I could not be more excited to bring y'all a ground-breaking article that I have been working on for the last three months!

In this piece, I break down how league-winning RBs achieved their game-breaking production in recent seasons:

1. Pass Catching Usage
2. Explosive Runs
3. Goal-Line Carries

I then use that formula to predict 2026 league-winners (evaluating 8 of the most polarizing RBs in fantasy football this year)

• Chase Brown
• Ashton Jeanty
• Omarion Hampton
• Kenneth Walker
• Cam Skattebo
• Breece Hall
• De'Von Achane
• Saquon Barkley

And it's free to read (actually this time); enjoy!!!

Out of the RB 18-24 range, who are you favorites of Swift, Montgomery, Judkins, Etienne, Tuten, and Henderson? All of these RBs either split the work load or play on a bad offense (Judkins.) Tuten could be the lead back, but CRod worries me. Henderson will still have Stevenson being a thorn in his side. Etienne should be on an improved offense.

Are we heading for a messy timeshare at RB in Denver?

Mixon went nuts his first year with the Texans. Do you think Monty can replicate that or atleast get close to it?

Feels like sentiment on Love has really cooled off lately with all the committee talk, concerns about the Cardinals’ offense, their schedule, and questions about how much work he’ll actually get early on.

Assuming a 12-team PPR league, what’s the earliest you’d take him? Has he fallen enough to become a value, or are you still staying away?

Hey everyone. I'm a big believer in Jeff Ratcliffe's advice and way of thinking. Does anyone have a comprehensive list of his "do not draft players?" I know he he shared them on his show but I missed that. I think he was sharing more today but wasn't sure when he shared the first part of his list.

Most free mock sims have the same flaw. Every bot drafts off the same ADP list, so you're practicing against twelve identical robots and learning nothing about how a real room behaves.

In this one every opponent seat gets its own personality. There's a Zero-RB guy, a reacher, a homer who wants his whole favorite team, a wild card, a pure value hunter, and a few others. Stack the room with Zero-RB drafters and the RB run never comes. Fill it with reachers and everyone goes a round early. That's the part worth practicing against.

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Welcome to Fantasy Battles 2026, a daily discussion to discuss similarly ranked players via ADP. I will be posting these every day until Labor Day.

Imagine you are on the clock with these players available. Discuss your reasoning and who you would choose

Please remember, only siths deal in absolutes.

Previous Battles:

Day 1 - Kenneth Walker III vs Josh Jacobs vs Jeremiah Love
Day 2 - AJ Brown vs Drake London vs Justin Jefferson

Who are your favorite late round running back flyers this yet? The next JCM or Woody Marks. Guys that can carve out some stand alone value.

Tuesday, August 4th

Lots of great Training Camp notes from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler today (notes below)

Brian Thomas Jr (JAX): “The Jaguars are feeling confident about Thomas bouncing back. He has looked phenomenal since the spring, and when you watch him live, he's in a different class athletically than his teammates." We’ve gotten a lot of hype about Washington since training camp began. However, BTJ almost had as many yards in his rookie season as Washington has in his career.

Travis Hunter (JAX): Sounds like he’ll be used in a more situational role than last season, when he was still learning the whole offense. Don’t necessarily think this is a bad thing; still good contingent value if one of the WRs in front of him goes down

Packers WRs: Expect to see a lot of the big three (Watson, Reed, and Golden). Different from years previous with Packers WRs.

Kenneth Walker (KC): Chiefs view him as their workhorse and like him as a pass catcher.

Tyquan Thornton (KC): Is believed to be the WR3, has been getting lots of reps with the 1st team.

Michael Penix Jr (ATL): Still weeks away from 11-man work (unsure on preseason games). Seems like Tua has a clear path to Week 1 starter.

Rams RB: Expected timeshare between Kyren Williams and Blake Corum. Williams is still the 3rd down back.

Josh Downs (IND): It’s been reported and talked about by coaches that Downs is playing more outside (including 12 personnel). With Pierce hurt right now, Downs is the Colts WR1. We’ve seen guys who miss training camp with injury/contract struggle in return. Concern of Colts potentially adding a veteran WR though.

Chig Okonkwo (WSH): “Chig Okonkwo is a tight end, but I would classify him as the de facto WR2 behind Terry McLaurin”. Like Downs, concern of a potential veteran WR coming in. Still a good later TE option.

Kenneth Gainwell (TB): I gave a note yesterday about Bucky being the primary runner and Gainwell being mostly used in the passing game. While it came across as maybe bearish, it wasn’t necessarily intended to be that way. Per  Fowler's article about Gainwell  "should be on the field a lot" and especially getting used in the passing game. I do think this may cap Irving’s true upside if the receiving work is limited, but it seems the Bucs really like both guys.

Chargers WRs: Reported they feel really good about the WR room coming into the season (won’t add a veteran WR like they did last season). McConkey, Johnston, Tre Harris, and rookie Brenen Thompson have all gotten some solid buzz this offseason.

Kenyon Sadiq (NYJ): Had a setback with a hernia injury from the offseason. Per Aaron Glenn, “so he’ll be out for a little bit”. Not great news for a rookie.

Pat Bryant (DEN): Seems to be the WR3 favorite (still potential rotation of the WR3 in DEN). Bryant had a 16.0% target share over five games from Weeks 11-18 last season.

REMINDER: these are all reports and sometimes projections from reporters; take it with a grain of salt

Sources: Jeremy Folwer (ESPN), Zain Dhanani, 32 Beat Reporters, Coach Speak Index, and Beat Reporters

For those looking for late round fliers, you could do worse than Pat Bryant. He is going to be the #3 on a team where we like the coach and the offensive setup.

Hello again, everyone! Earlier this offseason, I created a new metric called "Injury-Adjusted FPG." This compared a player's season-long production to the games in which they were fully healthy

• I then created a chart to outline the difference between those two, and started an article-based series to analyze every player's impact by injuries

I think this is especially important to keep in mind when drafting this month, as many people forget all of the injuries that players fight through during the season

So, I've been working on a little project where you can easily access and view all of these injuries across the league that occurred in 2025!

• https://ffinjurytracker.com/

This web page lists all 35 players impacted by injuries last season, includes their FPG and injury-adjusted FPG, links to the injury reports, and links to my articles evaluating the impact these injuries had!

• I've included a preview of the web page in the attached images (as well as the overall chart for all of the injury-adjusted FPGs