Ian Hartitz is joined by John Shipley, who has spent eight seasons on the Jacksonville beat, to work through the biggest fantasy questions facing the league's sixth-ranked scoring offense from last season. 

Boots on the ground beats a depth chart. John has been at every practice, so this is training camp intel on the questions that actually decide your draft: who is even the RB1 here, whether last year's No. 2 overall pick is going to play enough offense to matter, and which receiver in a genuinely loaded room has earned Trevor Lawrence's trust. 

Some of what came out of it: 

The running back committee may not have an RB1 at all. At the team scrimmage Bhayshul Tuten worked between the 20s, Chris Rodriguez handled short yardage and LeQuint Allen was out there on basically every third down. Rodriguez is fully healthy again and John is not writing off his role. 

On Travis Hunter, the raw camp reps tell the story. ESPN's Mike DiRocco has tracked him at around 90 11-on-11 reps at cornerback against 50-something at receiver. He is still going to play real offense, and this year he is being used outside and down the field rather than parked in the slot on screens. 

Parker Washington has been the top connection of camp, and John thinks his 2026 can beat any season Christian Kirk gave this offense, Kirk's best being 84-1108-8 back in 2022. 

Plus Brian Thomas Jr.'s much better camp, a real uptick in multi tight end looks with Nate Boerkircher freeing up Brenton Strange, and a bold call to finish. 

Follow John at @_John_Shipley and read his work at Jaguars on SI. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 Talking Jaguars with John Shipley

0:52 Is there an RB1? Tuten, Rodriguez and LeQuint Allen

5:07 How much will Travis Hunter actually play on offense?

8:46 Parker Washington and the Trevor Lawrence connection

11:59 Has Brian Thomas Jr. turned it around?

15:46 Multi tight end sets, Strange and Boerkircher

17:47 Year two of Lawrence and Liam Coen

20:28 John's bold call

21:23 Wrapping up

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Ian Hartitz breaks down six players going far cheaper in traditional home leagues on ESPN and Yahoo than they are in high-stakes formats like FFPC and NFFC. Some of these gaps are enormous, and a couple of them have changed his own opinion just from watching where the money is going Rankings, articles and the Draft Assistant are all at RotoWire. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 The setup: Pros vs Joes, and why the gap matters in August

0:46 Christian Watson, Packers

6:59 Parker Washington, Jaguars

13:22 Quentin Johnston, Chargers

19:55 Jayden Higgins, Texans

22:35 RJ Harvey, Broncos

31:27 Kenny Gainwell, Buccaneers

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Ian Hartitz breaks down five running backs going outside the top nine rounds on Yahoo, round 10 or later, that he is actively drafting in 2026. For each one he makes the case, lays out the real concern, and gives his verdict at that price. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 The setup: sleepers going round 10 or later

0:11 Jonathon Brooks, Panthers

4:44 Jordan Mason, Vikings

10:59 Tank Bigsby, Eagles

16:04 Chris Rodriguez Jr., Jaguars

20:13 Keaton Mitchell, Chargers

24:15 All five, recapped

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Ian Hartitz goes through five wide receivers carrying a top-24 ADP on ESPN who finished WR24 or worse in PPR points per game last season, and are tied to an offense Vegas has ranked 16th or worse for 2026. That combination is not a great one, so Ian builds the glass half full and glass half empty case for each, then gives an honest bust factor out of 10, one being not a bust at all and ten being a complete bust. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 The setup: who qualifies as a bust candidate

0:41 Justin Jefferson

4:47 Tetairoa McMillan

9:48 Emeka Egbuka

16:42 Jaylen Waddle

22:53 Terry McLaurin

29:56 Every bust factor, recapped

It's a great day to be great.

