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10 Bold NFL Predictions for 2026

Bold NFL Predictions for 2026 There is no better way to kick off an NFL season than making some bold long-shot season predictions. Surprisingly, last year’s article went 7 for 10, so you know I’m taking another shot at some wild picks for this season. But before we jump into my list for 2026, let’s [...]

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8 NFL Player Props for the NFL 2026 Season

NFL Player Props for the NFL 2026 Season This is one of the biggest fantasy football draft weekends of the year, so it was a stretch to get approval for this article topic, but my sales pitch was that it works as a breakout fantasy article too ;) This is one of the best times [...]

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Dalton Schultz Fantasy Value Overlooked

Dalton Schultz Fantasy Value Overlooked Houston Texans tight end Dalton Schultz has a clearer path to useful volume after injuries reshaped the team’s receiving corps late in camp. Schultz already handled a major role last season, setting career highs with 82 catches on 106 targets for 777 yards and three touchdowns across 17 games, production [...]

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Isaiah Likely Fantasy Value Pick at Current ADP

Isaiah Likely Fantasy Value Pick New York Giants tight end Isaiah Likely’s stock continues to rise this offseason, but his ADP has remained quite reasonable as fantasy football drafts are in full swing. Entering the summer, there was genuine uncertainty about how Likely and Theo Johnson would split reps in New York’s offense. As the [...]

Chris Godwin Fantasy: Are We Back?

Chris Godwin Fantasy: Are We Back? Tampa Bay Bucs wide receiver Chris Godwin has been Baker Mayfield’s top target throughout camp this summer. Speaking on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Mayfield praised each of his top receivers individually, but he saved some of his highest praise for Godwin. “Chris Godwin looks like the best version of Chris [...]

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Jonathon Brooks Impresses on Red-Zone Work

Jonathon Brooks Impresses on Red-Zone Work Carolina Panthers running back Jonathon Brooks had another encouraging moment during this week’s joint practice with the Houston Texans. On a red-zone carry, Brooks showed real patience, waiting for a lane to open before cutting back and picking up roughly 10 to 12 yards, the kind of instinctive, controlled [...]

Klint Kubiak Says Ashton Jeanty is “on the Mend”

Raiders News: Jeanty is “on the Mend” Las Vegas Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak said Tuesday that he isn’t going to get into the specifics of injuries, but he did offer one encouraging update: running back Ashton Jeanty is “on the mend.” Jeanty caused a stir among the fantasy football community when he went down during [...]

Tank Dell Reportedly Nowhere Near Ready to Play

Texans News: Tank Dell Needs More Time Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell may still be a long way from making his return. NFL insider John McClain wrote that Houston should have a full-speed Dell “next season, too, hopefully sooner,” while making clear he’s “nowhere near ready to play” right now. That’s a sobering update [...]

Rhamondre Stevenson’s Fantasy Stock Rises on Henderson Injury Scare

Rhamondre Stevenson’s Redraft Stock Rises on Henderson Injury Scare New England Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson was already having a strong summer, and the latest TreVeyon Henderson injury news gives his redraft stock another nudge upward. Henderson slipped while making a cut during Monday’s practice and left after trainers examined his right foot and ankle. [...]

De’Zhaun Stribling Fantasy Stock Continues to Climb

De’Zhaun Stribling Stock Continues to Climb San Francisco 49ers wide receiver De’Zhaun Stribling has spent August pushing his way up redraft boards, and continued injury trouble around him in the receiver room only strengthens his case. Mike Evans has been managing his own ailments through camp, adding to an already thin group behind him. Stribling [...]

50 Fantasy Football Team Names for 2026

Fantasy Football Team Names for 2026 Drafting your team is only half the job. Once your roster is set, you need to name your team, and to do that, you need a fantasy team name that does three things at once: makes your league mates laugh, ties back to the players you actually drafted, and [...]

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Early Seahawks-Patriots Rematch Preview: NFL Season Opener

NFL Kickoff Game: Way-Too-Early Betting Lines Ahead of Seahawks-Patriots Rematch Somewhere in Foxborough this summer, Drake Maye has almost certainly watched the tape, the one where he throws for 295 yards, and it doesn’t matter, because 235 of those yards came after Seattle had already put the game away. Super Bowl LX wasn’t close on [...]

