About this episode

The episode features a fantasy football draft focused on selecting players the hosts genuinely love for the 2026 season.

No ADP. No rankings. Just doing a fantasy football draft where we get sixteen picks of players we actually want to root for in 2026 fantasy football. For the final draft of the 2026 preseason, Kendall Valenzuela and Peter Overzet threw out the board and ran an Underdog best ball draft on one rule: only take guys you genuinely love. The result is a roster that would horrify a projections model and might just win the whole thing. It opens with Omarion Hampton and Saquon Barkley, then a receiver room built entirely on conviction — Garrett Wilson, Luther Burden, Rome Odunze, Michael Pittman Jr., Xavier Worthy and Tre Harris. Tyler Warren at tight end. Justin Herbert under center, with Aaron Rodgers and Geno Smith stacked behind him. And a backfield of Rico Dowdle, Tyler Allgeier, Keaton Mitchell and Tank Bigsby that is either a masterclass in contingent value or a complete disaster, depending on how the season breaks. They explain every pick as they make it — why this player over the guy going ten spots later, where the ADP says they're reaching, and which of these they'd defend even if it costs them the week. If you've spent all August drafting scared, this is the palate cleanser…

People in this episode

Guests: Kendall Valenzuela, Peter Overzet

Topics covered

• 2026 fantasy football
• best ball
• Underdog best ball
• fantasy football draft
• player conviction

Keywords

• fantasy football
• draft
• Omarion Hampton
• Saquon Barkley
• Justin Herbert
• best ball
• Underdog
• player selection

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