Eisenberg's 2026 PPR Mock Draft: RBs Dominate, WRs Haunt
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- Jamey Eisenberg participated in a 12-team, 14-round PPR mock draft held at the end of July with CBS Sports staff and Fantasy Football Today Podcast listeners Erik Guenther and Andrew Baumhor, using a starting lineup of QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, TE and FLEX with six bench spots.
- Eisenberg picked 7th overall and opened RB-RB with Jonathan Taylor in Round 1 and Kenneth Walker III in Round 2, then scooped Emeka Egbuka in Round 3 — a breakout candidate he projects as Tampa Bay's No. 1 receiver.
- In Round 4, Eisenberg selected Breece Hall at No. 42 overall, passing on Terry McLaurin, Luther Burden III and D.J. Moore — a move he flagged as potentially regrettable, even though he called Hall "appropriately priced."
- By Round 5 Eisenberg was chasing the wide receiver position after Malik Nabers, Davante Adams and Mike Evans went right before his pick at No. 55, prompting him to break early for his No. 2 ranked quarterback, Lamar Jackson, rather than reach for Christian Watson or Rome Odunze.
- Eisenberg rounded out his starters with Alec Pierce (Round 6), Quentin Johnston (Round 7), Rhamondre Stevenson (Round 8) and Travis Kelce (Round 9), then used Rounds 10-14 for upside bench receivers Jalen Coker, Denzel Boston, Antonio Williams and Jack Bech.
- Standard scoring for the mock awarded six points per touchdown, one point per 10 rushing/receiving yards, one point per 25 passing yards and one point per reception, according to the draft's reference rules.
Why it matters: Eisenberg's draft captures the classic PPR tension: a Taylor-Walker-Hall trio offers safe weekly floors, but his own regret over Hall at No. 42 instead of McLaurin, Burden or Moore shows how chasing backs in a reception-friendly format can leave a roster thin at the position that actually catches the passes. Real drafters reading this get a concrete map of where tier breaks cost him.
