Fantasy Football Today - Fantasy QB Reset: Herbert Top 5, Bo Nix’s Boost, Kyler’s New Ceiling & More (03/31 Fantasy Football Podcast)
Episode Date: March 31, 2026Adam and Jamey reset the 2026 fantasy QB rankings after a wild free agency period. They break down why Justin Herbert is back in the top five and how Bo Nix gets a major boost with the addition of Jay...len Waddle. The guys react to Malik Willis joining the Dolphins and discuss whether Kyler Murray has the best situation of his career with the Vikings. Plus, a rapid-fire look at Jaxson Dart, Caleb Williams, and Brock Purdy. Get the latest QB movement and updated 2026 fantasy outlooks. Fantasy Football Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday Shop our store: shop.cbssports.com/fantasy SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179 FOLLOW FFT Dynasty on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1 SUBSCRIBE to FFT DFS on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dfs/id1579415837 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Reviewing our quarterback's rankings and how that has changed since free agency began right now on FFT Express.
And welcome, everybody. I'm Adam Aiser with Jamie Eisenberg.
Jamie, which quarterback moved the most in your rankings based on free agency or trades?
I'll go one step further that since the offseason, the quarterback that's moved the most is Justin Herbert with the addition of Mike McDaniel.
So he went from right around 12 to top five.
So he's my fifth quarterback.
Really excited about Herbert.
From free agency or offseason moves, trades,
that was probably Kyler Murray, you know,
from outside the top 15 to 13 right now for me.
So between him and Malik Willis,
I think just getting the chance to start for the Vikings
and then the chance of Malik Willis being now the starter for the dolphins.
And probably the other guy who's moved up, you know,
about four or five spots was Bo Nix with the addition of Jalen Wail.
I really have much interest in Bo Nix.
I thought he was, you know, he's certainly proven to be a good fantasy quarterback,
but when you start to get to that number two range, like I look for the most upside.
And now I think Nix, with the addition of Waddle, definitely you can make a case that he has,
you know, significantly more upside than he did clearly before getting Waddle,
because this is his best receiving court that he's had in his two years as a start.
Yeah, unfortunately, what's good for Bo Nix is bad for Malik Willis.
And we're excited to see Malik Willis get a starting job with Miami.
And then they trade Jalen Waddle away.
So I don't know.
Is he a must-draft guy in a 1-QB league, Malik Willis?
I don't know if he's a must-draft guy.
I think when you start to look at what your quarterback, you know,
situation looks like with your fantasy roster,
I always said quarterback room,
but what your quarterback looks like with your fantasy roster,
you know, do you need somebody that has a lot of upside?
Because the downside for Malik Willis is evident.
You know, he doesn't take a step forward as a passer,
or it doesn't run as much as we want.
And we're talking about a guy that may have a couple of weeks where he's 23, 24 points,
but really, for the most part,
it's hovering around that 15 to 16 point per game range,
and that's just awful.
So, you know, he's so different than Tua, you know,
not to compare them and not to compare their situations.
Tua led the NFL in passing yards in 2023 and barely was under 20 fantasy points per game.
Like, you need to be pretty special to be an elite fantasy quarterback,
a must-star fantasy quarterback, a dominant fantasy quarterback.
quarterback. And he just doesn't have those weapons to support that. He definitely could do a lot of
damage with his legs, but that's just a big ask. So he's a late round dart throw. I think in the
case of Kyler Murray, as we made the case for, or he's made the case for on our full-length
episode on Monday as one of his favorite sleepers, like, you can see it. You know, this is a guy that's
got a track record of being a great fantasy quarterback at times. And now he's in arguably his best
situation that he's ever had. And certainly if Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, T.J. Hockinson,
and bounce back because of Kyler,
then Kyler's numbers will benefit immensely.
So I'd much rather have Kyler Murray than Malik Willis,
which was not necessarily the case before Jalen Waddle was traded.
