I Asked Every Fantasy Analyst I Know For Their Favorite Pick
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Ashton JeantyBrian Thomas Jr.Brock BowersBucky IrvingChris GodwinColston LovelandDalton KincaidDe'Von AchaneGeorge PickensJameson WilliamsJavonte WilliamsJaylen WaddleKyler MurrayLadd McConkey
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Ashton Jeanty
PositiveValue27:15
Ashton Jeanty is a favorite pick, currently available at a discount due to injury concerns. The source remains unconcerned about his long-term outlook, labeling him the best running back prospect since 2014 and expecting a legendary sophomore season under new coaching and quarterback Fernando Mendoza.
Insight pageBrian Thomas Jr.
PositiveInjury12:02
Brian Thomas Jr. is currently playing the 'X' receiver position but is dealing with an injury, which is a key factor increasing the target share opportunity for teammate Parker Washington.
Insight pageBrock Bowers
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Brock Bowers is a favorite pick, projected to break Trey McBride's tight end reception record. The source believes he will separate from other tight ends by a wide margin, citing improved quarterback play from Kirk Cousins and Fernando Mendoza as a catalyst for his production.
Insight pageBucky Irving
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Bucky Irving is a recommended draft pick due to his hyper-efficiency and high touch volume, having averaged over 20 touches per game last season and leading the NFL in yards after contact. He is viewed as having 'smash' potential if his efficiency or volume increases further.
Insight pageChris Godwin
PositiveRole5:52
Chris Godwin is a high-upside target, currently drafted as a WR3/flex. Now healthy and playing in a motion-heavy, screen-heavy scheme under OC Zack Robinson—similar to the role he thrived in previously—Godwin is expected to return to high-end WR2 or better production with Mike Evans no longer on the team.
Insight pageColston Loveland
PositiveValue10:35
Colston Loveland is a league-winning tight end target; he demonstrated high efficiency as a rookie with nearly 14 points per game as a top-four tight end and showed significant late-season target share growth. His current ADP is considered undervalued compared to Trey McBride.
Insight pageDalton Kincaid
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Dalton Kincaid is considered the best pick in fantasy drafts due to elite efficiency. He leads all tight ends in targets per route run over the last two seasons, outperforming peers like Brock Bowers and Trey McBride, while maintaining a high average depth of target.
Insight pageDe'Von Achane
PositiveValue25:56
Devon Achane is a favorite second-round pick, valued for his ability to compile yards, score touchdowns, and catch passes. The source dismisses concerns about the offensive environment, arguing that unless the team performs at the level of the 2025 Raiders, Achane will remain highly productive.
Insight pageGeorge Pickens
PositiveValue25:13
George Pickens is a favorite third-round pick, with the source projecting he will outproduce players currently being drafted in the first round.
Insight pageJameson Williams
PositiveBreakout9:01
Jameson Williams is a favorite 2026 draft target, recommended in the 3rd or 4th round for his elite prospect status, ascending route tree, and the Lions' lack of skill position depth. He is expected to provide multiple 20-point weeks despite potential volatility.
Insight pageJavonte Williams
PositiveValue24:02
Javonte Williams is a favorite third-round pick, projected to have a career year as the focal point of a top-tier run game. The source argues he is undervalued compared to running backs currently being drafted in the second round.
Insight pageJaylen Waddle
PositiveValue13:26
Jaylen Waddle is a favorite 2026 fantasy pick following his move to the Broncos. He maintained 2.44 yards per route run last season and is expected to benefit from Bo Nix's tendency to throw near the line of scrimmage, aligning with Sean Payton's scheme preferences.
Insight pageKyler Murray
PositiveValue2:32
Kyler Murray is a high-value target due to his low cost and high production floor. He has never finished worse than QB12 in fantasy points per game when playing a full season and benefits from a strong supporting cast (Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison) and a coach with a history of elevating quarterbacks. He is a strong bet for top-12 production with top-6 upside.
