The Ultimate (early) 2026 Fantasy Football QB Rankings

Fantasy Football with Josh & Hayden

Underdog Fantasy

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

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🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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QUARTERBACK RANKINGS – Fantasy Football 2026 Josh and Hayden break down their 2026 Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings. Where is the QB cliff? Who is this year’s upside quarterback based on ADP? And most importantly… is he over 6 feet tall? Underdog Fantasy SIGN UP HERE: Play 5, get 50 → https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-underedog-football-show Must be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for select games; 21+ in AZ & MA) and present in a state where Underdog Fantasy operates. Terms apply. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit www.ncpgambling.org. NY: Call 1-877-8-HOPENY or Text HOPENY (467369). 📲 Follow the Show IG: https://www.instagram.com/udfootballshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@underdogfootballshow Twitter/X: https://x.com/UDFootballShow 🎧 Subscribe to the Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-underdog-football-show/id1558961587 💬 Join the Discord (Giveaways + Promos)https://discord.gg/underdog 0:00 2026 Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings 3:41 Josh Allen5:33 Lamar Jackson8:48 Joe Burrow13:00 Caleb Williams16:19 Jayden Daniels20:38 Jalen Hurts27:08 Drake Maye30:21 Justin Herbert33:39 Dak Prescott35:39 Jaxson Dart39:19 Trevor Lawrence42:06 Kyler Murray47:04 Brock Purdy48:45 Patrick Mahomes51:06 Bo Nix53:07 Matthew Stafford54:38 Malik Willis58:09 Jordan Love59:44 Jared Goff1:01:14 Tyler Shough1:02:50 Baker Mayfield1:05:08 C.J. Stroud1:08:28 Bryce Young1:11:53 Cam Ward1:14:46 Sam Darnold1:16:21 Daniel Jones1:18:01 Geno Smith1:19:46 Aaron Rodgers1:21:02 Fernando Mendoza & Kirk Cousins1:22:34 Jacoby Brissett1:23:30 Deshaun Watson1:25:32 Tua Tagovailoa & Michael Penix Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.8	com.
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0:22.3	slash podcast to learn more.
0:27.7	There has been a massive shift
0:36.4	at the quarterback position in your fantasy football drafts.
0:39.8	Last year, four quarterbacks went in the top four rounds.
0:43.5	This year, just one quarterback drafted right now on our dog in the top four rounds.
0:48.1	Hayden, simple question, why?
0:50.0	Well, last year they didn't perform very well.
0:52.0	So some of those players, Lamar Jackson, Jaden Daniels got hurt.
0:55.5	Jalen Hurts didn't have quite the same level season.
0:58.4	And I was just looking over at 4-4-4.
1:01.0	They posted quarterback fantasy points by year by, you know, the first player, second player, all the way down.
1:07.2	And you can see in 2021 and 2022, quarterback scoring was off the charts.
1:10.9	Even in 2024, quarterback scoring was really high as well, which is why we had those
1:14.6	quarterbacks drafted. So early than this last year, everything kind of fell off the clip.
1:18.5	I think for the most part, that small sample size noise, Lamar Jackson, Jade and Daniels,
1:24.4	Joe Burrow, these guys get hurt. We're not going to have the same type of finishes. And at the same time, maybe a little bit of the personnel stuff, a little bit more run heavy, a little less explosive down the field because of the two high shell. I think that accounts for a little bit of it. But I don't think this is going to be like a forever downwind trail here. I think it's going to be, uh, these guys are going to
1:44.6	bounce back here. The hard part is everybody's group together and try to figure out which
1:49.8	quarterback three versus quarterback five. I think that's the difficult part this season.
1:53.0	We talked about this among the tied in group, how that conversation, how that narrative has
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