CHRIS DELL'S BEST BALL PRE-DRAFT RANKINGS AND TIERS ARE UPDATED MONTHLY UNTIL THE 2026 NFL DRAFT
Chris Dell is the former sports editor and fantasy football columnist at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, as well as the lead fantasy and betting analyst for ESPN 97.5's 'Late Hits.' He's also worked as a sports writer and editor for The New York Times, New York Daily News and Yahoo Sports, among other publications These specific rankings below are based on half-PPR but can also be adjusted for full-PPR/non-PPR.
Editor's note: Chris recently won first place out of 235 analysts in the FantasyPros 2023 NFL Draft Accuracy rankings. He was also first out of 200+ analysts for multiple weeks in their 2024 and 2025 in-season rankings.
Each week during the 2026 season, I will also be publishing each of the following for fantasy/betting:
- Mondays: Waiver wire rankings
- Mondays: Dynasty ranking updates
- Tuesdays: Waiver strategy 1-on-1's (premium fantasy subscribers only)
- Tuesdays: Deep dive fantasy usage thread
- Wednesdays: Rest of season rankings/tiers
- Wednesdays: Weekly top 150 rankings
- Thursdays: Trade strategy 1-on-1's (premium fantasy subscribers only)
- Thursdays: FantasyPros Q&A (6 p.m. EST)
- Fridays: Fantasy football weekly start/sit rankings podcast
- Fridays: NFL player prop strategy podcast
- Saturdays: Fantasy football sleepers/stashes podcast
- Saturdays: NFL best bet player props (premium betting subscribers only)
- Sundays: FantasyPros Q&A (9 a.m. EST)
Please Note: "ECR" stands for Expert Consensus Rankings, which is the average of all analyst rankings throughout the fantasy football industry, according to FantasyPros. The "VS. ECR" category on the right will show you how different Chris' rankings are from the industry consensus depending on the scoring format.
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