Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2026 NFL season<\/a>]<\/p>\nWR Carnell Tate, Ohio State<\/p>\n
The first shock of the night! The commonly mocked landing spots for Tate looked grim, but the OSU WR lands in Tennessee with very little competition. It is yet to be seen if Cam Ward is the answer, but Tate getting top-five draft capital and with volume up for grabs, it was one of the best options possible. Ward\u2019s aggressive play style can pair well with Tate\u2019s downfield contested catch ability. Brian Daboll\u2019s offense supplied Malik Nabers with 170 rookie targets; hopefully, Tate can get at least near the 125 mark.<\/p>\n
WR Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State<\/p>\n
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Once Tyler Shough stepped into the starting role, WR Chris Olave averaged 15.8 half-PPR PPG the rest of the way. Tyson had a ridiculous 33.0% target share at Arizona State in 2025, including the two games limited with injury. With him sliding in on the opposite side of Olave, there should be plenty of volume to go around in this WR-centric offense. Outside of the Chiefs, this was the best option for a receiver early in the draft.<\/p>\n
QB Ty Simpson, Alabama<\/p>\n
Pick: No. 13<\/p>\n
Team: Los Angeles Rams<\/p>\n
Fantasy Fit: A+<\/p>\n
It\u2019s simple, Sean McVay = A+. Matthew Stafford, the 2025 fantasy QB4 last season, will stay around for another year or two, but for a QB who started one year in college, the Jordan Love path for Simpson is perfect. High draft capital, an elite receiving weapon in Puka Nacua and a Hall of Fame QB to learn under. Simpson becomes an extremely intriguing dynasty draft pick.<\/p>\n
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TE Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon<\/p>\n
Pick: No. Pick 16<\/p>\n
Team: New York Jets<\/p>\n
Fantasy Fit: D+<\/p>\n
After choosing TE Mason Taylor 42nd overall last season, the Jets go TE early again. New York was 29th in scoring offense last year and will be led by the QB who was on the 32nd-ranked scoring offense. The target competition isn\u2019t bad, but Sadiq\u2019s scoring opportunities will be low.<\/p>\n
WR Makai Lemon, USC<\/p>\n
Pick: Pick 20<\/p>\n
Team: Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n
Fantasy Fit: B<\/p>\n
With A.J. Brown expected to leave town, Lemon slides in as a very different style of WR. The USC star ran 76% of his college routes out of the slot but has the ability to play all over. With a new playcaller coming in, Lemon will need to be versatile and make the most of his opportunities in a run-first offense the way Smith and Brown have in recent years.<\/p>\n
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WR KC Concepcion, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
Pick: Pick 24<\/p>\n
Team: Cleveland Browns<\/p>\n
Fantasy Fit: D+<\/p>\n
The competition for targets is Harold Fannin Jr., and that\u2019s about it. Most of the Browns offense is yet to be figured out, with a QB competition around the corner and Todd Monken back as playcaller. Hopefully, the Browns offense is more similar to 2024 when Jerry Jeudy was WR23 in fantasy, rather than in 2025 when he fell to WR62.<\/p>\n
\u2026 More to come as Round 1 keeps going!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 NFL Draft is underway and the first round should be filled with players who will have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[28656,1258,64,63,5358,28658,123563,5386,20799,1238,103353,596,28666,6582,147338,1280,211901,1250,1263,6588,1249,1235,1260,20795,1269,85,1253,89431,1271,28647],"class_list":{"0":"post-627012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-a-j-brown","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-bijan-robinson","13":"tag-breece-hall","14":"tag-carnell-tate","15":"tag-chiefs","16":"tag-chris-olave","17":"tag-cleveland-browns","18":"tag-fernando-mendoza","19":"tag-football","20":"tag-jerry-jeudy","21":"tag-jordan-love","22":"tag-jordyn-tyson","23":"tag-kirk-cousins","24":"tag-klint-kubiak","25":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","26":"tag-los-angeles-rams","27":"tag-matthew-stafford","28":"tag-new-orleans-saints","29":"tag-new-york-jets","30":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","31":"tag-puka-nacua","32":"tag-sam-darnold","33":"tag-sports","34":"tag-tennessee-titans","35":"tag-tyler-allgeier","36":"tag-tyler-shough","37":"tag-yahoo-fantasy-football-league"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}