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It is August, which means it is time to talk ourselves out of every player we are about to draft. Ian Hartitz goes one by one through all 12 first round picks, builds the glass half empty case against each of them, and then gives an honest 1 to 10 rating on how much that risk actually scares him. Some of these are easy to dismiss. Ja'Marr Chase only breaks if Joe Burrow gets hurt again, and every receiver has that problem. Others are real. The bottom of the round is where it gets ugly, because Justin Jefferson and De'Von Achane are both tied to offenses nobody wants to bet on, and there are only 14 instances of a running back posting top-12 PPR numbers on a bottom-10 scoring offense over the entire last decade. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 The premise: talking ourselves out of the first round

0:39 1.01 Jahmyr Gibbs (1/10)

3:45 1.02 Bijan Robinson (2/10)

6:56 1.03 Ja'Marr Chase (1/10)

8:25 1.04 Puka Nacua (2/10)

12:27 1.05 Christian McCaffrey (4/10)

16:15 1.06 Jaxon Smith-Njigba (3/10)

19:29 1.07 Jonathan Taylor (6/10)

25:45 1.08 Amon-Ra St. Brown (3/10)

28:02 1.09 CeeDee Lamb (5/10)

30:53 1.10 Justin Jefferson (7/10)

35:56 1.11 James Cook (4/10)

38:38 1.12 De'Von Achane (8/10)

41:33 Every concern level, recapped

It's a great day to be great

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Ian Hartitz lays out his favorite way to attack 2026 fantasy football drafts, then runs two full mock drafts to prove it works. The build is simple: take a stud running back in Round 1, take Brock Bowers in Round 2, then let the loaded wide receiver tier come to you. 

The case for a premium tight end pick is the part most people miss. Over the last decade, tight end has been far and away the best position at overcoming a bad offensive environment. Top-12 fantasy finishers who came from bottom-10 scoring offenses: 24 tight ends (20%), 14 running backs (11.7%), 12 wide receivers (10%), and just 4 quarterbacks (3.3%). That is why a shaky Raiders offense does not scare Ian off Bowers, and why the depth at quarterback this year makes spending up at tight end so much easier to stomach. 

From there it is rounds 3 through 6 hammering the wide receiver tier, rounds 7 through 10 building the RB2 room in the aggregate, and round 11 onward grabbing the quarterback everyone else reached for. 

Then two mocks, every pick explained. 

MOCK DRAFT 1 QB Brock Purdy | RB Jahmyr Gibbs, Tony Pollard | WR Nico Collins, Zay Flowers, Jaylen Waddle | TE Brock Bowers | FLEX Parker Washington Bench: Rachaad White, Blake Corum, Rashid Shaheed, Jared Goff, Tank Bigsby, Isiah Pacheco, Jaydon Blue 

MOCK DRAFT 2 QB Jared Goff | RB Christian McCaffrey, Javonte Williams | WR Jaylen Waddle, Davante Adams, Christian Watson | TE Brock Bowers | FLEX Parker Washington Bench: Rico Dowdle, Jordan Mason, Josh Downs, Kyler Murray, Tank Bigsby, Mike Washington, Kaelon Black 

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Timestamps:

0:00 The plan

0:25 Round 1: lock a stud RB

0:59 Round 2: Brock Bowers

3:39 Why tight end beats a bad offense

5:29 Rounds 3-6: feast on the WR tier

7:29 Rounds 7-10: build the RB2 room

12:01 Round 11+: the year of late-round QB

13:15 The rules, recapped

14:10 Mock draft 1

26:34 Mock draft 2

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Zac Jackson of The Athletic joins the show straight out of Browns training camp to answer the five questions that decide Cleveland's 2026 season. Is there any hope for better than mediocre play under center, and how does the Shedeur Sanders vs. Deshaun Watson competition actually end? Is Quinshon Judkins a true three-down workhorse now that he is healthy, and is Dylan Sampson really the next man up? Are rookies KC Concepcion and Denzel Boston already the best receivers on this roster? Is Jerry Jeudy still a Brown at the end of the year? And should Harold Fannin be the focal point of the entire offense? Zac has watched every practice, so this is what the beat actually sees, not what the depth chart says. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:18 Q1: Is there any hope for better than mediocre under center?

5:38 Q2: Is Quinshon Judkins a true three-down workhorse?

