Your WR Rankings Are Wrong | 2026 NFL Draft Preview
Fantasy Football Today Beyond the Box Score
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🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 133 minutes
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Summary
Jacob and Dan break down the top 20 wide receivers in the 2026 NFL Draft.
0:00 Intro
1:55 WR Rankings 1-5 + Dan’s WR (Less) Hot Take
12:03 WR Rankings 6-8
19:25 WR Rankings 9-12
33:15 WR Rankings 13-18
54:37 WR Rankings 19-20
1:03:38 Revisiting stacked WR Ranks
1:35:16 Which WR you’re WRONG about
1:37:21 Grading landing spots for Makai Lemon
1:42:07 Grading landing spots for Carnell Tate
1:50:43 Grading landing spots for Jordyn Tyson
1:56:09 Grading landing spots for KCC
2:02:03 Grading landing spots for Omar Cooper Jr.
2:04:36 Grading landing spots for Denzel Boston
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back. It's Beyond the Box Score. I'm Dan Schneier. That's Jacob Gibbs. And today is a show I've been very excited about eagerly awaiting this one, Jacob. |
| 0:21.5 | It's our wide receiver rankings for the 2026 rookie class. Now, I will say this. This is our |
| 0:27.9 | rankings based on our evaluation of the film, of the metrics, of the analytics, and the projection |
| 0:32.8 | we see as far as how do these receivers move versus college talent and how will that impact how they move |
| 0:38.2 | and win versus NFL defensive backs. Things will change. The draft is Thursday. Landing spots |
| 0:44.0 | will make a big difference in my mind, at least, Jacob, for the rankings, for my rankings, |
| 0:47.9 | at least. I do really, they do impact where I have these players. But I'm excited to just talk about |
| 0:52.4 | this pure, you know, a pure look at the receiver class right now. Because before they get to their landing spot, it really is just purely how you see these players as prospect. So very excited to see where you have them stacked up. Very excited to stack them with you today. And you know what? We're talking ball. You got your Kansas City Royals sweatshirt on. I didn't even know until today you were a Kansas City Royals fan. Of course. Quite frankly, I didn't even really know the Kansas City Royals had a fan base. I'm going to be honest with you. Okay. Yeah. I say that as a fan of a Mets team that just lost 11 straight games. I understand. Multiple World Series appearances over the past 10 and 12 years, but okay, go off. |
| 1:29.3 | I just kind of think like the Midwest. |
| 1:32.3 | No, the Midwest is great fans. |
| 1:33.3 | I shouldn't say anything about the Midwest. |
| 1:35.3 | I love the Midwest. |
| 1:36.3 | I've lived there. |
| 1:37.3 | I loved it. |
| 1:38.3 | So my bad, sorry to all the Kansas City Royals fans out there. |
| 1:40.3 | Mike Schmidt was a great player. |
| 1:42.3 | I think he played for the Royals. |
| 1:45.6 | Anyway, let's talk receivers. |
| 1:49.3 | Let's talk receivers. There are a lot to talk about. |
| 1:55.6 | A couple weeks ago, we did a, like an analytical deep dive because I hadn't had the time yet to watch the film on all these guys and compared what we've got, just looking you know at the metrics and the the the |
| 2:03.0 | spreadsheet or whatever like just looking at the stats for these receivers and how they stacked up |
| 2:08.1 | compared to receivers from the past five draft classes I have now bled my eyes out watching all |
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