John Hansen's Favorite Pick in Every Round

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**John Hansen** (1:30)
Hey, what's up? John Hansen here. Brian Drake and I are back with another edition of the Fantasy Points Podcast catching up on all the injuries to guys like Tyler Warren, Breece Hall, Emeka Iqbuqa and others. And also looking at my favorite players to draft in each of the first 10 or 11 rounds here in 2026 Thanks for subscribing and throw us a bone and give us a good rating or review. And you're welcome.

**Brian Drake** (2:17)
All across the fantasy universe, welcome to the Fantasy Points Podcast, Brian Drake alongside the guru, John Hansen. And John, in some new, spacious digs here, not in your usual home studio, this is a really sharp place you're coming to us live from. I believe this is your son's music studio. You're killing it here, my friend. I should say he's killing it. But how's it going, man?

**John Hansen** (2:39)
Oh, it's going well. Happy birthday. Let's get that out of the way. We're recording this on Thursday, August 20th, which is Brian Drake's birthday. Leo's, this is the Leo Podcast. We'll do a podcast off-season about how awesome it is to be a Leo, the king of the jungle. At least that's how we like to think about it. But yeah, I'm doing well. I'm exhausted. I am in New Jersey.
It's a little unsettling this time of the year, I got to tell you, when you disappear for like a day, as I did because I had to drive 800 miles yesterday. It feels like I don't know anything about the National Football League, but it's a good reason. I'm on my way with my wife to Boston to drop our youngest son off to college. That would be the fourth and final child. Congratulations. We are doing that drop off, and this is the furthest distance that any of our kids have ever been.
My son whose room I'm in now, he went to UMass. He got a degree from UMass, but we lived in New Jersey at the time, so it was not that bad, but we're down in Georgia. So, very excited, the Berklee College of Music in downtown Boston. They've got like 150 Grammy winners. It's the largest music school in the world. So, we're all very excited for him. He's very excited. It's a lot, but we'll do the drop off on Saturday, and I'll probably suck it up and drive back Sunday, then I won't go outside for about five months.

**Brian Drake** (4:11)
Well, that's what we want to hear. We need the guru locked in, and today's show is going to be about players that John has locked in on every single round. You're going to get John's favorite picks in the first, I will say, 10 or so rounds. We'll see how long it goes. And before we do that, John, let's get your immediate reaction to some of the injuries that have happened in the past week. Right after you and I went off the air recording the last Fantasy Points Podcast, we actually got the news officially that Jeremiah Love had a high ankle sprain.
Now, I don't like the sound of that at all. High ankle sprains, to me, have always been head for Z Hills because they can linger a long time, they can totally zap your efficiency and your lateral agility and your quickness, everything that Jeremiah Love needs.