Fantasy Football with Ian Hartitz

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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My complete 2026 preseason tight end tiers — all 40 TEs, ranked and grouped the way I'm actually drafting them. Why am I willing to take Brock Bowers in Round 2 (the Super Bowers draft strategy, explained)? Is Dalton Kincaid the late-round tight end of 2026? And why is Terrance Ferguson the last TE dart I'm throwing this year? Every tier comes with the numbers and the one big-picture question that actually matters for your draft. 

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0:00 Intro

0:29 Tier 1: The TE1 (Brock Bowers)

7:14 Tier 2: Overall TE1 upside (Loveland, McBride, Warren)

20:24 Tier 3: Fans, but at least one concern

32:14 Tier 4: Top-5 upside after a Kona Big Wave or three

50:36 Tier 5: Week 2 waiver-wire cover candidates

1:00:06 Tier 6: We live on a rock in space. Maybe this works!

1:07:12 Tier 7: No way ... absolutely no way ... but maybe

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The reigning, defending, undisputed fantasy football ranking champion of the world is here. Yahoo's Justin Boone joins Ian to settle the 10 biggest wide receiver questions for the 2026 fantasy football season — how many WRs go before Christian McCaffrey (and the Jonathan Taylor surprise), the Jefferson–London–A.J. Brown new-QB debate, who becomes this year's JSN, why Boone is calling a top-7 season for Jaylen Waddle, the year-three verdicts on Odunze, Brian Thomas Jr. and Marvin Harrison Jr., his most-drafted receivers, the fades, and two sleepers you can grab outside the top 50. 

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0:00 The reigning ranking champion of the world

2:00 How many WRs go before McCaffrey?

2:38 The Jonathan Taylor surprise

5:05 Amon-Ra + the Lions target math

7:25 The Super-Bowers draft strategy

9:19 New QBs: Jefferson vs London vs A.J. Brown

12:45 Kyle Pitts fraud alert

16:39 Who is this year's JSN?

20:41 The Jaylen Waddle league-winner case

23:49 Upside WR2s: Flowers + McConkey

26:04 Rashee Rice: worth the risk?

28:11 Evans, McLaurin or Adams?

33:17 Tyler Warren = Brock Bowers lite

34:57 Year-3 verdicts: Odunze, BTJ + Marvin Harrison Jr.

44:08 Boone's most-drafted: Watson + Tate

47:06 The fades: Sutton + DK Metcalf

48:52 Two sleepers outside the top 50

52:07 Disgusting longshot predictions

57:17 The bold call: Waddle top-7

59:55 Wrap-up

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My complete 2026 preseason wide receiver tiers — all 75 WRs, ranked and grouped the way I'm actually drafting them. Which four receivers are the stone cold baller WR1s? Why am I taking Jaylen Waddle basically no matter what? And is Christian Watson this year's best league-winning dart? Every tier comes with the fun facts and one big-picture question that actually matters for your draft.

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0:00 Intro

0:35 Tier 1: Stone cold baller WR1s

4:20 Tier 2: Overall WR1 upside (Jefferson, AJB, Lamb, Collins, London)

16:07 Tier 3: High-volume WR1s & overqualified WR2s

32:00 Tier 4: The upside is clear ... but we have questions

41:37 Tier 5: We're saying there's a chance

49:05 Tier 6: Would WR2 numbers really surprise?

1:00:42 Tier 7: Keeping a candle lit

1:09:50 Tier 8: Favorite late-round sleepers

1:15:11 Tier 9: They won't work out, but imagine if they did

It's a great day to be great.

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Running back week rolls on! Ian is joined by Establish The Run's John Daigle to answer the 10 questions that will decide your RB board in 2026 fantasy football drafts — Gibbs or Bijan at 1.01, whether CMC and Jonathan Taylor are worth round-1 picks after 350+ touch seasons, how to attack the "Great Wall" of RBs from picks 11-18, the round-3 crossroads, the red-flag range in rounds 4-5, cheap backfields worth a chip, late-round handcuffs, and the draft strategy John is riding this season. Subscribe for fantasy football draft prep all summer — wide receivers are up next week. 

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0:00 - Intro: the year of the running back

2:54 - Q1: Jahmyr Gibbs or Bijan Robinson at 1.01?

6:57 - Q2: Are CMC and Jonathan Taylor worth round-1 picks?

