Post-NFL Free Agency Fantasy Football Rankings Update: Kyler Murray and Kenneth Walker Rising

Most of the major free agency dominoes have fallen at this point. There are still a few stragglers out there—looking at you, Jauan Jennings—but for all intents and purposes, additional key personnel moves will have to occur during the 2026 NFL Draft or via trades.

This brings us to today's goal: Update the ol’ fantasy football rankings and highlight the biggest movers from the past two weeks of madness!

As always: It's a great day to be great.

Post-NFL Free Agency Fantasy Football Rankings Update

Dual-Threat QBs are a cheat code in fantasy land

This is fairly common knowledge at this point for anyone who has participated in a fantasy football league for even a few years. Even then, I'm not sure society has fully embraced just how consistently this archetype produces fantasy stars.

Seriously: 31 of 34 QBs to rack up 100-plus rush attempts in a season since 2014 posted top-12 fantasy numbers on a per-game basis. That's a 91% hit rate! You could even argue it should be 32 of 34–one of the misses (2018 Lamar Jackson) has some skewed numbers from playing half the season as a limited-snap wildcat option.

Of course, most years feature these sorts of talents in the early rounds of fantasy drafts (Jackson, Josh Allen). This is what makes two of the big movers from free agency so fun: There might actually be some TRUE late-round options at the position with the ability to run their way to the top of the position's leaderboard.

Vikings QB Kyler Murray: While there's some question as to when/if Murray will lock down QB1 duties, we're still looking at someone with a history of scoring 20-plus fantasy points per game suddenly inside most people's idea of a great offensive environment.
Dolphins QB Malik Willis: Yes, any conversation surrounding Willis is required to point out the small-sample size involved. Also yes, the man has made the most out of his opportunities and possesses the sort of rushing ability to work as a great fantasy QB even if he winds up being more of a meh real-life signal-caller.

What are the best-case RB landing spots for Jeremiyah Love?

The consensus opinion of this year's running back draft class is that there's Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love … and there’s everyone else. To be clear: It's easy to love what Love brings to the field (pun intended). The man's spin move and hurdle are absolutely lethal, and he also does a great job at "the little things" like excelling in pass protection and taking care of the football.

So, yeah: Love is fully expected to go inside the NFL Draft's top-10 picks, and it seems more likely than not he goes somewhere between picks No. 2 and 8. The Raiders are in all likelihood locked into Fernando Mendoza, and teams like the Saints and Chiefs already spent big on the position during free agency.

This leaves Love's most-likely landing spots as …

Jets (pick 2): Very unlikely. The worst-case scenario of the group given that we'd watch Love form a committee with Breece Hall in an offense nobody expects to be overly, you know, good.
Cardinals (pick 3): Pretty unlikely. Could see some annoying usage from Tyler Allgeier and/or James Conner on early downs and in short-yardage situations.
Titans (pick 4): The current odds-on favorite. The addition of Love would probably result in the team parting ways with Tony Pollard. Not a great offense, but OC Brian Daboll was willing to force feed his RB1 at times in New York.
Giants (pick 5): Seemingly the second-most likely destination. On the one hand, it's not great that New York has a ready-made early-down/goal-line complement in Cam Skattebo. On the other hand, you'd think drafting an RB at No. 5 overall would result in the coaching staff giving them something close to a true workhorse role.
Browns (pick 6): Pretty unlikely. RB is one of the smallest needs on this deeply flawed roster at the moment, especially with Quinshon Judkins largely making the most out of his opportunities as a rookie (he is coming off season-ending injuries, though).
Commanders (pick 7): Probably the third-most likely destination. For fantasy purposes, this is probably the best-case outcome for Love at the moment considering the lackluster competition involved and potential for the offense as a whole to put up quality numbers with a bounceback season from Jayden Daniels.

What are the three most WR-needy teams picking early in the draft?

