Hayden's Favorite Pick in Every Round of 2026 Fantasy Drafts

**Josh Norris** (0:00)
Oh, yeah, we got a big episode for you. One of our biggest of the season, it's Hayden's favorite pick in every single round. Yeah, we go one through 16 Basie builds his best case scenario mock draft here, and he stuns me. He stuns me with a lot of these selections based on our conversations this summer.
Maybe bypasses some of the wide receivers in round four.
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**Hayden Winks** (2:14)
This is written in pen. This is what these timestamps are. This is like a moment in time for the rest of the season to come back, fact check how accurate we are. This is half PPR scoring. I kind of did this as if like almost like an ideal mock draft. So it makes sense as a team. We'll talk about some roster construction, but a lot of this is just about player takes who I like versus Yahoo ADP.

**Josh Norris** (2:33)
I think you were very honest with these names where some of them certainly go in the first pick or two of each round, but some are the 11th or the 12th pick of each round. So this is a very achievable team for all of you. So let us know if you're going to replicate it down in the comments below. Okay, we're going to go from round one through what? Round 14?
Sorry, 16 I undersold you here. One through 16 So Hayden, who's your favorite pick in the first round?

**Hayden Winks** (2:57)
This could be Jamir Gibbs. I'll go with Puka Nacua after doing a bunch of drafts. You can get him at the fourth, sometimes fifth overall spot. Half PPR, full PPR, I love him. We're talking about the all-time leader in receiving yards per game at 95, the clear target dominator for the offense projected for the most points by the betting markets is what the team was this last season. All it takes for Nacua to have a truly all-time fantasy season is more red zone touchdowns. Devontae Adams had a 27% target share, Nacua 17% target share. That was last year.
Devontae Adams, they were trying to trade him. He's another year older. He's been dealing with some injuries. So Puka Nacua, I love him. I think that he can have a 400 fantasy point season, which has only happened a couple of times. We're talking about the absolute prime of his career. Matthew Stafford and Sean McVeigh are going to dial up the offense completely around him. I think my favorite part about him versus Jameer Gibbs is in that second round, if you draft Puka Nacua, a running back that we love is going to fall to you there. I think that was the difference between drafting the Jameer Gibbs teams. All of a sudden, at 24th and 25th overall, I feel less confident about that tier. So fourth overall Puka Nacua, and we'll talk about the next following running back.