The Truth about Jeremiyah Love + 2026 NFL Draft Prospect Breakdown
Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score
CBS Sports, Fantasy Football, Fantasy Sports, NFL, Rookies, NFL Rookies
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🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Dave Richard breaks down the top fantasy prospects in the 2026 class and asks the big question — are we overvaluing this group?
We start with J Love and where he stacks up against the top running backs, including his ceiling, ideal landing spots, and how early he should go in redraft leagues if everything hits.
Then it’s time for the “Big 3” wide receivers. How do they compare, which NFL fits matter most, and the big debate: will any of them actually return WR2 value or better in 2026 fantasy leagues?
We also dive into the quarterback class, including Mendoza and Ty Simpson, and whether there’s a real path to fantasy relevance.
Plus:
KC Concepcion — is the hype real?
Kenyon Sadiq — next breakout tight end?
This is your Beyond the Box Score deep dive into the names that could shape your fantasy season.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back. It's beyond the box score. I'm Dan Schneier, joined not, as always, by my co-ist, Jacob Gibbs. Instead, I am joined today by someone who is probably going to |
| 0:21.5 | hate this intro just because I know him, but I'm going to do it anyway. Hall of fame fantasy |
| 0:25.7 | football analyst and in my mind, the most passionate fantasy football analyst I've ever met, |
| 0:31.2 | Dave Richard. And all I can tell you is this, since this NFL season has ended, all Dave |
| 0:36.4 | has talked to me about, all he has cared about |
| 0:38.5 | is the upcoming draft class. And that's what we've been focusing on on Beyond the Box |
| 0:42.8 | score over this last month. Dave has poured months of time into watching the tape, |
| 0:49.1 | looking at the analytics, and kind of getting a good feel in my mind, at least, for where |
| 0:53.1 | these prospects are headed for your redraft, for your keeper keeper and for your dynasty leagues. So I'm so excited to talk about all ball, all prospects with them today. Dave, I want you to start by just telling a little bit about what your process has been since the end of the season. Because it's a little bit, it's been a little bit of a different offseason for you from an analyst standpoint, correct? Well, this is the second offseason in a row where CBS has asked me to write the player |
| 1:15.1 | profiles for a bunch of prospects. |
| 1:17.8 | And it's not fantasy content. |
| 1:19.9 | This is NFL draft content. |
| 1:21.7 | So I've really been digging it. |
| 1:23.5 | You know, when you do the same thing year after year after year, you're always looking for |
| 1:28.0 | those little ways to try and like change things up. And this was a big change for me. It started by |
| 1:33.3 | going to the senior bowl. I was back in late January. That's something I've done several times before. |
| 1:38.7 | But then I jump right into the prospects. I work with our editors to figure out who we want to tackle first. And usually |
| 1:45.9 | it's the big names. And this year, it's been every big name. And I know that that's what we're |
| 1:50.2 | going to talk about today. Not a lot in the way of sleepers or who do I take in round three of my |
| 1:55.1 | dynasty league draft. We're not going to touch on that. It's more about evaluating the top |
| 1:59.2 | rookies in the draft class, how they can make an impact |
| 2:02.0 | in the NFL. And then, because of the fantasy angle that I've been dealing with for the last |
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