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Every round of your fantasy draft has 1 pick that's smarter than every other name on the board. Miss them, and you're losing your league before Week 1.
Here are the 10 best picks you can make in your 2026 fantasy drafts:
Round 1: Justin Jefferson
He’s falling out of the 1st round due to a bad 2025. But he just got the biggest QB upgrade in football in Kyler Murray.
Jefferson’s 5-year averages are 16.2 points per game on 146 targets and 1486 yards.
Kyler Murray just turned Trey McBride into a 1146-yard receiver in 2024 and DeAndre Hopkins Top 10 in 2020. Jefferson is a steal in the late 1st round right now…
Round 2: Chase Brown
Brown was the RB8 last year and he's taken over down the stretch in back-to-back years (RB5 over 8 games in 2024 from Weeks 6-17 in 2025).
The Bengals added 0 competition. He's a strong 2nd round pick…
Round 3: DeVonta Smith
Smith is finally the WR1 in Philadelphia. AJ Brown is likely a Patriot after June 1st, that's 131 targets per season vacated.
In 3 games over the past 2 years without Brown, Smith averaged 13.3 points on 9.7 targets per game. Grab him in Round 3 while you still can…
Round 4: Garrett Wilson
Through 5 weeks of 2025 before his injury, Wilson averaged 15.7 points on an elite 34.3% target share (2nd in the NFL). And he did it with Justin Fields at QB.
Now he gets Geno Smith, who averaged 545 attempts and 4075 yards across the 3 years before 2025. Wilson has Top 10 upside in Round 4…
Round 5: Terry McLaurin
He was the WR15 with a healthy Jayden Daniels in 2024, including 13 total TDs.
Deebo Sameul and Zach Ertz are now gone (171 targets vacated) and no serious competition added. Expect a bounce back season for Terry…
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Round 6: Jayden Daniels
Daniels was the QB5 in 2024 averaging 21.5 points per game, and from Weeks 12-17 he averaged 30.8 points. It was an MVP-level closing stretch.
The Commanders rebuilt the offense this offseason and with Daniels healthy he’s the best QB pick on the board in Round 6…
Round 7: Tony Pollard
He just put up his 3rd straight 1000-yard season as a workhorse. From Weeks 14-17 he was running like an RB1 at 16.6 points per game.
Brian Daboll's 2025 Giants ranked 2nd in the NFL in rush attempts and now Daboll is the Titans OC. In Round 7, there’s little downside to Pollard’s profile…
Round 8: Jakobi Meyers
He may be the WR1 in Jacksonville on an offense that just threw for over 4000 yards. As the full-time starter from Weeks 12-18 he earned a team-high 24.0% target share.
Trevor Lawrence had 29 passing TDs (5th in the NFL) last season in a breakout season under coach Liam Coen. Meyers in Round 8 is a fantasy starter at a bench price…
Round 9: Sam LaPorta
He’s quietly been a Top-8 TE every season of his career. Now entering 2026 he has the same offense, same QB, same coach and 0 new target competition added.
You're getting a 3-time Top-8 TE at a real discount…
Round 10: Michael Pittman
He just got traded to the Steelers to play with Aaron Rodgers. Pittman is coming off back-to-back 111-target seasons.
Rodgers targeted RBs 130 times last year and ranked 34th in deep ball accuracy. A big-bodied possession WR is exactly what Rodgers needs at this point in his career.
Pittman is a late-round value with a 100+ target floor…
— Sal
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