Insight pageLadd McConkey
PositiveValue23:25
Ladd McConkey is a favorite fourth-round pick, with the source shifting to a fully supportive stance this season. He offers high upside in a consolidated target environment under Mike McDaniel's two-wide receiver sets and an improved offensive line.
Insight pageLuther Burden
PositiveBreakout0:16
Luther Burden is the source's favorite fantasy pick and a high-priority target. He is projected to finish as a top-10 wide receiver, with rookie efficiency metrics (2.75 yards per route run) mirroring Justin Jefferson's rookie season and an average depth of target similar to Amon-Ra St. Brown. The source expects him to easily out-target Rome Odunze.
Insight pageParker Washington
PositiveBreakout11:46
Parker Washington is a top fantasy pick in the 6th or 7th round, projected as the Jaguars' WR1. He is described as a 'Walmart' version of Amon-Ra St. Brown, benefiting from coaching staff trust and elite late-season performance, further bolstered by the injury status of Brian Thomas Jr.
Insight pagePatrick Mahomes
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Patrick Mahomes is severely mispriced outside the top 100 picks in ESPN ADP. Despite a lack of elite weapons in 2022, he finished as the QB1 overall; the source expects him to crush his current ADP with a top-five finish, bolstered by the addition of Kenneth Walker.
Insight pageQuinshon Judkins
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Quinshon Judkins is a favorite pick for his 300+ touch potential in the fifth round. Despite projected offensive struggles for the Browns, his history as a workhorse (averaging 18 carries and 2.5 targets per game from weeks 3-15) makes him a candidate for an RB1 season.
Insight pageRico Dowdle
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Rico Dowdle is a draft steal at his RB29 ADP. Reports from camp indicate he is the RB1 in Pittsburgh. His efficiency metrics (4.56 YPC, top-10 in yards after contact) suggest he will far exceed his current value, with workhorse potential if Jaylen Warren misses time.
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Episode Transcript
0:00I asked the best and brightest people in fantasy football this year, who's your favorite pick? Not who is most undervalued, not whose price do you like
0:06the most? But when you're going into a fantasy football draft that you care about for real money, who is the pick
0:11that you most want to take? I'll give you a spoiler. I don't necessarily agree with all the picks, and I'm sure many of
0:16the analysts do not agree with my favorite pick either. Spoiler alert, it's Luther Burden. We're going to go ahead and get to him because the way
0:21this video is going to unfold, we are going to go from highest average draft position to lowest average draft position. So, from the later rounds of
0:28your draft to the first rounds in your draft, I got to say after watching what's in this video, there were a
0:33couple that did make me reconsider my positions on players. But let's go ahead and begin in round 18.
0:39>> So, my favorite pick in fantasy football 2026 is Terren Ferguson. I'm honestly shocked
0:48how few people are talking about him. I mean, I think he's live to outscore so many tight ends going ahead of him. And
0:57I've listened to a lot of shows. I listen to a lot of streams. I love content. And it's like this guy never
1:02even gets mentioned. And I think he's lived to be like the third pass catcher on the Rams. I mean, sure, you got Puka
1:09and Devonte Adams, but what? You think Tutu Atwell's walking through that door?
1:13Hell no, brother. Terren Ferguson, he's going to the moon, guys. Dalton Concincaid is the best pick in your fantasy football drafts. Am I a homer?
1:22Yes. But if you look at the last two regular seasons, Dalton Concincaid leads all tight ends in targets per outr run,
1:28beating out Brock Powers, beating out Trey McBride. You look at the top 10 in targets per out run. All of these tight
1:34ends have significantly lower AOTS than Dalton Concade. The only one that's even remotely close is George KD. So, we got ourselves a little bit of unicorn on our
1:43hands with the targeting earning ability, plus the high average depth of target. Just needs to get on the field more. The buzz has been very positive.
1:52I'm all in uncincade. He's your classic small miss big hit player. My favorite pick in fantasy this year is Kyler Murray because he's too damn cheap. You
2:00can spend your first nine or 10 picks loading up on running backs, wide receivers, maybe grab an elite tight end, and then take Kyler Murray, who is
2:08a strong bet for top 12 fantasy production with upside into the top six.
