Three Things Touts Are Getting Wrong In 2026 Fantasy Football

Over the past four months, I’ve been competing in the world’s first-ever fantasy football reality TV show, So You Think You Can Tout, hosted by Fantasy Life’s own Peter Overzet. While my time on the show was filled with twists and turns, wild challenges and unexpected drama, there was one constant on a week-to-week basis: I was constantly hearing impassioned player takes from my fellow tout hopefuls. Sometimes logical, often absurd, always extremely loud.

You may be wondering … what even is a ‘fantasy football tout’? Merriam-Webster defines a tout as one who “praises, promotes, or aggressively sells something”, and that sounds pretty much spot on with my experience in this reality show (especially the "aggressive" part). When it comes to touting in fantasy football, everyone thinks they’re right. Everyone thinks they have the answers to the fantasy football test. And everyone wants YOU (the consumer) to know it.

Well, as the world’s first LFFT (Licensed Fantasy Football Touter), I’m morally obligated to step in and warn you—these are the three biggest things these other touts are getting wrong in 2026.

What Fantasy Football Touts Are Wrong About In 2026

The Jaguars WR Room

The Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver room is one of the most interesting conversations of the offseason. Four names, four unique paths to fantasy relevancy:

Brian Thomas Jr. (WR34) - absolutely elite rookie season in 2024, followed up by one of the most disappointing sophomore years in recent memory in 2025.
Parker Washington (WR35) - completely irrelevant in fantasy through his first three seasons until the unexpected late-season emergence in the back half of 2025.
Jakobi Meyers (WR44) - mid-season veteran add for Jacksonville in 2025, emerged as a consistent top target earner in the offense.
Travis Hunter (WR64) - second overall pick in 2025, disappointing gadget usage until finally breaking out in Week 7, only to miss the remainder of his rookie campaign due to injury.

This room is especially difficult to dissect considering their current prices. With three of the four options coming off the board inside the WR4 range, I am pretty confident in saying at least 2-3 of these picks are going to look poor in hindsight. In fact, there’s a reasonable chance all four cannibalize each other, making it an incredibly frustrating situation on a week-to-week basis.

That being said, there’s also a very real chance one of these receivers emerges as a true difference-maker in fantasy football, and I believe the touts are seriously underrating the chance of that receiver being Jakobi Meyers. He finished 2025 as the WR20 in expected fantasy points per game (xFPPG), and I view him as someone who is due for some positive regression in 2026. Coming off the board at WR44 overall, he’s my favorite bet in this passing offense at cost.

One last note on the Jacksonville pass catchers—I can’t think of many players on the board that have as much potential to massively outperform their fantasy football ADP as Travis Hunter. He’s another one of my favorite late-round clicks, especially in managed leagues—we will find out very quickly what his route share/offensive involvement looks like, and can easily cut ties if it looks like the priority is defense.

Prices Of The Veteran Wide Receivers

In each of the last four seasons, we’ve seen at least one wide receiver over the age of 30 finish in the top 12 in fantasy points per game (min. six games). The current veteran wide receivers being drafted in the top half of the draft and their current prices are as follows:

Every year, the fantasy touts diminish the potential of these veterans to simply continue producing at elite levels. And while it’s no guarantee that history repeats itself for another year, I think these veteran receivers are being significantly mispriced going into 2026. If I was going to hitch my wagon to one of them finishing top-12 this season, it would be Mike Evans in San Francisco—when he becomes Brock Purdy’s favorite target in the red zone and finishes with 14 touchdowns, won’t it have seemed obvious in hindsight?

Top-End Quarterback Prices

This one is more relevant in best ball formats (particularly on Underdog, where I have spent countless hours drafting this offseason), but I think it will become more and more pertinent on other platforms as we get closer to the season.

As of writing this, Josh Allen (QB1) has an Underdog ADP of 35.7. In theory, this price sounds justified, right? Allen has been nothing but dominant in recent years, finishing QB1 in PPG in two out of the last three seasons.

I have no argument against this price for Allen in a vacuum. My issue stems from the massive gap between Allen and the next tier of high-end quarterbacks. Lamar Jackson (QB2) currently has an ADP of 55.3, nearly 20 picks after Allen. The pocket of Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels, Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts and Caleb Williams closely follows, with ADPs ranging from 66-72.

Is Allen really that much more valuable than this next tier of quarterbacks? Is he really that much more likely to finish as the QB1 overall in 2026? Let’s look at a couple realistic 2v2s you could pull off in drafts right now, with Allen vs. one of the other second-tier QBs:

Allen + DJ Moore (56.3) vs. Lamar Jackson (55.3) + Ladd McConkey (35.2)
Allen + Parker Washington (65.5) vs. Jayden Daniels (67.1) + Tetairoa McMillan (39.2)
Allen + Jaylen Warren (72.3) vs. Jalen Hurts (72.1) + Josh Jacobs (40.7)

I am a massive fan of Allen’s talent; I really am. There aren’t many better feelings than locking up your stud QB1 early and never needing to ever think about it again. But when viewed through the lens of opportunity cost, it becomes extremely tough for me to draft him at his current price tag, considering who he’s going around and who you can grab at QB later.