FantasyPros - The PERFECT Fantasy Football Draft Strategy for 2026 | The Top Value Picks in Every Round (Ep. 2092)
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Looking for the perfect blueprint on how to draft? Looking at your what would D-Bro do bracelet? Maybe staying up late at night and thinking, who does Jake Seeley really want to draft in the ninth round? If the answer is yes to any of these things, we have you covered for this episode. I'm Chris Welsh, right here on Fantasy Pros. I've got Derek Brown and Jake Seeley, so we will actually be answering those questions, where we are putting together what could be seen as the perfect draft, the blueprint to tackle each round, where we are gonna look at D-Bro and Jake's favorite players in each round, and not just a couple rounds. We are doing the entire draft, After it's all done, we'll even take a little look at what those teams might look like.
So that's what we've got in store here. Mr. Derek Brown, it's great to see you. This exercise, did you find yourself making any big concerted changes? Obviously, we're going to move through here, but did you learn anything about yourself as you unveiled the blueprint on how to draft like D-Bro?
Well, one, I'm going to go double-check the merch store and see if that bracelet is in there. WWDD is what we're looking for.
That's a lot easier for me. Everybody can just use their Jesus bracelets, although that feels weird to say that.
Yeah, for D-Bro. What would Jake do?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get that, yeah. I'd make it all-in-do, because then it'd be WOD. Then you can say, there you go. What would all-in-do?
How do the hosts define the goal of the perfect 2026 fantasy football draft blueprint?
Oh, well, yeah. What's your WOD look like?
But back to... That was weird. Phrasing. But anyway, back to the original cover. Yeah, I kind of... Welsh, when I got through going and picking players, I was like, dude, the third and fourth round was incredibly hard. I was like, do I have to just pick one? I like so many players in this range, man.
Yeah.
And Jake, not to peel behind the curtain, we haven't even gotten to it yet, but like we were kind of experimenting in the background. You had actually ended up doing something through the first three, not necessarily at that time you weren't even looking at it like a team build. And this isn't necessarily meant to be like a full team build. This is your best values per round as well. But you had done something that you changed a little bit before we started the show. So let me ask you the question. The thing that you learned about yourself, did you learn that you really like running backs this year in early rounds?
I really like some of the values of certain running backs. Yes. And really what it came down to, you know, the peak behind the curtain was it started three running backs because I read this as the best, my favorite value in each round. And it's like, wow, favorite value, first round, favorite value, second round. Like actually Debro and I, when we get to my second rounder, i can consider him as the end of the first round um but then the point being is like well then we're talking roster construction and i looked at the end of the roster i was like well that's not something i would do but i think what we can learn from that is that when you find your wide receiver in the first two i would say first two rounds that you do really like wherever you're drafting because it's not my pick because i love this running back so much but aj brown in the second round i thought was a terrific value where he is right now um
To be able to get a wide receiver in the first two rounds, knowing that there's still a lot of running back values I love, like the one I have is one of other favorites still in the third round.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:58
2
How do the hosts define the goal of the perfect 2026 fantasy football draft blueprint?
1:58–16:47
3
Why is James Cook considered a first-round value at RB in 2026?
16:47–32:19
4
Why might Puka Nacua be the safer top-tier WR pick over other first-round options?
32:19–42:50
5
What makes AJ Brown a high-upside second-round target this season?
42:50–1:06:50
6
Why are Colson Loveland and Kyron Williams highlighted as third-round value picks?
1:06:50–1:14:57
Speakers
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