2:12Prior to last year, when he only played five games, Murray had never finished worse than quarterback 12 in fantasy points per game. I think he's in the
2:20best situation of his career this year with Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison. And with a head coach who's made Kirk Cousins, Josh Dobs, Nick
2:28Mullins, fantasy starters, none of those guys could run like Kyler, who's averaged 36.7 rushing yards per game.
2:36That's seventh most among active quarterbacks. So, high-end passing and rushing upside should make Kyler Murray a staple of your draft plan. My favorite
2:43pick in fantasy football this year is Patrick Mahomes. In 2022, the last time that Patrick Mahomes had Eric Benemy as his offensive coordinator, he had fewer
2:53rushing yards than Gino Smith, but threw for 41 passing touchdowns, over 5,000 yards, finished as the quarterback one overall. That was with Guju Smith
3:04Schuster as his top wide receiver. Rashi Rice wasn't drafted until the following year. Obviously, Travis Kelce was a bit more in his prime at that time, but we
3:14don't need Mahomes to finish literally quarterback one. He's going quarterback 14. He's going outside the top 100 picks in ESPN ADP. He can crush ADP with a top
3:24five finish. And he's never finished outside the top 12 quarterbacks, giving him a pretty strong floor, especially with the addition of Kenneth Walker, who
3:33will add explosiveness to this offense.
3:35And if he does crush, it is going to look ridiculous that we let the best quarterback of this generation fall outside the top 100 picks. It's a late
3:45round quarterback play. Late round quarterback is back because we're completely mispricing a Hall of Fame quarterback. My favorite pick in fantasy
3:52this year is Chris Godwin and that's because he's back to being healthy.
3:56Baker Mayfield is healthy. Am I Abuka is not healthy and Mike Evans is no longer on the team. And they're going back to
4:02that scheme they used in 2024 with Liam Cohen, that Shawn McVey style scheme where Chris Goden was actually the wide receiver too in all of fantasy behind
4:11only Jamar Chase before he got hurt.
4:13Zack Robinson was actually with that Rams team when Cooper Cup had the best all-time season for a fantasy wide receiver. Robinson was the pass game
4:22coordinator. So with Chris Gin back in that saw flanker role, I'm expecting big things from him again in 2026. My favorite pick in fantasy football this
4:31year is Chris Godwin because you can draft him as your wide receiver three as your flex and he gives you incredible
4:37upside. And I say that because in 2024 before Godwin snapped his fibula, he was legitimately a top three wide receiver by fantasy points per game because he
4:48was in the motionheavy, screenheavy Liam Cohen offense. We've heard that new OC Zack Robinson is going to implement a lot of those same concepts for the
4:58Buccaneers, top three in the NFL in yards per out run with motion at the snap over the past two seasons. So, I am
5:06drafting Chris Godwin. Who's my favorite pick in famous this year? It's got to be someone that's of value. It's got to be
5:12someone that can be the steel of the drafts. It's got to be Rico Dao. Look at the two running backs in Pittsburgh last
5:17year. have PPR scoring, both finished top 20. But we're drafting Rico Dattle as RB29.
5:23Rico Dattle, who had six games last year with 18 plus carries. Why is 18 matter?
5:28Well, that's the most carries that Jaylen Warren's ever had in a game in his entire career. And that aligns with Pittsburgh saying multiple reports out
5:35of camp that Rico Dav is the RB1. Rico Dav is the starter. And so if he's getting the volume combined with he's
5:42not that bad of a player, he had 4.56 yards per carry. He was top 10 in yards after contact. He's set up to far exceed
5:49his value. And in the case that Jaylen Warren actually went down with an injury, we wouldn't be shocked to see him get a workhorse role. RB29 is a
5:58steal and he has the potential to go so so so much higher.
6:03Best pick on the board in fantasy this year is Jaden Reed. Packers have no choice but to go with more three wide
6:12receiver sets. They have nothing else.
