Episode Summary: Silva’s Top 150 Rankings 1.0 (May 26, 2026)
Adam Levitan and Evan Silva run through 17 of Silva’s hottest takes from his first top 150 release of the 2026 fantasy football season — the places he is furthest from market. Silva is at 29 overall on De’Von Achane against an ADP of 14, citing a Mike McDaniel-less Dolphins offense with Malik Willis at quarterback. He has Colston Loveland at 26 overall and ahead of Trey McBride on a Caleb Williams breakout bet. He also loves Ladd McConkey at 27 with Mike McDaniel running the Chargers’ offense. Plus Kyle Pitts at 61 in Adam’s most-disagreed take, Chris Olave inside the top 16, and fades on Omarion Hampton, Kyren Williams, and Bucky Irving.
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Takeaway #1 (1:18): Evan is fading De’Von Achane down to 29 overall against an ADP of 14
- Evan Silva: It takes a special coach to commit those workloads to Achane at 188 pounds. Mike McDaniel was that coach. Evan is not sure another coach would have given Achane those workloads. He also has concerns that the new staff will not be willing to commit to it, either. Achane has run really hot in terms of health for a sub-190-pound back over the past two seasons, only missing one game, and he is also coming off shoulder surgery. There could be injury regression.
- Evan Silva: The Dolphins’ offense was geared up for Achane to succeed with short passing and getting the ball in playmakers’ hands. Going from a short, high-percentage passer (Tua Tagovailoa) to Malik Willis, who has always been a downfield passer and a runner who takes off in passing situations rather than dumping it down, Evan worries Achane’s receptions could almost get cut in half.
- Adam Levitan: Adam has major concerns, too. There are very few players who can run for an 80-yard touchdown, catch 90 balls, and carry the ball 200+ times. But the Dolphins’ win total is 4.5, and you could argue they have the worst roster in the NFL. Going from McDaniel to Jeff Hafley and Bobby Slowik scares him. Rushing quarterbacks throw at their running backs less frequently, and we have not seen Willis dropping back 30 times when down 28-3. The 78 catches in 2024 and 67 in 2025 are hard to see again. Adam has been shying away from Achane as well.
Takeaway #2 (13:16): Evan has Colston Loveland at 26 overall, ahead of Trey McBride
- Evan Silva: When the 2026 season wraps up, Evan thinks it is very much within the range of outcomes that we look back and say Caleb Williams is the best quarterback in the NFL — or a top-five quarterback. He won the Heisman, was the No. 1 overall pick, took a huge step forward last year, and this is Year 2 with Ben Johnson. Williams’ best pass catcher, not even close, is Colston Loveland. If Caleb has the kind of year that is within his range of outcomes, Loveland is at the top of the pecking order.
- Evan Silva: McBride has all kinds of quarterback question marks. Jacoby Brissett is already threatening a holdout. Evan does not believe in Carson Beck whatsoever — he could be starting by Week 5. Mike LaFleur and Nathaniel Hackett are not going to want to let their quarterback drop back to pass 50 times a game as they did with Brissett last year. Certainly not with Beck as a rookie. Evan also thinks Loveland is the better talent. He has six spots of separation between them, and thinks the gap maybe should be more.
- Adam Levitan: People will push back that the sample size on Loveland was not that big, and there are a lot of mouths to feed in Chicago. Silva has Luther Burden III at 39 overall, D’Andre Swift at 47, and Rome Odunze at 54. That is asking a lot of Caleb Williams. Cole Kmet is also still there. Adam loves Loveland but agrees with the small-sample concern, and McBride has been incredible for two straight seasons.
Takeaway #3 (5:02): Silva loves Ladd McConkey at 27 with Mike McDaniel running the Chargers’ offense
- Evan Silva: Last year, the Chargers essentially played four receivers. This year, they are going to narrow that down and use more multiple-tight-end sets. McConkey will be on the field in those two-receiver sets all day long. He is a Mike McDaniel type of receiver — he ran sub-4.4 coming out of college, and he is a player you want to get the ball in his hands. Plus quarterback stability in Justin Herbert. Evan wants McConkey on the vast majority of his teams this year.
- Evan Silva: On Quentin Johnston (Silva is 40 spots below market), Evan just does not see him as a McDaniel-type receiver. That is the diagnosis. He thinks this is the McConkey blow-up year in his third season with the coaching staff change.
- Adam Levitan: Adam definitely likes McConkey at the current ADP of 41. His concern with a truly massive “full Jaxon Smith-Njigba” kind of season is that the Seahawks did not throw to anyone else last year, and the Chargers have more mouths to feed. QJ outplayed McConkey for a lot of last year. They have other receivers, the new tight end additions, and a rookie they drafted, and they have not even ruled out a Keenan Allen reunion. Adam did not think Keenan would affect McConkey last year as much as he did. Hopefully, this year it is finally McConkey.
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