The 2026 VSiN Pro Football Futures Draft | August 20, 2026 | Hour 1

**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
This is the 2026 VSiN Pro Football Futures Draft, right here on VSiN, the Sports Betting Network.

**Dustin Swedelson** (0:10)
What happens when you get a former number one pick and 12 betting personalities together for a fantasy futures draft? Well, it means I double up my blood pressure medication today. Welcome on in to the second annual Pro Football Futures Draft on VSiN. I'm Dustin Swetelson, and I'll try to guide you through this edition of this fun thing that we started a year ago. We've got contestants, 13 of them, many you know as part of VSiN, competing in a futures draft. The rules are as follows. Two picks in five markets for each of these contestants. We are going to get a win total over, a win total under, division winner from each of them along with player props, stat leaders. And as I informed Pauly Howard, in case anyone else didn't know this previously, you cannot take kicking props. So they are not on the board. You unfortunately have to stick with rushing, passing, receiving yards and touchdowns for your props. So with that, let's unveil the draft order for the 13 contestants today.
We will start at number one with Patrick Meagher, the host of VSiN Live on Mad Dog Sports Radio and your reigning champion. After him, we'll kick it over to Bar Canada at the D, Stormy Bond and Tony, followed back here at Circa with Pauly Howard at third. Then Gill Alexander, a numbers game at four. Jensen Lewis, one half of VSiN Buy the Books picks number five. The Guru, Jon Hanson, back in the order here at number six. Jonathan Von Tobel goes seven. Keyshawn Johnson is eighth and Dave Ross is ninth. Followed by Matt Youmans 10, Mitch Moss 11, Nick Buckeye at 12 and Tim Murray will get a double pick. End of this round, beginning of the next round. And that is the order of the 2026 Pro Football Futures Draft. So with that, let's get this puppy started. Officially on the clock, your defending champion, Patrick Meagher, who last season hit Houston over 10 and a half wins plus 180 Hook and Nakua over five and a half touchdowns. The Texans to win the South plus 105 and the hammer that got it done. Jonathan Taylor touchdown leader at 13 to one. Mr. Meagher, your pick to start this thing off.

**Patrick Meagher** (2:18)
All right. All right, big guy. Nice work there, big guy. All right. Good luck to everybody in the contest. Here we go. We're going to go back to the Texans.
I'd like to alt this and go up, but it's nine and a half at DraftKings. I'll lay the juice 146
Couldn't run the ball last year, still 12 wins after a terrible start. I think that number is a little adjusted low because of the yippie performance from Stroud in the playoffs, but I'll go over the nine and a half to Houston to get us started.

**Dustin Swedelson** (2:47)
Back with what got it home a year ago, the Houston Texans off the board over nine and a half wins to Patrick Meagher, Stormy Bond and Tony. You are on the clock.

**Stormy Buonantony** (2:56)
I do want to say for one real quickly, I'm a little bit bitter about the Jonathan Taylor touchdowns getting there because I had his rushing yards to be the rushing yards leader last year, did not come home. So mad at you, Patrick, for that. I'm going to burst the bubble of Dave Ross right off the bat here going with, thank you for that.
Dak Prescott, passing yards leader, plus 850, all the weapons that he's got last year, 4,500 plus yards and he didn't play in the final game of the regular season. This year he does because they're going to be in a competition for the division. Sorry, Dave, I beat you to it.

**Dustin Swedelson** (3:29)
All right, Dak Prescott to be the passing yard leader in the NFL, plus 850 goes to Stormy Bonantoni with the second pick. Now we go to one half of fall, the money, Pauly Howard, you were on the clock with the third pick of the draft.

**Pauly Howard** (3:41)
It's a unique season where it's easier to pick the last place teams than to teams that are going to win the division. But I will take the Rams to win the West at minus 105

**Dustin Swedelson** (3:52)
That is the third pick in the draft. The Los Angeles Rams are Super Bowl favorites. The favorites in the West, minus 105 goes to Pauly Howard. Gill Alexander, who just left his heart in San Francisco, but he is back in Las Vegas. And he has the fourth pick in the draft.