I thought there was a chance Malik Willis could be similar to Kyler because of his rushing upside.
And I don't know that we should sell this Bo Nix short with this Waddle trade.
I mean, it is a really big deal.
It could potentially.
Because as bad as Malik Willis, as Bo Nix kind of seemed last year for fantasy,
I think he was a little bit of a bust, kind of disappointing.
He still was something like QB 13 per game.
He still had some very good games in there.
And he still rushed for more than 20 yards per game.
So, you know, how would you compare him with, let's say, like, Boe Nix versus Dak Prescott, Brock Purdy, that group?
I think Purdy is a fair comp.
I'd rather have Dak.
You know, Dax track record, Dax receiving core, everything that that Dallas offense and team, you know, I think looks like, you know, points to Dack having another good season.
and a little bit higher of a ceiling than,
uh,
than,
um,
than Bo Nicks right now.
But,
you know,
again,
those are the type of quarterbacks that you're looking for late.
So I think once you get past the,
the guys I would consider to be the high upside play.
So Justin Herbert,
Jackson,
Dardt,
Jaden, Daniels,
Jalen Hertz,
uh,
Caleb Williams,
Trevor Lawrence,
you know,
those young guys or,
or,
you know,
somewhat proven guys that,
you know,
can run and have the chance, I think,
to,
you know,
obviously take a step forward.
Then I think you look at that next team.
of guys, which for me is
Dak Prescott, Matthew Stafford, which are not going to
do anything with their legs, but, you know, could be
in the conversation for most passing
yards and most passing touchdowns, Stafford,
coming off in MVP season. Brock Purdy,
I think, has, the 49ers
done a good job reshaping that receiving
core, you know, so
Joanne Jennings, Brandon Ayuk,
out the door, and here
comes Mike Evans and Christian
Kirk and maybe a healthy George Kittle are healthier
than we expected. So Purdy's
certainly right there with those guys,
Tyler's now with those guys.
And I think Bo Nix belongs with those guys.
You know, so Baker Mayfield is there as well.
Jared Gough is still there as well.
So, you know, if you miss on the position,
you're going to be fine, I think, taking two late round picks
as long as nobody else is taking two quarterbacks earlier in your draft in a one quarterback week.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
We're going to take a break.
I'm going to ask you about other quarterbacks who were affected some way by free agency.
After this, we'll go rapid fire when we come back on FFT Express.
All right, so I'm putting together the list here of quarterbacks who add or lost something significant.
It's going to probably be incomplete, but we'll do our best.
Jackson, and just tell me real quick, like value up, down the same, slightly up, way up, whatever.
Jackson Dart getting Isaiah likely, but losing Wondell Robinson.
Yeah, I think up.
It's not just getting Isaiah likely.
It's getting Malik neighbors because he didn't have Malik neighbors for all of his run last year.
And he's going to, I think, be among the better running quarterbacks.
I don't think the injury concern will necessarily completely negate his rushing potential.
So I think you give him likely, you give him neighbors back, you give him a better head coach overall.
I don't know if a better coordinator.
You know, well, the jury still out clearly on Matt Nagy, but love the setup for Jackson Darker.
How about Drake May getting Romeo Dobbs but losing Stefan Diggs?
Yeah, I think that could end up being a wash.
I know Diggs' resume obviously much better.
And Dobbs has a lot to prove if he's going to be the only addition that they make
at receiver.
But May will be among the better running quarterbacks,
certainly the top half,
showed that he does not need an alpha type receiver to be successful.
And Diggs for what he was last year,
you know, even being their best guy,
we know didn't run and play like a number one type receiver,
didn't produce necessarily like a number one wide receiver.
So I think there's still room to grow for Drake May.
And Josh McDaniels, this system,
the play of Romeo Dobbs and improved Kyle Williams,
all the things right now that we're looking at just on the surface,
I still think Drake May belongs in that top five conversation.
Josh Allen getting DJ Moore.