Look, you can never have enough good wide receivers in the year 2026. You can go through all 32 teams and come up with some idea of an upgrade, even if some teams certainly have a bigger need than others.

That said: These five squads really seem like they could be in the business of taking a hopeful future WR1 sooner rather than later come draft day.

New York Jets (picks No. 2, No. 16): Obviously, Garrett Wilson is a stud WR1, but the verdict remains out on Adonai Mitchell, and after that … yikes. No. 2 seems a bit early for a WR this year, but don't be surprised if Gang Green takes the best one available at pick No. 16.
Cleveland Browns (picks No. 6, No. 24): The only truly proven WR here is Jerry Jeudy. And even then, yeah. Maybe Cedric Tillman and Isaiah Bond can provide more in Todd Monken's scheme, but that feels like wishful thinking. Similar to the Jets: Look for the Browns to HEAVILY consider the position with their second first-round pick (No. 24).
Washington Commanders (pick No. 7): Nobody is debating Terry McLaurin's standing as an elite WR. That said, Treylon Burks and Luke McCaffrey currently profile as the next two starters in Washington. More help is needed to get Jayden Daniels back on the right track ahead of Year 3.
New Orleans Saints (pick No. 8): Similar to Washington: There's a clear No. 1 WR here in Chris Olave … the problem is everyone else. Devaughn Vele is fine, but man, does anyone really want Mason Tipton as a starting WR here? Do you even know who Mason Tipton is?!
Miami Dolphins (picks No. 11, No. 30): This was already a need *before* Miami sent Jaylen Waddle packing to Denver. Now it's of paramount importance—don’t be surprised if the Dolphins consider one of the top WRs available with their No. 11 overall pick.

As for the top-3 primary contenders with those early picks …

Ohio State field-stretching extraordinaire Carnell Tate. The man is already a fan of Shough and possesses the sort of silky-smooth gliding ability that will immediately remind fans of Olave. The best comp here feels like if George Pickens and Chris Olave had a kid.
Arizona State super-separator Jordyn Tyson. Injury Gods, be damned: Tyson is my pick for the most talented WR of this draft class. There simply isn't anyone else who consistently creates separation like this dude. My comp: Gen-Z Amari Cooper.
USC YAC-beast Makai Lemon. Has earned Amon-Ra St. Brown comps from many, which makes sense after watching the Trojan rack up broken tackles and dominate from the slot. I wouldn't quite go all the way with the Sun God comp—my proposal is "Target Amon-Ra St. Brown," with the caveat that I really like Target!

Is it OK to be REALLY excited about Isaiah Likely as a TE fit with the Giants?

You're damn right it is! Especially because …

The man got PAID. His $40 million is the sixth-highest mark ever among any player at the position, while only George Kittle ($19.1 million), Trey McBride ($19 million) and Kyle Pitts ($15.1 million) are making more annually than Mr. Likely ($13.3 million).
This is a fairly wide-open passing game. Obviously, Malik Nabers (once healthy) is the undisputed No. 1 here, but otherwise? Darius Slayton and Darnell Mooney are veterans who do most of their best work down the field, and it seems unlikely the team would go too far out of its way to feature Theo Johnson after handing Likely this level of dough.
Likely has flashed some high-end ability over the years. Not so much in 2025, although fracturing his foot in training camp certainly didn't help matters. Still just 25 years young, Likely possesses plenty of YAC ability and showed off a penchant for getting open on the scramble drill—something that could really mesh well with rising second-year QB Jaxson Dart.

I'm currently the highest fantasy ranker on Likely and have him just behind clear-cut No. 1 veterans like Travis Kelce, Jake Ferguson, Mark Andrews and Dallas Goedert. Still, the potential to work as Dart's No. 2 overall pass-game option while handling a newfound full-time role has me slightly preferring the ex-Raven to guys like Dalton Kincaid and Brenton Strange for the time being.

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Post-NFL Free Agency Fantasy Football Rankings Update: Kyler Murray and Kenneth Walker Rising