Kayshon Boutte Traded To Texans

Texans News: WR Boutte Added Through Trade The much-speculated trade of Kayshon Boutte is official. The New England Patriots have traded the wide receiver to the Houston Texans in exchange for safety Jaylen Reed and a draft pick, according to Tom Pelissero, with Ian Rapoport confirming the deal shortly after. The move comes directly in [...]

Geno Smith Impressive In Preseason Game

Geno Smith 7-of-7 with a Touchdown in Jets Return It had been almost 10 full years, 9 years and 302 days to be exact, since Geno Smith last suited up for the New York Jets. In his 2026 preseason debut back in green and white, he offered a clear glimpse of what his second stint [...]

5 Most Interesting Matchups For Week 1

The 5 Most Interesting Matchups of Week 1 in the 2026 NFL Season NFL preseason has been dull and painful as always; you can only watch backup players for so long before wanting the real thing. Everyone is holding their breath trying to get through these last few weeks without any more serious injuries, but [...]

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Jaylin Noel Fantasy Value Just Got a Bump

Jaylin Noel Fantasy Impact The Houston Texans got wide receiver Jaylin Noel back from his injuries this week in training camp, and the plan is to ramp him up gradually over the next couple of weeks, according to Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Sports. Receivers coach Ben McDaniels expressed confidence in Noel’s conditioning despite the [...]

Texans News: Jayden Higgins Suffers Torn ACL

Texans News: Jayden Higgins Suffers Torn ACL Houston Texans wide receiver Jayden Higgins suffered a torn ACL during the team’s joint practice on Tuesday against the Las Vegas Raiders, sources told Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. “A tough blow to the Houston receiving room,” Rapoport wrote, and Higgins will now miss the entire 2026 [...]

Najee Harris Signs With the Giants

Giants News: Najee Harris Added The New York Giants are signing free-agent running back Najee Harris to an undisclosed one-year deal, according to the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo. The move comes a day after Harris visited the team, a session that reportedly went well enough to produce a deal once his medicals [...]

Breece Hall to Miss 3 Weeks, Expected Back for Week 1?

New York Jets News: Breece Hall to Miss Time New York Jets running back Breece Hall exited Monday’s practice with a groin injury and is now expected to miss two to three weeks, though head coach Aaron Glenn said the star running back remains on track to be ready for the start of the regular [...]

Kenny Gainwell Gets High Praise From Baker Mayfield

Kenny Gainwell Fantasy Hype? Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Kenneth Gainwell has emerged as a potential sleeper to draft in fantasy football this year, and now, quarterback Baker Mayfield is singing his praises. “He is much more than a gadget guy,” Mayfield said about Gainwell, who signed a two-year, $14 million deal with the Bucs [...]

Alec Pierce Should Be Ready Week 1

Colts News: Alec Pierce Injury News The Indianapolis Colts remain optimistic about wide receiver Alec Pierce’s recovery from offseason ankle surgery, with general manager Chris Ballard saying the team is targeting a Week 1 return despite Pierce still sitting on the Physically Unable to Perform list. Pierce underwent surgery on his left ankle in late [...]

6 Risky Fantasy Players That Won’t Live Up To ADP

Overpriced Fantasy Players 2026 We recently published 10 Fantasy Players That Will Outperform Their ADP, so naturally, we need to create a list of players that we feel are too pricey. The following are six fantasy players that won’t live up to the cost of their average draft position.  Travis Kelce ADP: 102 overall | [...]

Time To Fade Makai Lemon in Fantasy?

Makai Lemon Still Sidelined With Hamstring Injury Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Makai Lemon remains out of practice with a hamstring injury, according to continued reporting from The Athletic’s Zach Berman throughout camp. The rookie has now missed a significant chunk of training camp, including a stretch of four or more consecutive sessions in early August, [...]

Marvin Harrison Jr. Showing Growth, Improving At Camp

Marvin Harrison Jr. Showing Flashes, But Consistency Remains the Question Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. has produced some of the most eye-catching plays of training camp this summer, even as inconsistency has remained the dominant storyline of his third offseason in the league. The clearest example came during a recent practice, when quarterback [...]

Buccaneers News Emeka Egbuka May Not Be Ready for Week 1

Buccaneers News: Emeka Egbuka May Not Be Ready for Week 1 FOX Sports’ Greg Auman writes that there is not a lot of clarity right now on Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Emeka Egbuka’s toe injury and how long he will be sidelined. Head coach Todd Bowles said Monday that Egbuka is “day-to-day, week-to-week,” and [...]