The 2026 “My Guys” Episode! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/26

Ken Bone Walker. There it is. We had to put Kenneth Walker because there's some people knew the show. That's so respectful. Kenneth Walker. You got a diploma on the front of the stage. Kenneth Walker. Yeah, but then he walked off and flashed people right there. AKA Ken Bone Walker, one of my favorite running backs of the modern era. Why do I like him? The year of Mike continues. He's going in the middle of the second round and I think Kenneth Walker should be in the first round.

in terms of what he's going to provide for fantasy football teams. He just got paid. A three-year deal worth up to $45 million. It's the fifth highest fully guaranteed running back contract in the league. The Kansas City Chiefs immediately went out and said, we need to fix things. And how are we going to fix it? We're going to fix it with Kenneth Walker. Last year, Kansas City was dead last as a team in explosive rush rate.

One 20-plus yard run. Kenneth Walker had 10 by himself. 15% of his rush attempts went for 10 or more yards. Third best among running backs last year. The Kansas City Chiefs, the entire team was just, they were not explosive. They had four offensive plays of 20 or more yards that resulted in a touchdown. The Kansas City Chiefs, the big play high-flying Patrick Mahomes Chiefs could not score from

from outside of the 20. They were tied for the fewest in the NFL. Kansas City, dead last and forced mistackle rate. Who's number one at the running back position? Oh, Ken Bone Walker. Kenneth Walker, number one enforced mistackle rate because he is always there. He is always there. And now he's going to get his opportunity. Speaking of opportunity, the playoffs, over the three games in the playoffs, Kenneth Walker.

74 touches, 417 scrimmage yard. So that's almost 25 touches a game in those games, guys. He was averaging, if you were playing fantasy, 23.4 points, the playoffs, the best of the best. And he's averaging over 20 points a game? Like the depth chart of Kansas City, there is nothing there in terms of challenge, truly challenging Kenneth Walker.

Yeah, like, yes. Look, Demarcato is there. He seemed like the de facto two. Maybe it's Emmett now. Maybe it's Emmett Johnson. Mahomes is coming off of a major injury. They know that they have to figure this out through the running back position. The accolades, the talk of Kenneth Walker has been absolutely outrageous coming out of Kansas City of saying he's a full package player. He's going to do everything. We didn't bring him in just to carry the ball. We're going to get him. We're going to.

throw him the ball as well. Let me put you on the spot. Please do. Let me interrupt. I know you have the stats to back up to Ken Bone Walker. But I'm going to put you on the spot with the my guy because he's a second round pick. Ken Bone Walker can finish as high as RB. How high can he finish? I just feel like the my guy is saying, you said he's a first round pick. Yeah, he is. We always look at it and we say can they be number one?

If Jemir Gibbs stays healthy all year, Kenneth Walker can't pass him. But if Kenneth Walker stays healthy, he can be the running back too. Okay. I wanted that soundbite. Do you, like, opportunities, okay? Andy Reid, it's been an absolute dumpster fire for the last, what, six or seven years, really since Cream Hunt was able to do anything. But from 2004 to 2018, Andy Reid's running back one averaged 22 opportunities per game.

110 total yards per game, almost 20 ppr points per game. Look, this is not a bad team. We want running backs on great teams. What do leadbacks on teams with 10 and a half win totals do on average? Over 1,250 total yards, 10 and a half total touchdowns. And look, the beginning of the season, the chiefs are very favored. They're, in fact, they have the buy week in week five, but through their first five games,

They're favored in all of them. And Kenneth, this is, it feels like Christian McCaffrey of last year. Whereas how does Christian McCaffrey fail? He gets hurt. That's it. If you want to bet that Kenneth Walker is going to get hurt, okay, he's missed some games in his past. But when you have a player where the only path for failure is just getting hurt, I think that's a, like,

That's a player you want to be all in on because literally any player can get hurt. But it's like Bijon. Bijan's the consensus number two and I'm not going to argue it. Things could go bad. You mean with Pua? Yes. The team environment of the Atlanta Falcons, Bijan is an amazing player because it wasn't great last year, but things could go wrong for Bijan that are not in his control. It seems like games this year could be started by Jack Strand.

Or Cooper Rush on the Falcons. Yes. Which is terrifying. Yeah, give me Patrick Mahomes. Ken Bone Walker. Yeah, not a surprise. We'll take a break. Come back with five more my guys for 2026. No matter what triumphs are in store this season, legendary game days start with a Miller Light. Miller Light is a true American Pilsner and the original light beer brewed since 1975. Made with simple ingredients including malted barley for rich.

