Major Training Camp Injuries to Monitor and the Top Four Hottest NFL QBs With Mina Kimes artwork

Major Training Camp Injuries to Monitor and the Top Four Hottest NFL QBs With Mina Kimes

The Ringer Fantasy Football Show

August 4, 2026

Training camp is underway, and the guys are digging through the biggest stories out of the first week of practices. Are the 49ers cursed (02:58)? How much impact is the substation (which looms over every 49ers practice) having on these injuries?
Speakers: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, Craig Horlbeck, Mina Kimes
**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
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Welcome to The Ringer Fantasy Football Show. My name is Danny Heifetz, and I'm joined by Danny Kelly and Craig Horlbeck. That was tough. We're going to keep it, though. We're authentic. Today, we were going over all the news in the first few days of training camp, but apparently my voice will crack at some point during this episode. And then we're going to be joined by ESPN's Mina Kimes to reveal the final four hottest quarterbacks in the NFL.

**Danny Kelly** (2:18)
Heifetz, that beginning was a little bit representative of what's happening in training camp. Everyone's getting hurt.

**Craig Horlbeck** (2:23)
DK, nice, nice.

**Danny Kelly** (2:25)
Not necessarily in midseason form quite yet. That's fine. We got a month till the season starts. Football starts this week, though, you guys, is that wild?

**Danny Heifetz** (2:34)
Yeah, the preseason, the whole craigs going to watch it this week.

**Craig Horlbeck** (2:36)
Yeah, right. Is it on is it on Thursday? Yeah, there's just no shot.

**Danny Kelly** (2:42)
Craig, can he pick it is starting. You got to watch it on.

**Craig Horlbeck** (2:47)
Is he really good for him?

**Danny Kelly** (2:49)
Guess what team he's on.

**Craig Horlbeck** (2:51)
There's one percent of me that still thought pick it, pick it.

**Danny Kelly** (2:56)
He's got that it factor, you know. He's on the Carolina Panthers, by the way.

**SPEAKER_6** (3:00)
OK, good. That's nice.

**Danny Kelly** (3:01)
In case anyone was wondering.

**Craig Horlbeck** (3:02)
28 years old, still plenty of time. All right.

**Danny Heifetz** (3:07)
Our fantasy football rankings are also updated. So at fantasyfootball.theringer.com, you can go see our rankings. We got PPR and half PPR, no PPR. And if you do two quarterback leagues, you have super flex. You can check that out at fantasyfootball.theringer.com. We'll be talking about our rankings and where we disagree later this week. And also, we're going to be coming to you three times a week now. So we got three episodes a week. So we're going to prep you for the season. And also, once you draft, stick with us, because then we do four episodes a week during the season. So yeah, stick with us, whether you want fantasy football advice or just want to hear us keep talking about hot quarterbacks, whatever, however you got here. We'll just stick with us during the season. We're going to get to all the news from training camp. But first, we're going to take a quick break.
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We have to start with the San Francisco 49ers. I think they're officially cursed. I think they're literally cursed.
Anything, DK. So for those who don't know, I it's unbelievable. Most of this has just happened since we last recorded an episode. So the 49ers receiver and former first round pick, Ricky Pearsall is out for the season.

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