Every summer, I draft enough teams that patterns start to emerge. There are players I keep ending up with, not always because I’m targeting them on purpose, but because the price keeps making sense relative to the range of outcomes I see. Those are “My Guys.” They aren’t always the highest-ranked options at the position, and they certainly aren’t the chalk. They’re the players whom I think the market is either underrating based on the role, the situation, or the upside, and where I’m comfortable building a portfolio around them.
Below are my guys at each of the four positions for 2026, along with the reasoning and the numbers behind each one. All ADPs are from Underdog as of mid-June, so they’ll move, but they give you a sense of the cost. Let’s get into it.
Quarterback: Jayden Daniels
Underdog ADP: 66.9
My ownership: 29%
Daniels is the quarterback I’ve been ending up with the most, and it isn’t close. Even after a second-year hamstring injury cut into his 2025, the underlying play has been excellent. Over the past two seasons, he ranks 12th in CPOE, 11th in EPA per dropback, and 13th in passer rating among 43 qualifying quarterbacks. That’s a top-12ish real-life quarterback, not even accounting for the fantasy value he brings with his legs.
The rushing is the foundation of the fantasy case, and it should bounce back. He averaged 44.0 rushing yards per game before the hamstring injury last year, dropping to 33.5 in the two games after he returned. A healthy lower body brings that number back up, and rushing production is the single stickiest, most valuable input for fantasy quarterbacks.
But the part that I’m most interested in is the scheme change. Washington moved on from Kliff Kingsbury and promoted David Blough to offensive coordinator, and the entire stated goal is to get Daniels under center far more often. Head coach Dan Quinn was direct about it. As he told reporters, the offense is “going to be like an aggressive, balanced attack that will probably have more under center than we have had in the past,” specifically to generate play-action and quick passes for explosive plays. This is more significant than it sounds. Under Kingsbury, Daniels was under center for just 32 dropbacks across two seasons, by far the lowest rate in the NFL. They were basically running a college offense out of the gun and the pistol.
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