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I've got Garrett Wilson, who I think is a value in fantasy football. I'm going with another value at wide receiver. A couple rounds later, it's a rookie. Carnal Tate. Maybe on Henderson. You wish. Carnal Tate. I can't believe it worked again. Yeah, baby. I don't even think about it. Now I'm going to think about it. Yeah. You should question every time. You don't even know if that next one. I don't. I don't know what the next one is. Did you say coo me twice? No, I think you said.

Shame on me? Who knows? Fool me twice. I was going to compliment you on. Listen, that's a funny phrase. I might have said a horrible curse word. I don't have any idea. That's why you won't remember next year and we will get you again. Yeah, my memory. We will. Carnell Tate, wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans, drafted number four overall. I mean, this is a super highly drafted.

potential superstar wide receiver who is not being drafted that way. And we know why he's not being drafted that way. It's worries about Cam Ward and the offense. You know, you've got Wondale Robinson and a new coordinator, all that. But here's the thing. When you're drafted in the top 10, you are guaranteed 100 targets. You're really good. And here.

I mean, he's really good. That is the lead here is do not forget what a sensational superstar Carnell Tate is. He was a five-star recruit coming out of high school. He led the nation impassarating when targeted. Five touchdowns of 40-plus yards or more. He shared the field with Jeremiah Smith, who is one of those generational wide receivers. Oh, man, I wish they had the first pick next year. He's sharing the field with Jeremiah Smith. He missed three games, and yet he still put up 875.

yards with nine touchdowns and five of those over 40 yards. He caught 12 of 14 contested catches. He never dropped a pass. Like this is a great wide receiver early in camp. Everything was how he was dominating. And then the preseason hits. Preseason. Domination. Five targets, zero receptions. He's done. He sucks. Cam Ward can't possibly hit him with this vanilla offense. I just want to remind people. Jamar Chase preseason.

One reception on five targets. Drake London, one catch on one target. AJ Brown, one catch on three targets. You're using 100% catch right in there, Jay. I heard it. Sure. Sure. My point is the preseason. I mean, we remember when Jamar Chase couldn't catch a football because the college ball had stripes and the NFL. Like, these are great wide receivers. He is a great wide receiver who is the clear best wide receiver on his team drafted number four. So that means he will be playing.

You know, near 100% snaps from week one right out the gate, and he's not being drafted where these other highly drafted rookies have been drafted recently. You look at rookies wide, wide, which, whoa, whoa, whoa. Rookie wide receiver drafted this high. I mean, you had to take Marvin Harrison in the second round. You had to take Malik Neighbors in the third, Amari Cooper in the fourth, even last year, Teteroa was a fifth.

round pick and he had a bad quarterback play. You now have Carnal Tate coming into a team and I just want to remind you two years ago, not long ago, two years ago, we had an offense that took a wide receiver number six overall that had Brian Dayball running the show and the wide receiver two was Wondale Robinson.

It's literally the same offensive coordinator with the same human at wide receiver two drafting their potential superstar, you know, top five in the NFL draft. And Wondale had a ton of targets. That's the thing about, Dayball targets his wide receiver one like crazy. Diggs both ears in Buffalo. Neighbors. His wide receiver one is targeted. And I know the quarterback play is the issue, but I mean, look, I mean,

Tommy DeVito, Drew Locke, Tim Boyle, are they really that much worse or better than Cam Ward? That was who Malik Neighbors was averaging like 180 targets. This is a good pick. He's being drafted at his floor. He's seventh round in ESPN and Yahoo. He has the potential to be a top 15 wide receiver year one. And he can't possibly be worse than where he's drafted right now. Like wide receiver 29 or 30? Get out of here.

All right. Mike's my guy. Carnell Tate. My next to my guy. Mike's. Caleb Williams. What? Did he say Mike? He did. Can we get that? Yeah, I got you. What did he say? Jason's my guy. Carnell Tate. Caleb Williams is my, my guy number two for the 2026. combo season. Yeah, I didn't know how long to wait to reveal the Caleb Williams with your Colston Loveland. I like it.

Here we go. Eighth round pick on ESPN seventh round pick on Sleeper. And there's a number of things I want to talk about with Caleb. Obviously, you touched on what this offense wants to do with Ben Johnson, what his expectations are. I mean, you saw a massive uptick in performance from the Bears last year in year one of learning this system with Ben Johnson. And the only real negative thing we point at, which, by the way,

His ADP is the quarterback seven off the board. That's what he was last year. So that's where he's being drafted. You've got rushing upside with Caleb Williams. You've got three elite receiving talents that we believe in in Burden Loveland and O'Donze. He has, you know, his tendency is to give you valuable for fantasy passes, fourth most end zone pass attempts in the league. And I expect a huge level up from him this year. And one of the things that people point out,