What I Learned During the 2026 RazzBowl8 Draft

My RazzBowl8 draft is complete.  Can we talk for a minute?  I want to come clean about something.  I love the slow draft concept, especially the 2- or 4-hour versions.  What I do not like is the amount of people signed up for a draft that take most of the clock each selection, never set a queue, and manually remove themselves from Auto each time they miss a pick and are set to Auto.  Either you are in or you are out during draft season.  Sign up and show up.  Whew.  That is over.  Thank you for allowing me to vent. 

Now, onto current events.  We are turning our attention to a few charity leagues while establishing a few of our invite-only @RazzballNFL (Home – Razzball Fantasy Football) leagues such as the second year of our PPR leagues and our follow-up to Guillotine which we now refer to as DFL (Don’t Finish Last) since the ‘G’ word was trademarked by an industry member (Google it).  We are currently contacting last year’s participants to determine if we have open spots to fill.  For this article, I want to share some things I learned while participating in the RazzBowl8 draft.  I will go position by position at a high draft level without getting too much into the eaches.

Remember to check in with the @Razzball NFL team of writers as we host our You Tube podcasts where we chat all things off-season fantasy football, fantasy football draft season, and maybe weave in some music and pop culture chatter.  Join Sky @SkyGuasco, The Lineup Builder @Derek_Favret, Jeff @Jefferson__21, Dave @crewser128, and me, Matt @stiles08 on out various You Tube pods as we answer your questions thus keeping you informed for the 2026 draft season.  Come for the analysis and stay for the laughs!

QB – This appears to be the deepest the position has been since I started playing fantasy football in 1990 (insert old man joke here).  For discussion sake, RazzBowl is a single QB, no SuperFlex league, so the position should get pushed down regardless.  What I saw in value in the mid- to later-rounds really surprised me.  I did not even look at the position until Round 10 after thirteen were drafted at the position.  Being able to walk away from a 12-team draft with Trevor Lawrence (pick 10.10), Jordan Love (pick 12.10) and Geno Smith (pick 19.03) has me excited for the season.  My first nine selections were skill positions with a nicely rounded QB room.  I do not have any regrets by this build.

RB – Position appeared deep when the draft started but felt like it quickly dried up.  There were eighteen RBs taken in the first three rounds leaving names like D’Andre Swift, Breece Hall, Travis Etienne, Quinshon Judkins, Bhayshul Tuten and the New England Patriots/Denver Broncos muddy backfields as best remaining options.  Can you win with those middling RBs?  Sure, you can, if things break right.  I learned you may want to get your top RB early while strategically grabbing players in good situations to round out your squad.

WR – I did not learn much as I focus my analysis and writing on WRs all season.  What I thought would happen, did, in fact, happen.  The sweet spot for WRs is clearly Round 5.  Not only did I confirm my previous article during RazzBowl8, but I am in two charity league drafts now and that Round 5 analysis holds true in both.  WR names available in Round 5 include Jameson Williams, Courtland Sutton, Jaylen Waddle (he is moving up ADP), Rome Odunze, Luther Burden (ADP is slipping due to injury), Terry McLaurin, Christian Watson, DJ Moore.  If you wait on WR, at least WR2-3, these are all names that will help your squad feel full.

TE – Brock Bowers and Trey McBride went early.  Yawn.  Colston Loveland was next off the board at 3.01 which I think is a mistake and much too early considering Tyler Warren went 2+ rounds later followed by Sam LaPorta, Tucker Kraft (to me) and George Kittle all in Round 6.  The name that slipped, surprising me, was Kyle Pitts at 8.03.  That is ridiculous value in my opinion, and I will probably wait on TE in upcoming drafts while I target Pitts in Round 7.

Let me know where you think I am right and wrong with these names and associated rounds and comment with some of your own Bests and Worsts.  Also, follow me @stiles08 on Twitter/X and send questions comments at the bottom of this article.  Make sure you jump around the Razzball site for all your fantasy football needs.

-Stiles-