SportsLine 2026 Fantasy Football Rankings: Allen Leads — SkimNews
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- SportsLine's model simulated the NFL season 10,000 times to release 2026 Fantasy football positional rankings ahead of Wednesday's kickoff, leaving roughly 48 hours for last-minute drafts across approximately 15 rounds.
- Josh Allen tops the QB rankings despite his fewest passing yards (3,668) and TDs (25) in six seasons, propped up by 41 rushing TDs over three years — second most in the league regardless of position.
- Dak Prescott is ranked ahead of Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye, a break from consensus ADP, with George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb forming one of the NFL's top receiver duos at his disposal.
- Jahmyr Gibbs is the No. 1 RB; in six career games without David Montgomery, Gibbs averaged 152.3 scrimmage yards and 10 total touchdowns, and he's produced at least 1,800 scrimmage yards and 18 TDs in each of the last two seasons.
- Puka Nacua leads all WRs with a 107.2 yards-per-game average in 2025, and his career 95.3 yards-per-game mark is the highest in NFL history.
- Trey McBride is the TE1 after averaging 8.1 catches for 80.3 yards with 10 total TDs in 12 games with Jacoby Brissett at QB, versus 5.8 catches, 55 yards, and 1 TD in five games with Kyler Murray.
- The model has a proven track record calling Daniel Jones' 2025 Indianapolis breakout, De'Von Achane as an elite 2025 RB, C.J. Stroud's 2024 step-back, and Derrick Henry's 2019 surge.
Why it matters: With 48 hours of drafts remaining before Wednesday's NFL opener and 15 rounds per roster, SportsLine's contrarian calls — Prescott over Daniels and Maye, and Gibbs as the unquestioned RB1 after Montgomery's exit — give managers willing to break from consensus ADP a potential edge in the middle rounds.
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