Week 5 Start ’Em, Sit ’Em Running Backs Backs we think will perform better or worse than their expected statistical range due to favorable or unfavorable matchups. Sports Illustrated · Oct 7
Week 5 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings Jonathan Taylor is sittin' pretty at No. 3 for his matchup in Pittsburgh this week. Sports Illustrated · Oct 6
Week 4 Start ’Em, Sit ’Em Fantasy Running Backs Backs we think will perform better or worse than their expected statistical range due to favorable or unfavorable matchups. Sports Illustrated · Sep 30
Week 3 Fantasy Football Busts: Beware Travis Etienne Jr., Colston Loveland Popular fantasy options who could fall short of statistical expectations due to matchups or simple volume. Sports Illustrated · Sep 24
Week 3 Start ’Em, Sit ’Em Fantasy Running Backs Backs we think will perform better or worse than their expected statistical range due to favorable or unfavorable matchups. Sports Illustrated · Sep 23
Week 2 Fantasy Buy-Low Players: Make An Offer For De’Von Achane Players who could be more available than usual on the trade front. Sports Illustrated · Sep 17
Week 2 Fantasy Busts: Beware Drake Maye, Chase Brown The Patriots quarterback and Bengals running back have unfavorable matchups this week. Sports Illustrated · Sep 17
Week 2 Start ’Em, Sit ’Em Fantasy Running Backs Backs we think will perform better or worse than their expected statistical range due to favorable or unfavorable matchups. Sports Illustrated · Sep 16
Week 1 Fantasy Football Busts: Beware of Patrick Mahomes and James Cook III Superstars are difficult to keep out of lineups, but a stretch of poor games or a bad matchup could warrant doing that. Sports Illustrated · Sep 8
Week 1 Start ’Em, Sit ’Em Fantasy Running Backs How does Javonte Williams rate in Week 1 vs. the Giants? Sports Illustrated · Sep 8
Fabs's Fantasy Football Winners and Losers From Preseason Week 1 De'Zhaun Stribling is among those who have seen their fantasy value rise after the preseason opener, while others have seen their fantasy value decrease. Sports Illustrated · Aug 17
2026 Fantasy Mock Draft 6.0: Kenneth Walker III Moves Into Round 2 Our most recent 10-round mock draft reflects the Chiefs running back's rise in popularity. Sports Illustrated · Aug 14
Fantasy Football No. 8 Pick Draft Strategy: How to Win From the Eighth Spot Lots of options, but taking a running back in the first round seems to be the safest route. Sports Illustrated · Jul 29
Fantasy Football No. 7 Pick Draft Strategy: How to Win From the Seventh Position The flexibility between positions that the slot possesses makes it a good one to build a roster. Sports Illustrated · Jul 28
Sports Illustrated · Jul 27 Fantasy Football No. 6 Pick Draft Strategy: How to Win From the Sixth Spot One benefit of picking sixth: no more long waits between picks.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 24 Sports Illustrated Staff 2026 Fantasy Football Mock Draft Results Ten rounds of picks by those who deliver or help shape our NFL and fantasy coverage.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 24 Fantasy Football No. 5 Pick Draft Strategy: How to Win From the Fifth Position Plenty of productive wide receivers queued up in the early rounds.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 23 Fantasy Football No. 4 Pick Draft Strategy: How to Win From the Fourth Slot The draft slot allows for an elite option in the first round, then plenty of flexibility thereafter.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 22 Fantasy Football No. 3 Pick Draft Strategy: How to Win From the Third Slot After the top two spots, the focus begins to shift toward wide receiver in the first round.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 21 Fantasy Football No. 2 Pick Draft Strategy: How to Win From the Second Spot Similar to No. 1 overall, the order goes running back followed by three receivers.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 20 Fantasy Football No. 1 Pick Draft Strategy: How to Win After Having the First Pick Mapping out the first 15 rounds of a fantasy draft, starting with the initial selection.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 15 2026 Fantasy Football Running Back Tiers: Christian McCaffrey Part of Big Three The 49ers back joins Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs to form the first tier (of 12).
Sports Illustrated · Jul 13 2026 Fantasy Football Superflex Mock Draft 2.0: Josh Allen Still Leads the Way Our 10-round draft includes notes on all the risers and fallers compared to other league formats.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 2 2026 Fantasy Football Sleepers, Breakouts and Bargains for All 32 NFL Teams The most notable among the three fantasy labels for each team (spoiler alert: Bears receiver Luther Burden III is a trendy breakout pick).
Sports Illustrated · Jun 26 2026 Fantasy Football Mock Draft 5.0: Ja'Marr Chase Moves Ahead of Puka Nacua Our latest 10-round mock draft has plenty of changes throughout, including in the first round.