The 2026 Do Not Draft List

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**Danny Heifetz** (1:49)
Welcome to The Ringer Fantasy Football Show. My name is Danny Heifetz, and I am joined by Danny Kelly and Craig Horlbeck in Parsons.

**SPEAKER_1** (1:54)
Still, we're still here. Los Angeles.

**Craig Horlbeck** (1:57)
Just got here. We just got here. City of Angels.

**Danny Heifetz** (2:00)
We're gonna go through the players we're not drafting. And some players we don't think you should draft. And there's also some players that, we're not saying you can't draft them, but we were like never gonna draft them. Which I do think there's a little bit of a distinction.

**Danny Kelly** (2:11)
Hate the ADP, not the player.

**Danny Heifetz** (2:13)
Well, some players we hate.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:13)
Yes, some players we do hate some players.

**Danny Heifetz** (2:15)
It's a mix of both.

**Craig Horlbeck** (2:16)
Guys, we're not drafting for various reasons, which we will get into.

**Danny Heifetz** (2:19)
Yeah, there you go.
We're going to go through some news, a couple other fun things at the end. We went on Bill Simmons' show this week, so that was fun. If you haven't seen that, check it out.

**Craig Horlbeck** (2:28)
On Tuesday morning, we went on. It's live on Netflix, so it's on Netflix currently right now. I imagine it's also by this time on Bill's feed on Spotify, so go listen.

**Danny Heifetz** (2:37)
Just a reminder, we have the Netflix, we will be live on Netflix on Friday. You go into the Netflix app on Friday, we'll be there, The Ringer Fantasy Football Live Draft. It'll be three of us, Bill Simmons, Dave Chang, Joe House, Cousin Sal, Sean Fantasy, Mallory Rubin, Chris Ryan, Dan Lathan, Tate Frazier. Oh God, I always wonder who the 12th person is. They'll be so insulted.

**Craig Horlbeck** (2:55)
We did a 12-team league, we had a 12-team league this year. We determined the draft order by anonymously assigning golf balls or writing names on golf balls of every person in the league. Then Heifetz, VK and I went to it like a golf simulator and just smashed balls with the driver.
Whichever shot was the longest, first pick all the way down to last pick, we will be revealing that draft order video on social.

**Danny Heifetz** (3:16)
So go to the Ringer Fantasy Football Instagram. We're going to have that on the Instagram page.

**Craig Horlbeck** (3:19)
I'm a swing driver, I'm not a big golfer.

**Danny Kelly** (3:22)
I've golfed like maybe once or twice.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:24)
Your swing looks better than mine.

**Craig Horlbeck** (3:25)
Your swing looks good.

**Danny Heifetz** (3:27)
My swing, it works but it's a little cockamamie. So people will be upset.

**Craig Horlbeck** (3:32)
If it works, it works.

**Danny Heifetz** (3:32)
All right, so there you go. Live draft, that's 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific on Friday, August 28th. It'll be really fun and a little deranged.

**Craig Horlbeck** (3:40)
Cannot wait.

**Danny Kelly** (3:41)
What is Bill gonna wear this year? That's the question.

**Danny Heifetz** (3:45)
What did Vance say last year with the beanie? I don't remember. It was funny. You have to watch Netflix to check it out.

**Craig Horlbeck** (3:50)
He came in a Drake made jersey and a beanie, right?

**Danny Heifetz** (3:52)
Yeah.
Okay, without further ado, actually with further ado, because we're gonna throw to a break and take a quick break. And then after the ado, then we'll get into everything.