Matt Schauf and Jared Smola break down DraftSharks.com’s Way Too Early 2026 Fantasy Football Rankings and what they mean for your best ball drafts.

We hit the top 5 at every position, early ADP traps to avoid, and how to approach best ball strategy right now.

Plus:

• Why Drake Maye might be undervalued
• The risk behind James Cook’s rising price
• Why Bucky Irving still looks overpriced
• Where Malik Nabers fits among elite WRs
• And whether George Kittle can help win you playoff weeks

And stick around for the player who already sparked a beer bet between Matt and Jared.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Tease

0:37 Intro

3:24 QB rankings

10:35 RB rankings

22:04 WR rankings

25:59 The Malik Nabers mistake

28:24 The Luther Burden argument

37:52 TE rankings

43:09 The Case Against Tucker Kraft

45:29 The Case FOR George Kittle

EPISODE LINKS:

• Half-PPR Rankings
• Our biggest misses (and hits) of 2025
• Best Ball ADP
• Get Your Draft War Room

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HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

NFL free agency is already shaking up the 2026 fantasy landscape. Matt Schauf and Jared Smola break down the five biggest player moves so far, including Kenneth Walker to the Chiefs, D.J. Moore joining Josh Allen in Buffalo, Travis Etienne landing in New Orleans, Malik Willis to Miami, and Mike Evans heading to San Francisco. Which players just gained massive fantasy value and which situations could crash? We’re debating the rankings, highlighting draft values, and telling you what these moves mean for your 2026 fantasy drafts.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:37 Kenneth Walker III to Chiefs

5:49 D.J. Moore trade to Bills

14:06 Travis Etienne to Saints

19:26 Malik Willis to Dolphins

24:24 Willis effect on Jaylen Waddle and De’Von Achane

27:32 Mike Evans to 49ers

EPISODE LINKS:

• Fantasy Football News
• Best Ball ADP
• 2026 Fantasy Football Rankings

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Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Is it already time to move on from TreVeyon Henderson in dynasty leagues?

Matt Schauf and Shane Hallam of DraftSharks break down that situation plus three other sell-high dynasty trade targets. Prospect guru Shane might already be giving up on a pair of 2025 rookies, one of whom delivered for his team. And Matt closes with a controversial QB pick. Will his case spark debate or win Shane over?

If you’re looking for dynasty trade strategy, sell-high candidates, and ways to stay ahead of your league mates, this episode will help you decide which players to move and when to cash out.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

1:26 Matthew Golden

5:00 TreVeyon Henderson

11:07 Cam Skattebo

13:38 Caleb Williams

EPISODE LINKS:

• Dynasty Rankings
• Dynasty Trade Calculator
• Dynasty Trade Value Charts
• More Dynasty Trade Targets

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Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Looking for the best dynasty fantasy football buy-low targets before the market shifts?

Matt Schauf and Shane Hallam of DraftSharks.com break down four dynasty trade targets you should be trying to acquire right now: Tyler Allgeier, Emeka Egbuka, Kyler Murray, and Rashid Shaheed. Why now? Three of them could see BIG swings in market value as soon as they land new contracts. And the other looks like a potential stud coming off a sluggish season finish. Time to strike while your league mates waver.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

2:45 Tyler Allgeier

7:11 Emeka Egbuka

10:55 Kyler Murray

14:04 Rashid Shaheed

EPISODE LINKS:

• Dynasty Trade Targets
• Dynasty Trade Value Charts
• Dynasty Trade Calculator
• Dynasty Rankings

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Have the Jaguars decided to tank Travis Hunter’s fantasy value?

NFL Network reports Jacksonville plans to use Hunter as a full-time CB in Year 2. That shift could dramatically change his outlook in redraft, dynasty, and IDP leagues.

We break down what it means for Hunter, how it reshapes the outlook for Brian Thomas Jr., Parker Washington, and Jakobi Meyers, and whether current 2026 best ball ADP is reacting correctly.

If you’re drafting soon, you need this breakdown first.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 intro

1:34 Travis Hunter redraft outlook

7:12 How to treat Jaguars WRs in best ball

14:18 What does Brian Thomas Jr. need to bounce back?

16:22 Travis Hunter dynasty outlook

19:30 Travis Hunter IDP outlook

EPISODE LINKS

• Travis Hunter fantasy news
• 2026 Fantasy Football PPR Rankings
• 2026 Best Ball ADP

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Mike Washington and Garrett Nussmeier headline this year’s Senior Bowl winners. But do either actually move the needle for your dynasty rookie draft?

Shane Hallam and Matt Schauf of DraftSharks.com break down Washington’s breakout week, which officially put him on dynasty radars everywhere — and may have created too much buzz in the process.

