Latest / Fat Daddy Sports / 5 Things I CAN’T WAIT to See in Fantasy Football in 2026 | Ep. 026
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- Craig: Well we made it. The NFL season is here, kickoff is just a few days away, and today we're talking about five things that I'm looking forward to in fantasy football this season. Welcome back to Fat Daddy Sports. I am Craig. If you're new here, drop a like, drop a comment, hit that subscribe button. We are on a journey right now to hit our first 100 subscribers here on this new channel, and everything means a lot to me. I've had a lot of fun talking with you guys about fantasy football. So be sure to stay tuned as we keep dropping content all season long. Let's jump into it. Let's talk about the five things that I am excited about for fantasy football this season. The number one thing that I am looking forward to this season is seeing the Bengals back at full strength. I feel like that this is a a yearly discussion. Somebody has always heard on that team, whether it's Joe Burrow, whether it's somebody else. We obviously got that scare a few days ago with Jamar Chase as somebody who has Jamar Chase in a keeper league. That scared the poop out of me. I don't want to see that. I don't like seeing that knee injury, him coming up hobbling, but he says he's okay. He appears to be okay. Really, really hoping for full strength Bengals offense this season. I think they could be a very, very fun unit. We've seen it over the past. And I really am mainly excited to see Chase Brown in that offense. ⁓ somebody who has slept on a little bit in the fantasy community. He has had his moments where he's peaked. He's had moments where he's kind of, you know. laying in the weeds. And I think right now he's in one of those laying in the weeds moments. I think he's about to have a very, very big season. So I'm excited to see how they incorporate him, how they use the receivers, how they use the tight ends, and really how good of a season Joe Burrow could have. I think a lot of people are sleeping on Joe Burrow right now in the NFL media world. And I think he's taking note of that. And I I think that we could see an NFL MVP type of season out of Burrow this season. ⁓ Definitely wants to come back and prove that he is still that guy. Obviously, wants to get to the Super Bowl, win that Super Bowl, but mainly I think he just wants to prove some people wrong this year. The next thing that I am looking forward to this season is the exciting running back in Arizona, Jeremiah Love, an absolute unit in college at Notre Dame, a stud drafted so highly and drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in a somewhat crowded running back room right now. It'll be interesting to see as they go through the season a team that I don't think will be very good. It'll be interesting to see how they use him and when he is used, how he does. I mean, he has looked very good in the preseason in his limited amounts, but I think that Jeremiah Love is going to be in that next run of running backs. You know, the Jameer Gibbs, the Bijan Robinsons, those guys are now just starting to come up ⁓ to take over that top spot in fantasy football. And I think, you know, a guy like Ashton Genty, a guy like Jeremiah Love, those are the next crop of guys that are gonna pop up. It's only a matter of time, maybe even next year, where Jeremiah Love is being drafted in one of those top few draft positions for fantasy football. I'm very, very excited to see Jeremiah Love. I've, you know, gone on this channel in a few different videos saying to stay away from Jeremiah Love. That was when he was going almost as high as a first round pick, but a second round pick I was definitely out on. Now in that middle of the third round, I really, really like Jeremiah Love this year. If you have him on your team, man, sit back and enjoy it. I think he's gonna have a phenomenal rookie season. I think it'll be capped a little bit by Tyler Algier, but I still think he's gonna be very electrifying when he's on the field. He's gonna give us plays ⁓ that make us just say, wow, like on a weekly basis, he's going to he's gonna wow us. ⁓ much like Trayvon Henderson did last year. And we didn't really ever see the full Trevion Henderson breakout. I think that could be the same this year for a guy like Jeremiah Love, but nonetheless, I'm very excited to watch him play this year. The next thing that I am excited for is the rookie wide receivers. We have them every single year where guys break out, especially down the stretch at the end of the season. You know, we've got guys this year like Carnell Tate, Makai Lemon, Jordan Tyson. ⁓ you could throw a Jacoby Lane, Asiris Allen, who's getting a ton of hype right now for the Chiefs. There are so many ⁓ young stud wide receivers that come into the league every year, guys that maybe you've never even heard of, or a majority of fantasy football players have never heard of, and they just blow up down the stretch. A prime example of that is Amon Ross St. Brown a few years back. Really hadn't heard of him. A lot of people hadn't heard of him, and then down the stretch for the Lions on a ⁓ fairly bad Lions team, he kind of dominated. And then the next year, he was a top draft pick for fantasy football, and now he's obviously a staple in that first round. You see guys like that all the time that come in and just dominate down the stretch. Who's it going to be this year? I'm very, very interested to see how this rookie wide receiver class pans out and who ends up being the top guy. There's even guys that I didn't mention there that obviously could be the top guy, ⁓ but we'll see. We'll see how it shakes out. The next thing I'm looking forward to is which tight end takes the crown. This tight end class or this tight end group in the NFL right now feels ⁓ like maybe the deepest tight end. group that we've had in fantasy football, maybe ever. You look at guys, you know, one through, I don't know, seven or eight right now. And it feels like any of those guys could finish as the top, the top dog. ⁓ obviously a lot of things have to go right for some of those bottom guys. But you look at a guy like McBride and Bowers and Loveland and Warren, Kraft, Laporta, Fannon, any of those guys, I could make a case for any of those guys jumping up to that one spot. There's a lot of talent at the tight end position. Teams are using the tight ends in a lot different roles. They're spreading them, you know, in different positions. I think a guy like Colson Loveland's going to be moved all around the field. He led his team in receiving last year. I think it's going to be the same thing this year. The Bears are going to score a ton of points, and Loveland is going to score a ton of points for fantasy football. That's just who I think is going to lead the the Tight end position this year. Let me know down in the comments who you think is going to be the top tight end this season. And my final thing that I am looking forward to is are we going to have a new quarterback number one? Do we see a guy like Drake May leapfrog Josh Allen? Now, Josh Allen has finished as the one or the two, you know, throughout his career, but overall, he's generally considered the t the quarterback number one in fantasy football. Do we see a guy like Drake May jump him? And jump up to that undisputed quarterback one going into next season. Personally, I think there's a really, really good chance of that. ⁓ Drake May has that rushing upside. He gets AJ Brown now to connect on those deep passes. I think Drake May is going to have a very, very big year. Coming off a year in which he was the runner up for the MVP last year. I don't see why there's any reason that Drake May can't be the quarterback number one going into next season, but we'll see. Maybe it'll be somebody else. You know, a guy like Jaden Daniels, who was right up there, had the injury, battled everything last year. Maybe he gets back to form. Maybe Lamar dominates with a new OC, new head coach. Who knows? We'll see who can jump up and take that quarterback number one position. Let me know down in the comments what are some things that you're looking forward to this NFL season, this fantasy season. Let me know down in the comments. Drop a like, hit that subscribe, and I'll catch you guys on the next one. See ya.