SportsLine 2026 Fantasy Rankings: Allen, Gibbs Top — SkimNews
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- SportsLine released its 2026 Fantasy football positional rankings at QB, RB, WR, and TE after simulating the NFL season 10,000 times, with the model previously calling Daniel Jones' 2025 breakout, Terry McLaurin's down year, and C.J. Stroud's 2024 step back
- Josh Allen (Buffalo Bills) is the top-ranked QB after finishing as the No. 1 Fantasy QB last season despite his fewest passing yards (3,668) and TDs (25) in six years, bolstered by 41 rushing TDs over the last three seasons — second-most in the NFL regardless of position
- Jahmyr Gibbs (Detroit Lions) leads the RBs after averaging 152.3 scrimmage yards and 10 total touchdowns in his six career games without David Montgomery, with at least 1,800 scrimmage yards and 18 TDs in each of the past two seasons
- Puka Nacua (Los Angeles Rams) tops the WR list with a career 95.3 receiving yards per game average — the highest in NFL history — after leading the league with 107.2 yards per game in 2025 and recording zero Fantasy duds outside of the one game he left injured
- Trey McBride (Arizona Cardinals) headlines the TEs, averaging 8.1 catches for 80.3 yards and 10 total TDs in 12 games with Jacoby Brissett starting, compared to 5.8 catches, 55 yards, and just 1 TD in five games with Kyler Murray
- Dak Prescott (Dallas Cowboys) is ranked third at QB — a break from ADP that places him ahead of Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye — with the model citing his George Pickens–CeeDee Lamb receiver duo as a potential middle-round steal
Why it matters: Fantasy drafters have hours before the Wednesday Kickoff Game to set rosters, and SportsLine's track record — including past calls on Derrick Henry (2019), A.J. Brown (2020), and Jonathan Taylor (2021) — gives the model weight beyond average draft position, while its most contrarian pick, Prescott at QB3 ahead of Daniels and Maye, gives late-round drafters a concrete leverage point in a draft community that usually takes the younger QBs first.
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