6:13Romeo Dobs is going. Dantavian Wix is gone. Even Savon Williams, they're thin in the tight end room. Johnny is dust.
6:19Luke Musgrave is hurt. Turner Craft is off the ACL. So Jay Reed's going to be on the field. They're going to be
6:24throwing more. And Jay Reed [ __ ] My favorite fantasy football pick this year is Quinn Sean Judkins. Why? Because you
6:30simply cannot find 300 plus touches in the fifth round very often. I get that he plays for the Cleveland Browns, but
6:37Judkins from weeks 3 to 15 last year was the workhorse immediately for the Cleveland Browns, averaging nearly 18 carries and two and a half targets per
6:46game. Volume is king sometimes in fantasy football, especially when that volume is coming from a 22-year-old stud prospect. I'm just trusting the volume
6:54and hoping for efficiency. I expect the Browns to be a bottom three to five offense, but if somehow they're not and
7:00they're just a below average offense, I think Judkins can smash for an easy RB-1 season this year.
7:05>> Liam Murphy of bbball.com and the best pick in fantasy football this year is Parker Washington. Due to the ambiguity in the Jacksonville wide
7:14receiver room, you can get Parker Washington in the fifth round, the sixth round. In your home leagues, maybe the ninth round, people aren't sure. Is it
7:22Brian Thomas Jr.? Is it Travis Hunter?
7:24No, it's Parker Washington. What this man was doing at the end of last year was absolutely elite, including the real NFL playoffs. Next year, he's going to
7:34be a third round wide receiver. To no one's surprise, Parker, the goat Washington. You can get him in what, round six. He's the wide receiver one on
7:44the Jags. Brian Thomas, plain X and already banged up. Jacobe Meyers wash.
7:49Brennan Strange. Okay, not bad. But he will be the Jaguars Almond Ross Aane Brown from Walmart this year. Pepper targets. They trust him. Liam Cohen slot
7:59guy. Yes, please. Parker Washington. I mean, he could literally put up wide receiver one numbers and you can get him in round six, possibly round seven. So,
8:08Parker Washington to the moon. I'm Scott Barrett and my favorite pick in fantasy football this year is Parker Washington because duh, because I know ball.
8:18Because this one is obvious. If you think all these guys are terrible at giving fantas football advice, well, stay tuned to the end of the video cuz I
8:24have a giveaway opportunity for you.
8:26>> It's a lovely day at the beach and like any great day, it is a great day to draft Bucky Irving. Everyone knows the
8:31rookie breakout, an absolute star, hyper efficient, led the NFL in yards after contact. Everyone also knows the bust last year. What people fail to remember
8:40is that last year, in the bust of a season, he averaged over 20 touches per game. If he does even just that and
8:47doesn't improve this year, he's probably still an okay click. If he's as efficient as he was as a rookie and doesn't see a ton of touches, still an
8:54okay click. If he does a little bit of both, he is an absolute smash. Bucky Irving is my favorite draft pick this
9:00year.
9:01>> What's going on, guys? My favorite player to draft in 2026 without question is Jame Williams. I think where he goes
9:07in the draft is just absolutely perfect because you can take them earlier and it's really no big deal. Think about the
9:13guys that you are drafting in the third round and the fourth round that you feel icky about. Oh, I don't know. I don't
9:18like anybody here. Draft Jameson Williams, dude. Just draft Jameson Williams. It's so easy. Oh, he might give me a zero sometimes. He's going to
9:26give you more 20 point weeks than anybody that's going to be available in the third or fourth round at the wide
9:30receiver position. He's an elite prospect, an ascending wide receiver with an expanding route tree. It's just a no-brainer. He's going to smash, man.
9:39My favorite pick in fantasy this year is Jameson Williams. I think the Lions are going to be a fantastic offense. I want
9:44Jir Gibbs. I want all of them. They drafted incredibly well from 2021 to 2023. Jameson, Almanra, Laorta, Gibbs, Pen Su, Aiden Hutchinson, Jack Campbell,
9:54more defenders. And they've extended a lot of these guys and they don't have a ton of money. Goff has a big contract.