12:03 - Q3: The Great Wall of RBs (picks 11-18) — who to want, who to fear

20:43 - Q4: The round-3 crossroads — dawgs in bad offenses vs boring vets

28:58 - Q5: Rounds 4-5 — red flags everywhere (Skattebo, Judkins, Tuten, Monty)

37:12 - Q6: Any reason to click Pollard, Hubbard, or RJ Harvey?

42:18 - Q7: Two chips on the cheap backfields (Warren + Croskey-Merritt)

48:24 - Q8: Favorite late-round handcuffs

52:50 - Q9: The 2026 RB draft strategy — hero RB for the win

56:22 - Q10: John's most underrated vacation spots in America

1:00:40 - Wrap-up: what's coming next week

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Training camp is here, and every team has ONE battle that will swing fantasy drafts. Ian goes team by team through all 32 — the usage fights, health questions and depth-chart mysteries he's watching before August answers them: Is Jonathon Brooks (with an O) coming for Chuba Hubbard's job? Is it Bhayshul Tuten RB1 SZN in Jacksonville? How healthy is Malik Nabers? Plus the Kincaid unleash scenario in Buffalo, the real WR1 battle in Chicago, the Kyler vs. J.J. McCarthy decision, the CMC handcuff derby in San Francisco, and Ian's Week 6 Fernando Mendoza call. 

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0:00 One key storyline for all 32 teams

0:33 Cardinals — the backup RB battle behind Jeremiah Love

1:44 Falcons — the WR2 job is open

2:47 Ravens — is Rashod Bateman locked in?

4:54 Bills — the Dalton Kincaid unleash scenario

6:45 Panthers — Jonathon Brooks vs Chuba Hubbard

8:26 Bears — the REAL WR1 battle

9:53 Bengals — Erick All TE1 season?

11:44 Browns — Watson vs Shedeur

13:41 Cowboys — RB2 behind Javonte

14:47 Broncos — the three-headed backfield question

17:26 Lions — is Pacheco the clear-cut RB2?

19:05 Packers — how healthy is Tucker Kraft?

21:24 Texans — the Tank Dell comeback

23:00 Colts — Alec Pierce's ankle + the pecking order

25:47 Jaguars — Bhayshul Tuten RB1 SZN?

29:16 Chiefs — the unsettled RB2 (Kareem Hunt watch)

30:56 Chargers — Hampton: workhorse or committee?

33:08 Rams — Terrance Ferguson, WR3 + TE1 at once?

34:28 Raiders — Fernando Mendoza by Week 6

38:00 Dolphins — who's the handcuff for Achane?

40:03 Vikings — Kyler Murray vs J.J. McCarthy

42:48 Patriots — TreVeyon Henderson vs Rhamondre

45:11 Saints — the Kamara / Etienne split

46:47 Giants — how healthy is Malik Nabers?

48:12 Jets — Kenyon Sadiq vs Mason Taylor

50:03 Eagles — is Makai Lemon the clear WR2?

52:26 Steelers — the Warren / Dowdle split

53:40 49ers — the CMC handcuff derby

55:14 Seahawks — Jadarian Price: workhorse or split?

58:11 Buccaneers — Bucky Irving's role

1:00:47 Titans — the Daboll rotation

1:02:08 Commanders — Rachaad White vs Bill Croskey-Merritt

1:06:30 Wrap-up

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RB1 through RB61 — all NINE tiers of my 2026 preseason fantasy football running back rankings. Who deserves the 1.01? Is Saquon Barkley the redemption pick of the year? Why am I lower than everyone on Tony Pollard and RJ Harvey, and where do zero-RB heroes like Rico Dowdle and TreVeyon Henderson actually belong? Values, sleepers, handcuffs and late-round darts — everything you need before your draft.

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0:00 - Intro

0:20 - Tier 1: Your Draft's First Two Picks

1:36 - Tier 2: The Best Fantasy RB of All Time

4:56 - Tier 3: Choose Your RB1 Fighter

22:05 - Tier 4: Boring Veterans Pay the Bills

29:13 - Tier 5: There's Upside... and Questions

42:54 - Tier 6: Zero-RB Heroes

50:55 - Tier 7: All-Star Handcuffs & Cheap Starters

57:27 - Tier 8: We're Saying There's a Chance

1:03:35 - Tier 9: Late-Round Darts

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