Wanda Robinson's there, Calvin Ridley.
4:47All those guys suck, okay? They wouldn't have invested a first round pick if Wanda Robinson was a solution or Calvin Ridley or Shimmery Dyke or Elik Ayamanor.
4:55Whoever these bottom feeders are, who are in the back of this little water thing, bottom feeders.
5:00The alpha dog is Carnell Tate. Great runner, phenomenal hands, building chemistry with Cam Ward, who I, again, I've talked about Cam
5:06Ward's got a chip on his shoulder. He has to perform this year, okay?
5:10So when I look at Carnell Tate, I'm like, dude, like, without a doubt, I got to go Carnell Tate here.
5:17Amazing value, okay? And league winning upside. That's this thing, right?
5:20I'm looking for guys. When I talk league winners, I'm talking guys that have massive ceiling, okay?
5:25Massive ceiling that can actually win your leagues. And by the way, I kept the way, kept some of the obvious guys out of here.
5:32Obviously, Gibbs, Robinson, some of those first round guys are obvious league winners.
5:36So I wanted to kind of go down a few rounds.
5:39Some people even in the later rounds, okay? Round five, six, right?
5:43So next one, number three. Don't be a donkey, draft, Ladd McConkie.
5:46Wide receiver, 19, 34 overall, round three ADP. Round three ADP, I heard a bird or something like that.
5:52Listen, by the way, I risked my life out here.
5:55There's an alligator. You guys, you can't even let me know it's not live, but I'm aware.
6:00If an alligator comes up, that would actually make for an interesting video.
6:03Lion mentality gets bitten by alligator during fantasy feed.
6:06That would be an interesting feed. Anyway, Ladd McConkie, 34 overall, round three.
6:10Listen, I was the one in his rookie year preaching Ladd McConkie.
6:13Last year, I told you to avoid Ladd McConkie.
6:16This year, I'm telling you to get back on and draft Ladd McConkie.
6:20Apparently, he's tearing up training camp. He's looking phenomenal.
6:22Like I said, round three ADP. Similarly, if you want Ladd McConkie in your draft from the 12 spot, 11 spot, 10
6:29spot, you have to get Ladd McConkie in the second round.
6:32Now, the big question is, is that worth it?
6:35Sure. I think he's going to be a wide receiver one, top 10 potential, and a league winner.
6:40That's why I'm talking about him here. So again, who else is available?
6:44Some of the talent that I'm looking at at the end of round three, not very good.
6:49I don't care for guys like Garrett Wilson. I'd rather have Ladd McConkie over him or over Ted McMillan or guys like that.
6:56So it depends. Or even Tee Higgins. I'd rather have Ladd.
6:59Like, if you fade like Emeka and Ladd, you know, early round two, you're looking at the Tee Higgins of the world.
7:05And to me, that's not worth it. The way they peak at, you know, Tee Higgins peaks at 110 targets max.
7:11Not worth it. So Ladd McConkie, again, love him.
7:14League winning upside. These are going to be a PPR monster.
7:17They did not re-sign, you know, Keenan Allen. I don't think they will, which is really good news.
7:22And that's what held back Ladd last year because Keenan kept taking that volume.
7:27What a waste of volume gone to Ladd McConkie, to Keenan Allen that was taken from Ladd McConkie.
7:32So I'm loving him this year. Don't be a donkey.
7:35Draft Ladd McConkie. Number four here is Jadarian Price.
7:37I think there's major league winning upside here. 72 overall, round six ADP.
7:41I mean, that is absolutely phenomenal for a guy who was drafted in the first round.
7:46From what I'm hearing, he is unguardable in training, receiving balls like a receiver.
7:50Great vision. I don't care about Charbonnet. Charbonnet could come back and be a thorn.
7:54But when Charbonnet is 100%, and if Charbonnet is 100%, if he ever is this season, Jadarian Price has run away with that job.
8:01I mean, you've got to look. The teams that win championships have one workhorse running back that's doing all the work and is solid.
8:08Jadarian Price has league winning upside. I cannot believe I'm getting Jadarian Price round five.
8:13I'm getting a true RB1 round five. It is phenomenal.
8:16Like, it's a no-brainer to me. Jadarian Price is a league winner draft.
8:20Okay? Number five. Remember at the beginning I talked about news about a player.
8:24He was a little banged up. He's going to miss some time, but he should be ready for the season.
8:29I've got to go back and take a look at the injury.
8:33I just posted on my Insta. If you're not following my Insta, go to Insta to get all the details on it.
