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If the NFL season started today, one Giants player would be the team’s biggest fantasy bargain, another would be the biggest fantasy bust, and the third would be the biggest fantasy wild card.
It’s almost inconceivable that Jaxson Dart’s ADP will be QB10 or better. There are so many established big names at his position with proven elite and near-elite upsides, including Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts, Joe Burrow, and Lamar Jackson. Younger quarterbacks like Drake Maye, Caleb Williams, Box Nix, Jayden Daniels, and Brock Purdy will also be in the mix. That’s 10 QBs right there, and we haven’t even gotten to Matthew Stafford, Dak Prescott, Trevor Lawrence, or other top-10-caliber players.
Some of the best QB bargains are guys ranked outside the top 10, but with clear top-10 upside. Dart’s ADP will probably be around QB12 to QB15. But he started only one game with a healthy Malik Nabers -- and that lasted only 25 snaps. Despite losing Nabers and dynamic rookie RB Cam Skattebo, Dart had seven 20+ point performances in his final 10 starts. If he’d missed his flight in Week 16 and didn’t have to face the Vikings’ lockdown defense, he would have averaged a blistering 22.0 points per game. He should be viewed as a strong bargain heading into 2026.
Picking a bust on the Giants is difficult because of injury recovery and free agent variables. How will the market size up their backfield and wideout corps? I’m predicting that TE Theo Johnson will be overvalued. He’s an easy fantasy player to like: young, ascending, and an eye for the end zone (five scores). But his production was due, in part, to injuries that left the team with few playmakers. Additionally, he reeled in only 45 of 74 targets. No fantasy TE in the top 50 had a worse catch rate. While it might improve, it’s hard to imagine him replicating last year’s production.
Skattebo is the clear wild card. He showed he could be a workhorse, even playing alongside Tyrone Tracy. At the same time, this team has multiple capable RBs, and it’s quite possible they’ll ease up on Scattebo. In four full starts, he amassed 88 touches. That’s a 374-touch clip. If the market is nervous about him, he could be a bargain. But if the market believes he can reproduce his rookie success, he could be a fade.
This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: 2026 Giants fantasy preview: Biggest bargain, bust, and wild card
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It’s almost inconceivable that Jaxson Dart’s ADP will be QB10 or better. There are so many established big names at his position with proven elite and near-elite upsides, including Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts, Joe Burrow, and Lamar Jackson. Younger quarterbacks like Drake Maye, Caleb Williams, Box Nix, Jayden Daniels, and Brock Purdy will also be in the mix. That’s 10 QBs right there, and we haven’t even gotten to Matthew Stafford, Dak Prescott, Trevor Lawrence, or other top-10-caliber players.
Some of the best QB bargains are guys ranked outside the top 10, but with clear top-10 upside. Dart’s ADP will probably be around QB12 to QB15. But he started only one game with a healthy Malik Nabers -- and that lasted only 25 snaps. Despite losing Nabers and dynamic rookie RB Cam Skattebo, Dart had seven 20+ point performances in his final 10 starts. If he’d missed his flight in Week 16 and didn’t have to face the Vikings’ lockdown defense, he would have averaged a blistering 22.0 points per game. He should be viewed as a strong bargain heading into 2026.
Picking a bust on the Giants is difficult because of injury recovery and free agent variables. How will the market size up their backfield and wideout corps? I’m predicting that TE Theo Johnson will be overvalued. He’s an easy fantasy player to like: young, ascending, and an eye for the end zone (five scores). But his production was due, in part, to injuries that left the team with few playmakers. Additionally, he reeled in only 45 of 74 targets. No fantasy TE in the top 50 had a worse catch rate. While it might improve, it’s hard to imagine him replicating last year’s production.
Skattebo is the clear wild card. He showed he could be a workhorse, even playing alongside Tyrone Tracy. At the same time, this team has multiple capable RBs, and it’s quite possible they’ll ease up on Scattebo. In four full starts, he amassed 88 touches. That’s a 374-touch clip. If the market is nervous about him, he could be a bargain. But if the market believes he can reproduce his rookie success, he could be a fade.
This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: 2026 Giants fantasy preview: Biggest bargain, bust, and wild card
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