They also dive into:

• Garrett Nussmeier: Game MVP, but what did the practices really show?
• Diego Pavia: Electric runner and Heisman finalist, but does it translate to fantasy?
• Malachi Fields: Big-bodied WR with steady production. Did he answer key questions?
• Tanner Koziol: 6’6½ tight end with elite length and massive volume
• Nicholas Singleton: What his foot injury means for his rookie outlook
• Tyren Montgomery: Not that Ty Montgomery — but a name dynasty players should know
• Ted Hurst: Small-school producer tested against top competition in Mobile

If you’re trying to sort out who to move up, who to fade, and who Senior Bowl week may have overrated, this episode is for you.

Get more Senior Bowl reaction at DraftSharks.com, including updated rookie rankings for 1-QB and superflex, our initial superflex rookie mock draft, and the start of our annual rookie profile series with new players added weekly.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

1:34 Mike Washington

7:49 Garrett Nussmeier

11:51 Diego Pavia

14:29 Malachi Fields

17:29 Tanner Koziol

20:16 Nicholas Singleton

22:27 Tyren Montgomery

26:52 Ted Hurst

EPISODE LINKS:

• Senior Bowl Winners & Losers
• Superflex Rookie Mock Draft
• Dynasty Rookie Rankings
• Dynasty Superflex Rookie Rankings
• Rookie profiles

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

The 2026 NFL free agent class looks thin. The rookie offense class isn’t inspiring. And that puts extra pressure on how teams value the few true difference-makers available.

In the first Draft Sharks podcast of the 2026 offseason, Matt Schauf and Jared Smola break down the top 10 NFL free agents that actually matter for fantasy football, with a focus on how contracts, landing spots, and market signals could reshape early projections.

We cover:

• George Pickens as the potential crown jewel of free agency
• Big questions around Breece Hall, Kenneth Walker, and Travis Etienne
• Which WRs and TEs could turn into fantasy winners… or landmines
• And more

Plus, we introduce the NFL Free Agency Tracker, now live on DraftSharks.com, and explain how free agency chaos affects early best ball drafts and dynasty decisions.

Free agency is coming fast.
We’re already in the numbers.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

1:59 Daniel Jones

4:45 Malik Willis

9:37 Breece Hall

15:23 Kenneth Walker III

19:17 Travis Etienne Jr.

21:49 RB sleepers

27:04 George Pickens

32:52 Alec Pierce

35:45 Wan’Dale Robinson

37:54 Mike Evans

39:41 WR sleepers

43:38 Kyle Pitts

48:12 TE sleepers?

EPISODE LINK

NFL Free Agency Tracker

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.

Week 18 is here, and if you’re still setting lineups, you already know what comes with it: rested starters, snap-count roulette, and late-week chaos.

In this episode, Matt Schauf and Jared Smola break down the toughest Week 18 start-sit decisions, focusing on teams expected to rest starters like the Chargers, Packers, Bills, and Eagles. We cover how aggressive to be with the Rams, whether any Packers or Bills backups are actually usable, why Eagles players might be impossible to trust, the Bears’ motivation, and the uncertainty surrounding the Cowboys. All of it is backed by Draft Sharks’ Week 18 projections and rankings, with updates continuing right through inactives to help you squeeze every last edge out of the final week.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

1:11 What to do with Chargers

4:48 Stay away from Packers

6:09 What to do with Bills

10:52 Are we underrating the Rams in Week 18?

13:58 Start Tanner McKee, Tank Bigsby, or Jahan Dotson?

17:00 Trust the Bears?

18:58 What does Rams decision mean for Jacoby Brissett and the Cardinals?

21:40 Trust the Cowboys?

23:41 Dallas backfield gets complicated

25:38 Trust Lamar Jackson?

29:03 What Riley Leonard means for Michael Pittman and Colts offense

32:08 Seahawks RBs still annoying

34:02 Which Commanders RB should you play?

EPISODE LINKS:

• Week 18 Rankings
• Week 18 Start-Sit
• Week 18 QB Preview
• Week 18 RB Preview
• Week 18 WR Preview
• Week 18 TE Preview

DRAFT SHARKS - YOUR UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Award-winning fantasy football rankings, projections and draft tools. Live-draft sync, player analysis, draft strategies and expert advice to dominate your leagues.

HELPFUL LINKS

• Draft War Room - Featuring Live Draft Sync
  Think of the Draft War Room as a “dynamic fantasy football cheat sheet”. As you draft, your live-synced Draft War Room automatically updates your board as players are selected.
  
• Award Winning Fantasy Football Rankings
  We calculate floor, ceiling, and consensus projections for all fantasy-relevant players. These projections all feed into our 3D Value system. 3D Values are calculated using a cross-positional algorithm based on your exact league setup and scoring.
  
• Mock Draft Simulator
  Our Mock Draft Simulator will help you prepare for your upcoming drafts, allowing for a customized setup to fit your specific league settings.
  
• Trade Calculator and Trade Value Charts
  We made winning fantasy football trades easy. Powered by real-time player stats, our award-winning 3D projections and expert rankings, these trade tools assign each player a value based on your league's unique scoring system.