Fantasy Football League Winners & Sleeper Stacks You NEED to Draft in 2026 | Best of the Fest (Ep. 2164)
episodePreviously titled “Fantasy Football League Winners & Sleeper Stacks You NEED to Draft in 2026 (Ep. 2164)” — renamed by the publisher on Sep 1, 2026
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We are talking some league winners and sleeper stacks. Tara, how are you doing
today? Oh, I'm doing good. It's been a busy day and I'm ready to close it out good with you guys talking fantasy
football. Definitely, definitely been a busy day on our end as well. We're happy to have you here. We're talking league winners, Erickson, and it's kind of funny because you guys both picked the same first choice for your league winners. Let's get right to it. You both picked Zay Flowers here. Tara, I'll start with you, actually. Why is Zay Flowers atop your list of league winners this year?
It makes sense that we both picked him. I mean, when it comes to Zay Flowers, he offers one of the most unique combinations of having a super safe floor, One of the safest floors that you can ask for a wide receiver, plus being drafted outside the top 12 at receiver and the actual potential to make a big leap and have a career year. So it's just a beautiful combination of things that can happen here for him.
Why is Zay Flowers considered a league‑winning wide receiver for 2026?
I love many of the receivers being drafted around Zay, but they do come with like a wide variety of issues. You talk about Rasheed Rice. You've got him coming off the surgery. Question marks in terms of are the touchdowns going to come down with the addition of Kenneth Walker? You've got teams, wide receivers that are changing teams with incredibly deep receiving rooms like Jalen Waddell, shaky quarterback situations like Terador McMillan. So when it comes to Zay Flowers, he is the unquestioned first look of this offense. We've seen this for two straight seasons with him. One hundred and sixteen targets, one hundred and eighteen targets on 17 games. Very consistent. I love Jacoby Lane as a prospect. I think that he can push Rashad Bateman out of the way in terms of a bigger body receiver playing off of Zay Flowers.
But Zay is the alpha in this offense. And we've continued to see the decline of Mark Andrews. Isaiah likely is gone. Zay can put up the numbers that he did last year, despite dealing with the injuries that Lamar Jackson had. So if we get a healthy season of Lamar Jackson, plus the change in offensive coordinator to Declan Doyle, that should all benefit the Ravens in general and especially Zay Flower. So it's just kind of the perfect recipe for elite production for him.
In real-time ADP, he's going 33rd overall, wide receiver 14. Some of the names around him are just not that inspiring to you, right? Like Jeremiah Love, the ankle stuff, Brees Hall playing for the Jets, Josh Jacobs, all the suspension stuff going on in the offseason storylines. T. Higgins is wide receiver two in his offense, not Zay Flowers.
How does the new Ravens offensive scheme boost Zay Flowers’ upside?
Those are the guys that are around him. So it feels like an appealing click when you try and bake in some of this upside. But Erickson, we've done enough shows. What am I going to say to push back on Zay Flowers?
Nothing to push back. And I mean, I need to update my take from like five minutes ago when I said I was going to take Rashi Rice over Zay Flowers. And I just can't do that. So the rankings will get updated. I can't. I can't live with myself if I ever make that type of decision. Again, if I was talking league winners, I would have brought Rashi Rice up in here as a league winner, not Zay Flowers. I felt confident in it. So Zay Flowers last year, fifth in target share, 28 percent, 11th in area yard share, 35 percent. fourth in yards per route run behind Puka Nakua, Jack Smith, Jigba, and Luther Burden.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:28
2
Why is Zay Flowers considered a league‑winning wide receiver for 2026?
1:28–2:53
3
How does the new Ravens offensive scheme boost Zay Flowers’ upside?
2:53–3:40
4
What makes Jonathan Brooks a potential RB1 breakout for the Panthers?
3:40–5:13
5
Which running backs have the highest ADP volatility and why should you target them?
5:13–7:25
6
How can you maximize value with the Parker Washington‑Trevor Lawrence stack?
7:25–8:35
7
What are the best late‑round tight ends and sleeper stacks for 2026?
8:35–10:11
8
Should you draft Marvin Harrison Jr. or Tony Pollard in a half‑point PPR league?
10:11–35:22
Speakers
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