8:39On my story mode, I'm posting news every single day.
8:42But the guy I'm talking about is Kenyon Sadiq.
8:45And I was on a live yesterday, 9 o'clock.
8:48Again, turn on the bell. Join us on the lives.
8:51I tried to find a rhyme for Sadiq. So someone said, don't, don't, no, you've got to be sleek.
8:56Draft Sadiq. I like don't be weak. Draft Kenyon Sadiq.
8:59Tons of different rhymes. I like these rhymes about players.
9:02It makes me remember to draft them. But Kenyon Sadiq, listen, amazing balance, amazing speed and size.
9:07Quick off the line. Great hands. Tight end 24 right now.
9:10I mean, I know the offense isn't like the sexiest on paper.
9:14Like we're talking the Jets. But listen, 196 overall, like he's not going to be coming off round 15.
9:19And that's the thing. Sometimes on ADP, people will jump up to grab some of these players.
9:24Like for Dijon Striebling, right? Zachariah Branch is a sleeper for you on Atlanta.
9:28Just because ADP's X whatever it is, they're coming off rounds early because people are watching channels like mine or getting 16
9:35rounds and are aware that these guys have massive upside, right?
9:38So Kenyon Sadiq, you know, don't be a geek.
9:41Draft Sadiq. I think he's so talented, right? Quick off the line, speed.
9:44What is he? 6'4", 240 pounds. Massive body on the field there on the Jets.
9:49And again, I remember last year, people were drafting Bowers round one or two.
9:53And Gino Smith was thrown to him. Why wouldn't you draft Sadiq round 10?
9:57Like, you know, he's so talented. Probably more talented than Brock Bowers.
10:00I'm all over him. League winner, okay? Number six is a little more obvious, but I'm going to keep talking about all
10:07my videos because he's going to win leagues. But he's not like Gibbs or Robinson or some of these early Jemar Chase
10:13league winning upside obvious because a lot of people are skipping over him early.
10:17All right? The guy I'm talking about, number six, six, is Omari and Hampton.
10:22RB9, 24 overall, which is crazy. Like, this guy's a top three pick.
10:25Why do I love him? Mike McDaniel. Offensive coordinators make a huge difference in the production of the players.
10:31And this is a great example. We saw what he did with Devin Achen.
10:35He's going to continue to do that with Omari and Hampton.
10:38He's already praised Omari and Hampton. There's an offensive coordinator that's praising Omari and Hampton.
10:43And some people are like, oh, should I worry about Keaton Mitchell?
10:46Keaton Mitchell sucks. What has Keaton Mitchell done? Like, come on, guys.
10:50Like, all these excuses on why not to draft players that we have conviction on is ludicrous.
10:55So, I look at this man. I do not see anybody else but Omari and Hampton.
10:59Had the ankle thing last year. We're past that.
11:02Second year, he was a first-round pick. They love him.
11:05Improved O-line. The O-line was banged up. They got their receivers in order this year.
11:09No more Keaton Allen wasting their time with these old people.
11:12We are focused on the youth. Trey Harris steps up.
11:15Quentin Johnson steps up. Ladd McConkie steps up. Gadistin.
11:18They got a great offense. Great O-line. Great quarterback.
11:21Omari and Hampton for the checkdowns. Short passes. And he could do it all.
11:25He can run. He can catch it. He's strong.
11:27Sign me up. I like, I believe, my bold prediction is he beats Gibbs and Baijan in fantasy points.
11:33You heard it here first. All right? Number seven.
11:36Listen, I love this guy because of opportunity. I think the talent was there.
11:40He had an amazing, I think it was week 16, 17.
11:43We had like 27 points. Really broke it out at the end of last season.
11:47The guy I'm talking about is Luther Burden, third.
11:5045 overall. Wide receiver, 23. I mean, hey, look.
11:53Who do they got there? Kalief Raymond. They got Romo Duesday.
11:56They got Loveland. But that's it. Outside of Romo Duesday and Loveland, they've got really nobody else to catch balls.
12:02We saw a mini breakout last year, a breakout from Caleb Williams.
12:05He's very capable to throw the ball. He's a good quarterback.
12:08And Luther Burden is going to be a beneficiary.
12:11And I think that's amazing value. Wide receiver, 23.
12:14I mean, why wouldn't you? You're getting the wide receiver one on the team.
12:18And I'm hearing at a camp that he is the wide receiver one.
12:22So sign me up, Luther Burden. League winning upside, right?
12:24These guys all have high ceilings if everything works out.
