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It’s A Trap: Why I’m Fading Most 2026 Rookies in Fantasy Football
Every fantasy football draft season creates the same villain. No, it’s not an injury. It’s not bad coaching. And it’s not even your leaguemate who autodrafts and somehow makes the playoffs every year. It’s rookie fever. Remember, we are talking redraft fantasy football here. Every summer, fantasy managers convince themselves that THIS rookie will be the next Saquon Barkley. Or THIS rookie will be the next Ja’Marr Chase. And THIS rookie will be the next Puka Nacua. The problem? For every Saquon Barkley, Ja’Marr Chase, and Puka Nacua, there are dozens of rookie disappointments that fantasy managers conveniently forget. History tells us something most fantasy managers don’t want to hear: Veterans outperform similarly drafted rookies far more often than people realize. And in 2026, that may be truer than ever. The Rookie Trap Fantasy Managers Fall Into Every Year Fantasy football managers remember the hits. Saquon Barkley (RB1 overall as
Can Kenyon Sadiq Overcome The NY Jets? | 2026 Fantasy Outlook
For a long time, there was a consistent mantra that TEs take time to grow into the NFL game. Very few have started their careers with a bang. Not everyone can be Mike Ditka, Antonio Gates, Rob Gronkowski, or Travis Kelce. Some pop as pros in Year 2. Some take 3-5 years to really get going. And fantasy football managers are always after the next big thing. We’ve hit a recent wave of TEs who have made an immediate impact. (Just another reason why fantasy managers expect greatness early and often). Evan Engram in 2017 comes to mind. Then, in 2021, Kyle Pitts became the 1st rookie TE since Ditka in 1961 to top 1,000 receiving yards. Sam LaPorta, in 2023, a 2nd round pick, finished as the TE1 in fantasy football. The very next year, Brock Bowers reset the rookie TE expectation with the greatest rookie TE season in
Can Brock Bowers Reclaim the TE1 Spot? | 2026 Fantasy Outlook
Here we are again. Two years ago, in this very fantasy outlook series for the 2024 season, I wrote an article outlining that Brock Bowers was a value in fantasy football drafts and could even finish as the TE1 overall. Bowers went on to make me look very, very smart. Things did not go as well in Year 2. But, even after a disappointing second season, I am right back on the hype train. Now, his ADP is TE1, so this isn’t much of a hot take, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t still a value in fantasy drafts. Is Brock Bowers the TE1 in Fantasy Football? What Happened Last Season? I am not going to spend a ton of time on 2024. Bowers was amazing and finished as the TE1 overall. It was the most dominant season by a rookie tight end ever, and we should have seen it