Our Early Top 20 Rankings for 2026, and Jordan Ritter Conn on Fantasy Football and American Men

About this episode

The episode features early fantasy rankings for 2026 and an interview with Jordan Ritter Conn discussing various players and strategies.

The guys unveil their way-too-early 2026 fantasy rankings, debating Bijan vs. Gibbs at no. 1, whether Christian McCaffrey is fantasy football Russian roulette, and whether Seahawks superstar JSN is already the WR2 overall. Plus: Puka Nacua chaos, Jonathan Taylor truthers, fantasy draft brain in May, and a special segment with Jordan Ritter Conn at the end. (00:00) Intro (02:17) Fantasy rankings: Tier 1 (08:38) Tier 2 (33:00) Tier 3 (01:00:06) Emails: Chode v. Taint I (01:12:07) Jordan Ritter Conn interview Discord link: https://discord.gg/Ge8bbYHrau Check out The Ringer’s 2026 NFL Draft Guide: https://theringer.com/nfl-draft/2026/big-board#content Email us! [email protected] Shop Amazon and save the everyday. Visit amazon.com today. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Guest: Jordan Ritter Conn Producers: Austin Gayle, Abou Kamara, Carlos Chiriboga, and Cameron Dinwiddie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, Craig Horlbeck

Guest: Jordan Ritter Conn

Topics covered

• fantasy football
• 2026 rankings
• player debates
• NFL
• draft strategy
• interview

Keywords

• fantasy rankings
• Bijan
• Gibbs
• Christian McCaffrey
• JSN
• Puka Nacua
• Jonathan Taylor
• NFL Draft
• fantasy football

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Ringer

Products: 2026 NFL Draft Guide

More episodes of The Ringer Fantasy Football Show

• Power Ranking the Best Week 1 Story Lines, the Michigan Mulligan, and the Listener Take Purge · September 9, 2026 · 1h 18m
• The 2026 Fantasy Football Take Purge · September 7, 2026 · 1h 22m
• The Best Players Nobody is Talking About Before Your Draft · September 4, 2026 · 1h 7m
• The Worst 2026 Fantasy Football Picks in Every Round · September 2, 2026 · 1h 26m
• Our Favorite 2026 Fantasy Football Picks in Every Round · September 1, 2026 · 1h 29m
• The Players Most Likely to Burn Us This Year · August 30, 2026 · 1h 14m