12:27Luther Burden, okay? Number eight is, this is the major upside here.
12:31It's Cam Skadaboo. Round four ADP. He's jumped up.
12:34His ADP jumped up because in April, he was coming off like round six-ish.
12:38More news about him being ready to go, strong.
12:40And you know how hungry he is, right? The only caveat I've talked about this is that he can be reckless.
12:46He could injure himself week one. He could run into a wall.
12:50Like, I don't know. Like, I really don't know.
12:53We saw him do that backflip about a month or so ago.
12:56That's the type of stuff. Like, do we want our running back risking it doing backflips?
13:01A bit of a concern. But, again, no competition.
13:03I don't think Tyrone Tracy is a competition. 54 overall, round four.
13:07Cam Skadaboo. Great opportunity with the Giants to be the workhorse running back.
13:11And we know he can get it done as long as he stays healthy.
13:15That's important, right? Last two here. We've got a tight end and an amazing running back that I think a lot of
13:21people are sleeping on that can win your leagues.
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13:49Number nine here. I love this guy. We're talking league winning upside.
13:53He could destroy it this year. Crush it for you guys.
13:56Because there's no competition. It's Tyler Warren. Round four ADP, though.
13:59So that's a trade-off. Do you want to get another running back as part of your core four?
14:05Or are you willing to get a tight end here in the first four rounds?
14:09And that's where he's coming off. This was the guy that I was telling you, if you guys got 16 rounds last year, draft Tyler Warren.
14:17We were getting him around seven or eight last year.
14:19Much better value. But here's the deal, right? He can get a ton of volume.
14:24He can absolutely crush it this year because there's nobody else there.
14:27I don't believe in Josh Downs. Some people are saying draft Josh Downs.
14:31He could win your league. He's a sleeper. He is a sleeper, but he kind of sucks.
14:36Years to wow us for now. Wow. Go look at his stats.
14:40Alex Pierce is going to be banged up. He's going to show up maybe week four or something like that, week five.
14:46I think he's on pop. And then you've got Nick Westbrook-Akaini, whatever his name is.
14:50Like, there's no competition. It's going to be the Tyler Warren show.
14:54But the question is, are you willing to invest a fourth-round pick on a guy who could win your league?
15:00I mean, it's worth it, but it's a trade-off.
15:02Maybe you can get a workhorse running back there.
15:05You can get an ace wide receiver. That's a decision you've got to make.
15:09I do love Tyler Warren. I think he's going to be finished as a top tight end this year.
15:15That's how much upside. I like him better than Brock Bowers.
15:18I like him better than Trey McBride. You guys make the call, okay?
15:22And the last league winner, the thing is, this guy is running back.
15:26Where is he? Running back 22. That's crazy. 60-something overall.
15:29Round 6 ADP, all right? Now, I don't think enough people are screaming his name, and I'm going to do that right now.
15:35I'm not going to scream here because people are still waking up.
15:39It's early morning. But I'm going to scream it.
15:41Quinshon Judkins, okay? Now, why am I so high on this guy?
15:45Listen, last year, I'm going to keep talking about this.
15:48Okay? Focus. Right here. Had off-field issues with the ex-girlfriend or whatever, okay?
15:52So that's distracting on its own. He's a rookie.
15:54The O-line sucked, right? Now, they just drafted Spencer Fano, all right?
15:58Ninth overall pick. They improved their O-line, the Browns.
16:00Quarterback situation. They had no wide receivers. No wide receivers means focused in, right?
16:05They're going to focus in, stack the boxes, and he's not going to have any open lanes.
16:09Now, they've got wide receivers. I heard Denzel Boston, rookie, is doing phenomenal in training camp.
16:14Casey Concepcion. They've got Jerry Judy. They've got Harold Fannin, who's in a groove, right?
16:19Tight end. They've got people to spread it out.
16:21Hopefully, they've got their quarterback situation figured out, and that's really going to open up lanes for Judkins, who's dealing with a lower fibula or leg issue.
16:29That's going to be fine. It wasn't a torn ACL, nothing like that.
16:33He's healed up. He's ready to go. He's running strong from what I'm hearing, right?
16:37He's cutting. He's doing all that. Quinn Sean Judkins is a workhorse running back with no competition.
16:42They got Dylan Sampson there, who they drafted in the fourth round last year.
16:46Judkins drafted in the second round. They believe in him.
16:49They didn't draft anybody else. Do you understand? Do you see where I'm going with this?
16:54Tons of upside. Draft Quinn Sean Judkins. He's going to win your leagues, right?
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