Cleveland Browns 2026 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet: Harold Fannin Is No. 1 Target
Ian Hartitz and Dwain McFarland present the fantasy football cheat sheet and utilization notes for the 2026 Cleveland Browns.
The Cleveland Browns received high marks for their work this offseason, as they bolstered their roster everywhere ... but quarterback. With a QB competition set up between Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders, the Browns are plenty unsettled at the most important position in sports, and that's impacting their players for fantasy football. Ian Hartitz and Dwain McFarland bring you everything you need to know about the Bengals for fantasy football with their 2026 fantasy football cheat sheet, highlighting their fantasy football rankings, projections and more.
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Cleveland Browns Team Snapshot for 2026
- 2025 Record / Rank in PPG: 5-12 / 16.4 (31)
- 2026 Proj TDs per game: 1.8 (rank: 32)
- Head Coach: Todd Monken (new)
- Offensive Playcaller: Monken (OC Travis Switzer/new)
- Projected Plays Per Game: 59.5 (rank: 26)
- Projected Dropback Rate: 61.5% (rank: 9)
- Matthew Freedman’s Projected Win Total: 5.8
- Offensive Line Grades: D
- Key Departures: David Njoku
- Key Additions: KC Concepcion, Denzel Boston, Joe Royer, Taylen Green, Carsen Ryan
Browns Depth Chart and Fantasy Football Rankings
QB: Shedeur Sanders (QB33) | Deshaun Watson (QB35)
RB: Quinshon Judkins (RB22) | Dylan Sampson (RB59)
WR: Jerry Jeudy (WR64) | KC Concepcion (WR46) | Denzel Boston (WR52)
TE: Harold Fannin (TE5)
Fantasy Football Team Overview for the 2026 Cleveland Browns
Shedeur Sanders, Deshaun Watson and Dillon Gabriel rank 54th, 53rd and 52nd, respectively, in EPA per dropback among 54 qualified quarterbacks over the last three seasons. Here's to hoping Todd Monken and an improved skill-position group ignite a spark and provide Cleveland with its first great quarterback since … Bernie Kosar?
GM Andrew Berry said Quinshon Judkins should be full go for training camp following last December's season-ending dislocated ankle and fractured fibula. Judkins started out swinging and worked as fantasy's RB13 in PPR points per game through the first seven weeks of the season, but a shoulder injury and porous offensive line/scoring environment led to him averaging just 9.5 points during his final eight games. A monster workload could be on the way if Todd Monken views his new lead back in an even somewhat-similar light as his last two lead backs Nick Chubb (334 touches in 2019) and Derrick Henry (344, 322 touches in 2024-25).
Jerry Jeudy remains just 27 years old and is technically just one season removed from a Pro Bowl 90-1,229-4 campaign. That said: He's averaged 98.9 receiving yards per contest in eight career games with Jameis Winston … and 35 or less with every other current Browns QB. Adding rookie WRs KC Concepcion and Denzel Boston to the equation makes it tough to expect too high of a boom from any party involved considering the lackluster QB room and presence of ace tight end Harold Fannin.
The numbers paint Fannin's rookie campaign (72-731-6, PPR TE6) fine enough, but the eye test was even more fun. Overall, PFF credited the Bowling Green product with avoiding 29 tackles—the most by ANY tight end or wide receiver not named Deebo Samuel since 2020! The ceiling is the roof here, especially considering how productive tight ends were under Monken in Baltimore.
Cleveland Browns Utilization Notes for 2026
Harold Fannin took over in Week 7 of his rookie campaign and never looked back—retaining the starting role when David Njoku returned. In nine healthy games, Fannin posted a beastly 27% target share and 7.1 targets per game, trailing only Trey McBride over that stretch. His 24% targets per route led all TEs with 250+ routes, and his 2.18 yards per route ranked eighth—impressive given Cleveland's QB situation. The coaching and QB uncertainty are real concerns, but Fannin has the talent to vacuum up targets. Fannin is a viable mid-range TE1 target in fantasy drafts.
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