9:58So, they didn't add much depth at all.
9:59They lost David Montgomery. They lost Khalif Raymond. They were the only team in the league at 53man cutdowns to get down to only four wide receivers. They
10:07do not have a lot of depth at the skill positions. They're going to lean heavily on these extended second contract in
10:13their prime players. He had a slow burn first couple of years. Came off an ACL gambling suspension. The route volume's going to be there again. Very efficient
10:21player both before and after the catch point. Gets lower A dot work than people realize. Not just a deep threat. Yak
10:27perception really good on that horizontal stuff he does. Explosive player, ton of volume, very concentrated offense. Nuclear season. And to the
10:35shocker of no one, mine is Coulson Lovelin, tight end of the Chicago Bears.
10:39He can be had anywhere in the mid to late fourth in a lot of leagues. And I truthfully do not understand the
10:44difference in ADP between him and Trey McBride. You look at Coulson Love last year, former top 10 overall pick, 66, 240 lbs, missed summer training camp
10:54with that shoulder injury. So he did start the year slow, but once he got into the groove, man, it was absolutely
10:59magical. Nearly 14 points per game was scoring as a top four tight end in fantasy. And he was doing that on the
11:0517th most routes at tight end over two yards per out run. And when we look at the final four games of the season when
11:11you include the two playoff games, you include week 17 and 18. All the stakes on the line. Chicago needs to advance.
11:18Who was getting called? Coulson Lovelin 10 plus targets in each of those games.
11:2281% of the routes. I truthfully do believe with that uptick in route share this year with the potential ascension step Caleb can take. This is a tight end
11:29league winner on our hands. My favorite pick in fantasy football drafts this year is Coloulston Lovelin. Loveland got a full-time roll in week 16 last year
11:36over the last five weeks of the season including playoffs. His target shares during that span were 15% 24% 39% 31% and 24% 0.25 targets per hour run for
11:46the entire season. That was almost the same as Luther Burton even though he ran a route on 17% more of the Bears
11:52dropbacks. To be clear, I like Burton too, but this is just showing how efficient of a target earner Lovelin was as a rookie. This is a guy who is a top
12:0010 pick. 21-year-old rookie tight end.
12:02Has in my opinion a top three play caller. So, I like Holston Lovelin anytime you can get him in the the
12:08fourth round or even at the 34 turn of fantasy drafts this off seasonason.
12:12>> I'm Jacob Sanderson and I write the fantasy football newsletter, Thinking About Thinking. My favorite pick this year for 2026 reddraft leagues is Bears
12:20tight end Coloulston Loveland. Loveland was an absolute stud prospect coming out of Michigan. I think he's the most consistent and I think he's actually the
12:28highest upside of the three receiving weapons in this offense that everybody wants a piece of this year for fantasy football. I've been recording this video
12:37out here in the peace and tranquility of the Pacific Ocean and I'm looking at your fantasy football draft and I want
12:44to make sure that you feel that same peace and tranquility of the tight end position. Luther Burton is the best pick
12:49in fantasy football this year. Had the exact same average depth of target as Aman Ross St. Brown in their rookie seasons. 2.75 yards per route run the
12:57same as Justin Jefferson in his rookie season. Ben Johnson found his muse. That muse is Luther Burton. He is going to
13:03easily out target Roman Dunce.
13:05Coloulston Love can still have a good season. You know, I think Danny and the other Coloulston Love boys, I think that
13:10they're probably right, but it's going to be Luther Burton finishing as a top 10 wide receiver going in the first round of fantasy football drafts last
13:17season. Make sure that you get Luther Burden.