9:57 Q3: Are Concepcion and Boston already the best WRs here?

13:36 Q4: Is Jerry Jeudy still a Brown at the end of this year?

16:31 Q5: Should Harold Fannin be the star of this offense?

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Vegas already has a spread and a total posted for every single 2026 NFL game — so I converted all of them into implied points per game and ranked every offense 1 to 32, exactly the way the sportsbooks see them. Why are the Rams the No. 1 offense in football? Why does Vegas refuse to buy the Broncos after an 11-2 run in one-score games? And how are the Jets staring down a tenth straight bottom-ten scoring season? Every team gets its own breakdown: last three years of scoring, the play-caller, the offensive line, what changed and what should scare you. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro — how the Vegas ranks work

0:29 1. Rams

1:14 2. Bills

1:59 3. Bengals

2:52 4. Lions

3:59 5. Ravens

6:03 6. Cowboys

6:55 7. 49ers

7:54 8. Packers

9:56 9. Seahawks

10:57 10. Bears

12:19 11. Chiefs

15:18 12. Chargers

16:17 13. Patriots

17:38 14. Eagles

19:34 15. Jaguars

20:51 16. Commanders

22:14 17. Colts

25:38 18. Buccaneers

27:29 19. Texans

29:34 20. Vikings

32:34 21. Broncos

34:12 22. Giants

35:52 23. Saints

38:32 24. Steelers

41:06 25. Falcons

43:45 26. Panthers

45:19 27. Titans

46:59 28. Raiders

49:51 29. Dolphins

53:24 30. Browns

55:25 31. Cardinals

58:45 32. Jets

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Six players I am NOT drafting at their current price in 2026 — and none of them are easy outs. Every fade here has a top-6-round home-league ADP across Sleeper, ESPN and Yahoo, which means these are highly ranked players everyone else is happily clicking on. Why does the Saints backfield look way closer to a 50/50 split than people think? Why is the between-the-20s role a death knell for one popular RB? Which wide receiver is one mistake away from being off his team entirely — at a Round 2 price? And why am I out on BOTH Jets stars inside the top four rounds? Full arguments, the numbers behind them, and where I'd rather spend the pick instead. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 The rules: no easy outs

0:25 Fade No. 6 — Travis Etienne

4:36 Fade No. 5 — Bucky Irving

8:12 Fade No. 4 — Rashee Rice

14:38 Fade No. 3 — DJ Moore

19:54 Fades No. 2 & 1 — the Jets 2-for-1 (Garrett Wilson...)

22:06 ...and Breece Hall

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Ryan Heath of Fantasy Points joins the show to argue the 10 tight end questions that will decide your 2026 fantasy football draft. Should anyone actually take Brock Bowers in Round 2? Is everyone wrong to doubt Trey McBride? Is Colston Loveland about to take the dynasty TE1 crown, and is Dalton Kincaid THE late-round tight end to target? We settle Pitts vs. Kraft vs. LaPorta vs. Fannin, figure out which aging star (Kittle, Andrews, Goedert, Kelce) still has it, pour some Terrance Ferguson Kool-Aid, and finish with the only strategy question that matters: early, mid or late at tight end this year? Full arguments and the numbers behind every answer. 

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:27 Q1: Round 2 Brock Bowers ... in this economy?

7:09 Q2: Everyone is doubting Trey McBride. Should we?

12:50 Q3: Is Colston Loveland the dynasty TE1 by next year?

17:18 Q4: Are we underrating Tyler Warren's elite-season upside?

24:23 Q5: Pitts, Kraft, LaPorta or Fannin: choose your fighter

39:35 Q6: Kittle, Andrews, Goedert, Kelce: which unc still has it?

46:17 Q7: Kincaid, Likely, Chig: full-time roles or fugazi?

53:48 Q8: Are you drinking the Terrance Ferguson Kool-Aid?

56:38 Q9: One deep-pull TE to stash

58:55 Q10: Early, mid or late at tight end this year?

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