Matthew Berry's 10 Lists Of 10 For The 2026 Fantasy Football Season
Matthew Berry rounds out his offseason fantasy football content with his 10 Lists of 10 for the 2026 season.
When you think about it, lists solve a lot of problems.
Because you see, we live in a short-attention-span society. TikTok, one-click checkout, every movie or TV show on demand … we like our things quick and easy. And that includes lists. Lists are easy; they are quick, and they dispense a lot of info quickly.
On the other hand, I like to write long. Really long.
Which is why this annual column solves a lot of problems. It’s short lists, but a lot of them.
10 to be exact.
10 lists. Of 10. And this season, it's presented by Xfinity.
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And with that, let’s get to it. These are 10 Lists. Of 10.
10 Lists of 10 For Fantasy Football 2026
LIST ONE: 10 Preseason Storylines I’m buying
That Parker Washington is a legit star player and could be the new “Chris Godwin” in Liam Coen’s Jaguars offense ... that he will be the Jags' top receiver this season.
That Rhamondre Stevenson is clearly ahead of TreVeyon Henderson, and will be the better and more consistent fantasy option for as long as both are healthy, especially at cost, where Henderson is going ahead of Stevenson.
That the Seahawks absolutely love Jadarian Price, and he will seize (and keep) the RB1 job while Zach Charbonnet is out.
That the Packers will utilize Christian Watson as more than just a deep threat, and he will have a career season.
That the Keenan Allen signing won’t really matter for the Josh Downs breakout ... that Downs is going to play in 2-WR sets and will be a big part of the Colts' passing game.
So, a few years ago, Jim Harbaugh (at the time, he was the head coach at the University of Michigan) famously told his team not to eat chicken because it’s a “nervous bird." Although, as I always say, if you could be fried and chopped into something called a nugget, you’d be nervous, too. But thus started this list. These are 10 big-name players I am just kind of nervous about. All talented players, all ranked where they should be. But as I’ve been drafting, when it comes time to pick that player, something about them just gives me nervous vibes, and I find myself passing on them and drafting a different, similarly ranked player.
For this list and others, I am using our fantasy football ADP tool, which compares ADP across all the major game platforms along with risers and fallers.
Ashton Jeanty – injuries will always find you, so it’s tough to take a running back who’s already hurt, especially in the second round when the other players going around him are so good.
Rashee Rice – the numbers are great when he plays, but between the knee injury and continued off-field issues, it’s just not a fun click—not to mention all the exciting WR options going after him.
Kyle Pitts – the massive game in Week 15 really skews his numbers, and a lot of his production came with Drake London out of the lineup.
Cam Skattebo – I don’t really trust the Giants offensive brain trust, and the team kept four RBs on the roster. You’re not going to get a lot of explosive plays, so you really need him to score touchdowns, and would you really be shocked if we saw Najee Harris getting goal-line work?
Davante Adams– it obviously wouldn’t be shocking if he had a similar season to last year, but I just don’t want to rely on a 33-year-old WR whose fantasy production is heavily tied to touchdowns.
Sam LaPorta – He’s a fine player, but there’s a LOT of mouths to feed in Detroit this year, and there are just so many more exciting, upside players going in his range (Tuten, Jamo Williams, Price, Odunze, Watson and Evans all go in this round on Yahoo). I don’t think he’s really better than the next few tight ends going after him a few rounds later. As Dwain and I explained in the “Perfect Draft” episode of Fantasy Football Happy Hour, if you don’t go early or late on tight end, you’ll hate your build.
Harold Fannin Jr. – nothing against the player, but same theory as LaPorta. I just usually either have already taken a TE or prefer to wait until later in the draft to do so. And he’s going to face a lot more target competition than he had last season.
Courtland Sutton – efficiency has never been great, Waddle will be the clear WR1, and Pat Bryant should have a bigger role this season.
Tetairoa McMillan – Great player, but when you lead all rookie wide receivers in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns last year, got 122 targets and still finished as a top-12 WR in only two of 17 games, as I noted in my 100 Facts column, I just need more upside, especially when I think that offense is similar to last year, but now will have Jalen Coker and Jonathon Brooks taking more a lot more touches than they did last year.
DK Metcalf – Aaron Rodgers has no interest in throwing deep, and he’s going to have significantly more target competition than last season.
LIST FOUR: 10 “Unsexy” Players Who Will Help You Win
They are not buzzy, and no one will go “good pick!” Or “Oh man, you sniped me” when you draft these players. They are boring and have been around forever. And yet all we be really solid, productive and absolutely outperform their ADP.
Jared Goff - Since 2022, Goff has led the NFL in passing yards and touchdown passes. He is also the only quarterback to finish among the top 10 in total fantasy points in each of the past four seasons. His current price? Around QB17. Boring is beautiful.
Dak Prescott - Prescott has topped 4,400 passing yards in each of his past three healthy seasons and is attached to an offense that should again rank among the league leaders in pass attempts. He isn’t a trendy breakout. He is simply a good quarterback who has repeatedly produced fantasy points.
D’Andre Swift - Swift has at least 220 carries, 40 targets and 1,200 scrimmage yards in three consecutive seasons. He has also improved his fantasy finish in each of those years, culminating in an RB14 finish last season. He’s still being drafted closer to RB23 because apparently reliable production is offensive to people.
Rhamondre Stevenson - Over his final nine games last season, including the playoffs, Stevenson averaged 17.1 fantasy points and more than 92 scrimmage yards. He also ranked third among qualifying running backs in fantasy points per touch. TreVeyon Henderson is more exciting. Stevenson may be the better value.
David Montgomery - In every season in which Montgomery has received at least 220 touches, he has produced at least 1,100 scrimmage yards. He has also ranked among the top 10 in goal-to-go carries in six of his seven NFL seasons. Touches plus touchdown opportunities are still undefeated.
Brock Purdy - Purdy has averaged at least 18 fantasy points per game in three straight seasons, and no quarterback has averaged more yards per attempt since he became San Francisco’s starter. He still has Kyle Shanahan calling plays and an offense loaded with yards-after-the-catch weapons. Nobody will celebrate drafting Purdy, but there is very little separating his realistic production from quarterbacks selected multiple rounds earlier.
Terry McLaurin - McLaurin produced at least 1,000 receiving yards in five consecutive seasons from 2020-24, yet every summer he’s treated like a player who might disappear. He won’t. He is good at football, earns targets, has an elite QB, knows he could be a salary cap casualty after this season and remains one of the safest wide receiver selections in his range.
Wan'Dale Robinson – Has earned at least 140 targets each of the last two seasons and got paid a massive amount of money to go play for the same coach who gave him all that work. Carnell Tate is the buzzy name, but Wan'Dale is the guy who will be the better value this year.
Juwan Johnson – Only Trey McBride had more double-digit fantasy games among tight ends last season, while Johnson finished top-five at the position in receptions, receiving yards and routes run. And now with Jordyn Tyson sidelined for quite a while, Johnson enters the season as the No. 2 pass catcher on a good Saints offense.
Dalton Schultz – Same argument as Juwan Johnson. Much more a floor play than upside, he’s a catch-and-fall tight end, but after Nico Collins, I bet he winds up being the Texans' No. 2 pass catcher, and he’s basically free in every draft.
LIST FIVE: 10 Of The Best Fantasy Team Names From My Friend Cooterdodle