13:19>> Thanks to Davis for having me on this video. my favorite pick in 2026 fantasy football drafts. This has been a guy who
13:26has seen a steady rise in hype over the course of the offseason. It's none other than new Broncos wide receiver Jaylen
13:34Wadd. This is a guy who finished as a wide receiver one in his second season in the league. That was the same year
13:40that Tyreek Hill joined the Dolphins and had 1700 yards. Even in this last season where it ended with Mike McDaniel leaving, Tua leaving and Jaylen Wadd
13:49joining the Broncos, he still put up 2.4 4 yards per route run. Now he ends up on the Broncos with Bo Knicks who excels
13:56with these passes close to the line of scrimmage. Something that Shawn Payeyton loves. I think he is going to write the
14:01story of the 2026 season and I am drafting him everywhere I possibly can.
14:05What's up? Jason Moore here. My favorite pick in fantasy football this year is Lad McConi in the fourth round. I think
14:12that this is a guy who can finish much higher than most people think at the wide receiver position. Mike McDaniel coming in, putting in two wide receiver
14:20sets, a consolidation of targets should be awesome for him. The improved offensive line. The nice thing about Lad is he is awesome. He's a great wide
14:29receiver. I was down on him last year with Keenan Allen in tow. I am super all the way back in. I love drafting guys
14:35that are just better than where they're going with high upside on great offenses. That's Lad Maki.
14:41>> This is Ziggman Bloom for football guys.
14:42Uh my favorite player to draft this year. I'll give you a player in a round, Javvante Williams in the third round.
14:49The point of the spear of the Clayton Adams run game, which should be one of the best run games in the NFL and one of
14:54the best offenses in the NFL. And Javvante Williams is not old. He's not injuryprone. Uh he's going to have a career year this year. He's worth more,
15:02I think, than most of the running backs going in the second round. He's there in the third round. So Davis, fans of
15:08Davis, everybody else, Javvante Williams, my favorite player to draft this year.
15:13I'm Brett Whitefield and my favorite pick in fantasy this year is George Pickkins because he's a third round pick and he's going to outproduce guys going
15:20in the first round. My favorite pick in fantasy football this year is Brock Bowers. To put this in Davis Matter terms, Bowers is going to break Trey
15:28McBride's tight end reception record and there's just nothing you or I can do about it. The Raiders apparently hate every single one of their wide
15:34receivers. And unfortunately, I think Kirk Cousins and Fernetta Mendoza is the best quarterback play Bowowers will have seen in his NFL career to this point.
15:43He's just gonna be fed the ball and he's a grownass man. So, he's going to make something out of those receptions. I
15:48think Bowers is going to separate from every other tight end in the league by kind of a wide margin and he's going to
15:53be the player you need to win your fantasy football league this year.
15:56>> It's Patrick Dy and my favorite pick in 2026 fantasy football is Devin Achan in the second round. What is not to like?
16:04He does everything we love in fantasy football. He's a compiler. He's a big play threat. He's a touchdown scorer.
16:10He's, of course, stacking up the receptions. He's had two special NFL seasons and only three tries. I know we don't love the offense environment, but
16:18we're probably overrating just how truly terrible it is. It basically needs to be the 2025 Raiders for Deon Han not to
16:25produce, and that's an outlier. We aren't good at predicting those. Um, Devin Han I've taken across the board this year. He's by far my favorite pick.
16:33I hope you follow my advice and win your fantasy leagues.
16:35>> Just want to let you know my favorite pick for 2026 fantasy football is Ashton Genty. Getting a little bit of a
16:42discount on him now that we have the injury. A little bit of concern about him being ready for week one. I'm not
16:47worried about it season long. I still think he has one of the highest upsides of any player at the running back
16:52position. Prolific pass catching skill set. Prolific running back in general.
16:56The best running back prospect going back to 2014 in my model. I don't want to miss out on his legendary season in
17:02his sophomore year with a new coach, new offensive line, new quarterback in Fernando Mendoza. Give me Ashton Genty.
17:09I think we all learned a lot from that experience. I have a ton of gratitude for all of my friends in the fantasy
17:13football industry for submitting their favorite picks in fantasy football. Love all you guys. And here, as promised, is the giveaway. Comment down below your
17:21favorite pick in fantasy football. I will choose one lucky commenter and I'm just going to go ahead and give you a
17:26hundred bucks. So, comment down below your favorite pick in fantasy football.
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