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The Fantasy Football Club with Sal Vetri

How The First Round of 2026 Fantasy Drafts SHOULD Go!

The Fantasy Football Club with Sal Vetri

Sal Vetri

Fantasy Sports, Sports

5.0784 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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How The First Round of 2026 Fantasy Drafts SHOULD Go!


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0:00.0

This is exactly how the 2026 fantasy football draft first round should go. Look, I know it's way too

0:05.4

early, but let's have some fun here. And we'll start with the number one overall pick. You can have a few players here for sure. I'm going to go with Bijon Robinson who just had an elite 2025 season. I mean, when the ball was in this guy's hands, he was the best player in the NFL this past year. he led the NFL in Scrimmage Yards, putting up the 12th best Scrimmage Yard season of all time.

0:20.6

His workload finally increased.

0:22.3

He got to kick to the curb for the most part.

0:24.6

Some situations... year. He led the NFL in scrimmage yards, putting up the 12th best scrimmage yard season of all time. His workload finally increased. He got to kick to the curb for the most part. Some situation's not so. Tyler Algier this year with the fourth highest snap rate in the NFL. Number two in weighted opportunities. This weights how important your fantasy opportunities were. This is according to player profiler. It takes very much into account. Your red zone touches, goal line touches, right? Those lead to bigger fantasy point outcomes because of touchdowns and your receptions, which are very important for fantasy football. At the end of the day, he finished as the running back three with 19 and a half fantasy points per game. And arguably, definitely not. If you look at the stats, there was not a better running back down the stretch in terms of the fantasy postseason. I mean, it's pretty insane, but through the fantasy playoffs, we're talking weeks 15, 16, and 17,

0:57.8

he was averaging 33.7 points per game.

1:00.4

No, it wasn't just one game where he scored 33.7 points per game.

1:05.8

During the span, he was averaging over 120 rushing yards and 169 receiving yards per game. The dude literally averaged

1:12.4

190 total yards per game. He put up 40 plus points in the fantasy championship week. He was a

1:17.9

true league winner showing up on the most championship rosters out of any other players.

1:21.2

In total, you got this type of season from Bijan, a massive workload, 17 carries per game,

1:25.9

6.1 targets per game, over 23 opportunities per he was able to stay healthy which was the case for a lot of those elite upper echelon running backs this year your christian mcalfre's your divine a chance your jonathan taylor's all of these guys were able to stay healthy which is kind of miraculous we'll see if that happens once again next year but it happened this year for bja now still a chance, right? Like he finished as the RB3 overall. He wasn't like a top four overall fantasy player when you factor in the other positions in terms of wide receivers specifically. You got guys like Jackson Smith and Jigba. You got guys like Pooka Naku. But when you factor in that Tyler Algear, his backfield running eight still saw 33 red zone touches this year, including multiple touchdowns, plenty of touchdowns, eight more touchdowns this year for Tyler Algier, a career high since Bejohn joined this team. Tyler Algear is now a free agent. Now, it's been stated, I actually have a quote right here we can pull up. It's been stated that he wants to stay in Atlanta. Somebody asked him, he said that is the plan or we'll see.

2:17.6

I mean, I don't know if it's my first time being a free agent, I guess.

2:20.0

It should be very interesting.

2:21.2

I think I always had my eyes on being a starter, but we have a B come in. We had a B come in. So basically what he's saying at this point is like, I want to stay at Atlanta, but also there's these thoughts of like me being a starter that are pretty appealing to me. I could see him being

2:33.7

on more of a workhorse in a different backfield where there's not a guy named Bejean Robinson.

2:37.3

And the reason why that's important is because Bejohn could get even more touchdowns next year. Even more goal line in Red Zone carries for the player who I said is the most dominant player in the NFL when the ball is in his hands at least from 2025 standards. As of right now, as of this recording the falcons also don't have a a head coach. Their offensive coordinator is Zach Robinson. They have to hire a new head coach. Rahim Morris is out. He really liked Bijan, but there's a chance that a more offensive-minded head coach could come in. Zach Robinson is obviously utilizing Bejohn, as you saw these past two years, specifically this past year as a alpha as a number one running back, not in a split backfield outside of that goal line

3:08.5

split. At least compared to last year, is where Tyler Al Zheur was rotating in a lot more.

3:12.0

So Bejan Robinson, buy my money right now and a lot can change, of course. This is a way too early. Look, he's the number one overall pair. Now, the player that might draw the most like argument when it comes to Bijan Robinson is Pooka Nakuwa. And look, it's completely justified.

3:23.9

Pukkahua also had a very elite season. If you look up Pukua's overall stats from this year, he was the wide receiver one, averaging 23.4 points per game. Okay, not only that, not only did he have double-digit touchdowns for the first time in his career, more than six for the first time in his career, he went out there and led the NFL with 129 receptions.

3:41.7

1,700 yards. 1,715 was second in the NFL. He missed two games. He literally missed two games this

3:48.4

year, had more yards than Jamar Chase did last year when Jamar Chase won the Triple Crown.

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