10 Must-Know Takeaways - Forming 2026 Fantasy Football Projections
Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score
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🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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If you’re already thinking about how to get an edge in 2026 fantasy football, this is the episode to start building your board. We break down 10 must-know takeaways that will shape early projections, draft strategy, and player value, mixing in proven stars, breakout candidates, and a few names that could swing leagues if you’re early.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up? Welcome back to Beyond the Box Score. |
| 0:15.1 | Got a really fun episode plan for you all today. |
| 0:18.0 | Thank you for being here, everybody in the live chat. |
| 0:20.6 | I've got my buddy, Jared Smola, with me. everybody in the live chat i got my buddy jared |
| 0:21.3 | smola with me jared in the house today from draft sharks uh true sickos over there at draft sharks |
| 0:27.5 | i got to join them on their podcast i think it was during the season this past year and man they were |
| 0:32.5 | talking to me about mitchell levens and gunner helm just some of my favorite deep, deep dark web topics in the fantasy |
| 0:40.8 | space that you don't get to talk about all that often. And so that was fun. I really appreciate |
| 0:45.5 | them and all the work that they do over there. So we're going to talk about today. Jared, I mean, |
| 0:51.5 | yeah, I'll tell you, I think it's the easiest way to show you that this man is a sicko is that he already has his 2026 projections done. First off, I haven't even thought about that at this point in the off season. And he's already prepared a super helpful article for you breaking it down, 126 things that Jared learned doing his 2026 fantasy football projections. |
| 1:16.2 | And I learned quite a bit from this as well. |
| 1:18.0 | This is an article that I read every year. |
| 1:20.6 | And you guys know, like, I'm in here deep with the advanced stats |
| 1:23.4 | and still I am finding stuff in Jared's article, |
| 1:26.6 | just little nuggets that he's found on players and on teams, |
| 1:29.4 | on pace of play, on coaching and everything. |
| 1:32.3 | Just really a really good comprehensive report where he goes team by team and talks about |
| 1:36.6 | multiple things from every team except for the Jets. |
| 1:39.7 | That really, really cracked me up, Jared, when I got the Jets portion of it. |
| 1:45.9 | But yeah, Jared, how are you doing today? Thank you so much for being here. Good. Yeah, I love hopping on with you, Jacob. Yeah, |
| 1:50.7 | it was tough to find anything interesting to say about the Jets, especially this was back in, I don't know, |
| 1:54.8 | when I posted this, maybe February, early March. I start doing projections right after week 18 end. So like throughout the NFL playoffs, I'm working on these projections with the goal of them being ready come Super Bowl. Because I know people are drafting even before then. I'm going to have to start getting these out earlier because these best ball drafts start, you know, start earlier and earlier. But, uh, Super Bowl is the goal. We got that done. And, of course, you know, these things are getting updated every day as news breaks, as these free agents are |
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