I love landing a top-four pick in 2026 Fantasy Football drafts, but it is a challenge. I'll tell you why in a moment. First, let's focus on the positive.
You get one of the best players in Fantasy! My esteemed colleague Jamey Eisenberg believes we have three candidates for the No. 1 overall pick this season, and that's Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson or Ja'Marr Chase. In my opinion, Puka Nacua belongs in that conversation.
I love the fourth pick for that reason, especially if drafting a team with three starting WR roster spots. Chase has just barely edged out Nacua (21.7 to 21.5 PPR points per game, respectively) over the past two seasons. I would take Chase above Nacua, but either is a valid pick.
In my opinion, either is a defensible selection at first overall in this format. I'm not going to hesitate to select Nacua, even if regression from last year's wildly efficient MVP performance from Matthew Stafford feels likely. And that's what I did at pick four in this draft.
This is our 12-part, pick-by-pick series where I, Adam Aizer, Dave Richard, Jamey Eisenberg, Dan Schneier and Heath Cummings all took part in a six-person PPR mock draft. We each built two of the 12 teams in this 14-round draft to show you a different strategy from each spot. This is an outline that you can follow if you pick No. 4 overall in your league.
The key is to study the strategy and not necessarily the players to see if this works for you. The challenging part of picking at No. 1 overall is what happens at the Round 2-3 turn. Most or all of the top running backs will be off of the board.
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