Episode Details

Nate Polvogt and Mike Vadala run a full 12-team, 1QB half PPR mock draft for the 2026 fantasy football season and explain the thinking behind every pick.

Half PPR changes the math at the top of the board, and this year the running backs are pushing back. Jahmyr Gibbs and Bijan Robinson are splitting the 1.01, Ja'Marr Chase is no longer an automatic top-three pick, and new landing spots for A.J. Brown with the New England Patriots and Kenneth Walker III with the Kansas City Chiefs have scrambled the middle rounds.

Topics covered in this episode: the 1.01 debate between Jahmyr Gibbs and Bijan Robinson, how far Ja'Marr Chase is really sliding, the RB versus WR pendulum in half PPR scoring, when to pull the trigger on a QB in a 1QB league, the Trey McBride and Brock Bowers tight end decision, rookie RB pricing including Jeremiyah Love with the Arizona Cardinals, and whether the Malik Nabers and Rashee Rice injury discounts are worth buying.

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