I don't know if anything was going to change him being the number one quarterback.
You know, certainly Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow and Drake May,
and if you still want to put Jane Daniels and Jalen Hertz in that,
you can sort of make the case that those guys belong there,
but Josh Allen just gets better as the number one.
one overall quarterback.
Caleb Williams losing DJ Moore.
Yeah, I mean, it's a loss.
We'll see what they do to replace him, but, you know,
better year for Luther Bird, and full year
of what we saw at the end for Colston Loveland
and hopefully full year of Romo Dunze.
You know, this is a top 10 quarterback who, as I said
last week, you know, A, you want pieces of this
offense, but probably looking at the first
4,000 yard season in Bear's history, at least that
should be the expectation.
And a guy that I would very happily take as a top
10 quarterback.
Brock Purdy getting Mike Evans.
I think it sort of saves him a little bit.
This was looking pretty bleak for him before Free Agency
when you saw George Kittle Heard, knew that they weren't bringing back.
Brandon Ayuk expected that they weren't going to bring back.
Joanne Jennings and Ricky Pearsall has a hard time staying healthy.
Now you have Evans, Pearsall, Kirk, hopefully Kittle.
It keeps him in the conversation to still be a number one fantasy quarterback.
He's outside that group for me.
He's 14th right now, so I'd rather have Kyler.
But great late round pick as a number one starter.
Cam Ward getting Wondale Robinson.
Makes him interesting.
You know, it's really just the totality of what's happened this offseason.
You know, Robert Salo coming as the head coach,
more so Brian Dable coming as the offense coordinator.
I'd love to see them still add a piece to this receiving core.
But I'm excited about Wondell Robinson being there for Cam Ward.
I'm excited about the development for the young players.
And one player in particular, and that's Gunnar Helm.
You know, I think he's going to be a playmaker.
He doesn't have the upside, at least, that we have seen,
of let's say,
in Arronday Gadsden from last year's class
or even maybe Mason Taylor,
but did show that he can make some plays
and,
you know,
excited of obviously Harold Fanon and the other guys,
but,
you know,
Fanon and Loveland and Warren.
But I think Gunner Helm's going to be a playmaker for them as well.
So Cam Ward,
certainly draftable in Super Flex leagues for sure.
And somebody I think that we'll be talking about
as a waiver wire ad at some point during the season,
maybe early in the season in one quarterback league.
All right,
Let's do one last one here.
Baker Mayfield losing Mike Evans.
So after that group that I talked about is where I would put Baker right now.
So after Bo Necks, Brock Purdy, Jared Gough, you know, that's where Baker comes into play.
And you can make a case that he's better than those guys because he has been at times, as we've seen the last couple of years.
I think Heath has sort of, you know, described Baker appropriately of we kind of don't know what kind of fantasy quarterback he is in totality because we've seen great moments,
great rookie season, great couple years with Tampa Bay, obviously the down years in Cleveland,
the bouncing around.
Another offensive coordinator, now Zach Robinson, the play caller.
So this is now, what, four and four years, right?
Canales to Cohen to Grizzard, Grizard, and now Zach Robinson.
And so does the loss of Mike Evans, who's been such a focal point of this franchise and a focal point of Baker Mayfield,
does that make you feel more comfortable and confident in Baker?
Baker Mayfle, my guess would be no if you're asking the majority of our audience.
So I think Baker is a good late round flyer, a guy that will be added and probably started,
can easily do what he did, I believe it was two years ago, where we kind of just wrote him off
and he ended up being a top 10 fantasy quarterback.
He still has that in his arsenal.
Injuries last year were a problem to his offensive line to him, to his receiving core.
You give him a full season of Abuka, Godwin, and Jalen McMillan,
I think Baker will surprise some people once came.
All right. That is Jamie Eisenberg. Thank you so much for resetting your quarterback rankings, and we'll talk to you next time on Fantasy Football Today Express.
