Looking Ahead to Redrafts 2026: First Four Rounds

[Fumbleweed 555]

This is something I like to post on site in early January and then update it every few weeks for a couple of months. The first edition assumes minimal team changes for the following players (which isn't realistic) and does not include potential rookies. This is just a glimpse of what a redraft (non-PPR) might look like for 2026 based upon what is known today. It is meant to generate some discussion, so feel free to disagree and/or offer up alternative choices. QBs are also valued a little higher by me based on some of the scoring systems I play being QB-friendly. 

Round One:

1. Bijan Robinson
2. Puka Nacua
3. Jahmyr Gibbs
4. Ja'Marr Chase 
5. Jonathan Taylor
6. Jaxon Smith-Njigba
7. De'Von Achane
8. Christian McCaffrey
9. James Cook 
10. Amon-Ra St. Brown 
11. Derrick Henry
12. Trey McBride 

Round Two:

13. Saquon Barkley
14. CeeDee Lamb
15. Kyren Williams 
16. Ashton Jeanty
17. Josh Jacobs
18. Nico Collins
19. Travis Etienne
20. R.J. Harvey
21. Omarion Hampton
22. Josh Allen
23. Chase Brown
24. Malik Nabers

Round Three:

25. TreVeyon Henderson
26. George Pickens
27. Justin Jefferson
28. Chris Olave
29. Brock Bowers
30. Breece Hall 
31. Zach Charbonnet
32. Rashee Rice
33. Dak Prescott
34. D'Andre Swift 
35. Jameson Williams 
36. Tee Higgins

Round Four:

37. Lamar Jackson
38. Javonte Williams 
39. Drake Maye
40. Zay Flowers 
41. Drake London
42. Tetairoa McMillan 
43. Trevor Lawrence 
44. A.J. Brown
45. Davante Adams
46. Bucky Irving
47. George Kittle 
48. Matthew Stafford

Thoughts?? Any terrible omissions or rankings? 

[Showboat 308]

McCaffrey was remarkably healthy this year, and Henry is already 32.  Both may be worth a second-round gamble that they will beat father time for another year, but round one seems too early for either of them.  Harvey and Hampton would be candidates to move up.  Always a bit of a risk coming back from injury, but Nabers is a young freak and was injured early in the season – it would be a steal to get him anytime in the second round.  Justin Jefferson is also probably discounted too much due to one bad year.  With more off-field problems, Rice probably falls out of the top four rounds.  I wouldn’t expect Stafford to automatically be able to repeat what he did this year.  I’d rather take a shot on one of the Buc WRs (probably Evans is assuming minimal team changes) instead of Bucky.   

[Maximum Overkill 2,708]

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[Fumbleweed 555]

18 hours ago, Showboat said:

McCaffrey was remarkably healthy this year, and Henry is already 32.  Both may be worth a second-round gamble that they will beat father time for another year, but round one seems too early for either of them.  Harvey and Hampton would be candidates to move up.  Always a bit of a risk coming back from injury, but Nabers is a young freak and was injured early in the season – it would be a steal to get him anytime in the second round.  Justin Jefferson is also probably discounted too much due to one bad year.  With more off-field problems, Rice probably falls out of the top four rounds.  I wouldn’t expect Stafford to automatically be able to repeat what he did this year.  I’d rather take a shot on one of the Buc WRs (probably Evans is assuming minimal team changes) instead of Bucky.   

Henry is interesting because he seemed to get stronger and better as the season went on. Everybody slows down eventually, but Henry actually accelerated throughout the season. In a non-PPR league, I still think he's a late first round pick. McCaffrey was indeed remarkably healthy. Hard to trust that, but then again, all RBs carry injury risk. Thanks for the feedback- good observations/thoughts. 

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In non-PPR leagues, there's that many WR's taken in the first round?  On purpose?