10 Fantasy Football Questions That Will Define 2026: Sleepers, Breakouts & Draft Values (Ep. 2173)
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Hello, everybody. Welcome into the Fantasy Pros Football Podcast. I'm Ryan, warmly joined by Pat Fitzmorris and by Derek Brown. And we are talking some key questions ahead of the 2026 Fantasy Football Season. Guys, this is one of my favorite shows that we do every week in season on Fridays, our matchup previews, sort of key questions of every matchup series that we've been doing for the last few years with the three of us. And last year we decided to sort of run it back. Ahead of the season as a season long key questions. We're doing it again this year.
Which new play‑caller will boost fantasy values the most in 2026?
Really excited for this episode. Always fun doing these questions and sort of talking through our different thoughts with each other. Debra, how you doing?
Doing good, man. We got a lot of good topics on the ledger, so shout out to you for coming up these questions and a lot of teams we're gonna discuss and I'm not gonna say I have some polarizing takes, but uh think some interesting ones along the way.
I'm very excited to hear those fits. Are you looking forward to today's program?
I am. We're just at a a fun point here on the precipice of the season, about to find out how very, very wrong we were about so many things going in. Hopefully we're we were right about a few of 'em. But uh, you know, we've always got this unwavering confidence in how we're assessing players uh coming in and then week one just sends so many of these uh ideas crashing down. So hopefully not Not too many, but let's let's find out where we are a week before the regular season or so. This
is This
is this is, I think, for me the last sort of big picture episode we're doing because next week we're just into week one coverage.
Which overlooked player could become a high‑value draft sleeper this season?
And it's kind of nice to flip that switch from the macro level to more micro and just thinking about individual matchups and week to week stuff. It's I I yeah, I think we're all kind of ready for that. It's a long draft season. This is sort of the final bow on our uh season long macro level thoughts here. By the way, uh as you guys know, I went to all three Orioles Rockies games. games this week, so I am losing my voice a bit. Apologies for anybody listening, doing my best to power through here. The Orioles were one miracle catch away from getting swept by the terrible Rockies. So not feeling great about that. Let's go ahead and dive in here. Just a reminder for everybody, all of our twenty twenty six consensus rankings and tiers can be found at fantasypros.com slash rankings.
You can of course navigate to weekly rankings there as you start to get into lineup setting season. Number one key question here, we've got 10 of them for you. Which young new play caller ends up being the biggest boost to his players' fantasy value this season? And I'm highlighting three here.
Which breakout candidates could define the 2026 fantasy season?
Declan Doyle, Sean Mannion, or David Blau. Fitz, I'll start with you. Who are you most interested in seeing what they can do for their new offense's fantasy value?
I think it's Sean Mannion. The the Philly offense just looks so drab and ineffective under Kevin Petullo last year. I just feel like there's gonna be a a bounce um with some new blood and hopefully things are a little less stale. Um Like I, for instance, in the final preseason game, the Eagles wanted to play Makai Lemon, even though they were basically resting all of their starters. They just wanted to get Lemon on the field after he missed pretty much, you know, most of training camp and all of the preseason at that point with a hamstring injury. So Lemon played 15 snaps. We think Mikhail is gonna play in the slot a lot this year.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:08
2
Which new play‑caller will boost fantasy values the most in 2026?
1:08–2:10
3
Which overlooked player could become a high‑value draft sleeper this season?
2:10–3:04
4
Which breakout candidates could define the 2026 fantasy season?
3:04–4:18
5
Which offense offers a high‑scoring upside paired with a weak defense?
4:18–5:30
6
Which tight end outside the tier‑one group could become a top performer?
5:30–6:46
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Who is the single best value pick at any position in the 2026 draft?
6:46–7:47
8
Which late‑round quarterback targets have the most upside for 2026?
7:47–1:11:08
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