Welcome to our continued series ranking the top fantasy football offenses for 2026!

Last week, we went through the bottom eight teams for fantasy football. If you missed that article, be sure to check it out here. We also identified one sleeper for each of those teams.

Here’s a quick glance at the bottom eight teams:

In Part 2, we're ranking teams No. 24 through No. 17. As a reminder, we are using the average draft position from the National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) leagues since those leagues are actively drafting right now.

Number of Top-60 Fantasy Players: 2

Number of Top-100 Fantasy Players: 2

Reasoning for Ranking: The Texans have just two players going inside the top-100 (Nico Collins & David Montgomery). Collins checks in with a 25.1 ADP, while Montgomery has a 52.8 ADP.

Sleeper: Dalton Schultz

Houston Texans tight end Dalton Schultz is currently going under the radar in drafts. If you are looking for a really cheap potential TE1 in drafts, Schultz could be a viable pickup in the later rounds.

The veteran finished as the overall TE10 in PPR formats last year while averaging 10.5 PPR fantasy points per game. After ranking top-10 among all TEs in target share (19.2%), routes run (29.2 per game), air yards (659), receptions (82), and yards after catch (358) in 2025, he’s a sleeper at his late-round ADP.

Sleeper ADP: 137.1

WalterPicks rank: TE24 (ceiling: TE11)

Number of Top-60 Fantasy Players: 2

Number of Top-60 Fantasy Players: 2

Reasoning for Ranking: The Jets have just two players (Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson) going inside the top-60 in drafts. But they get the nod over the Texans because the duo of Hall and Wilson is better than the duo of Collins and Montgomery.

Sleeper: Adonai Mitchell

New York Jets wide receiver Adonai Mitchell has some breakout potential in 2026. He posted some nice numbers down the stretch last year, once he was traded to the Jets. Mitchell averaged 10.6 PPR fantasy points from Week 12 to Week 17, which included a 24.2 PPR fantasy point performance in Week 13 against the Falcons.

Mitchell now gets a slight quarterback upgrade in Geno Smith after catching passes from Justin Fields, Tyrod Taylor, and Brady Cook last season. That could help the third-year playmaker break out, especially since his 16.2% separation win rate over the last two years is tied with Puka Nacua for the best in the NFL.

Sleeper ADP: 177.8

WalterPicks rank: WR95 (ceiling: WR65)

Number of Top-60 Fantasy Players: 1

Number of Top-100 Fantasy Players: 3

Reasoning for Ranking: The Colts have one player going inside the top-60 (Jonathan Taylor) and another two inside the top-100 (Tyler Warren and Alec Pierce). That’s enough to put them above a Jets team and a Texans team that have just two total top-100 players.

Sleeper: Josh Downs

Josh Downs should see more opportunities in the receiving game this year. Michael Pittman Jr. was traded this offseason, and his departure leaves 111 vacant targets in this Colts offense. Some of those are expected to go Downs’ way, who is now the WR2.

If he only sees around 25% of those vacated targets in 2026, that could be more than enough to creep him up to WR3 fantasy territory. The last time Downs saw more than 100 targets in a season, he finished as the WR35 in PPR formats. After seeing a career-low 88 targets last year, a 110+ target season could be all he needs to be a viable fantasy option in 2026. He was also the WR24 in red-zone target share (21.4%) in 2025.

Sleeper ADP: 125.1

WalterPicks rank: WR40 (ceiling: WR18)

Number of Top-60 Fantasy Players: 2

Number of Top-100 Fantasy Players: 3

Reasoning for Ranking: The Buccaneers have Emeka Egbuka (42.9 ADP) and Bucky Irving (48.7 ADP) going inside the top-60, and Kenneth Gainwell (97.7 ADP) going inside the top-100. These three should all be viable fantasy options in 2026.

Sleeper: Baker Mayfield

Baker Mayfield battled through plenty of injuries last year. He dealt with a sprained MCL and PCL, a biceps injury, and an AC-joint sprain in his left shoulder. All those injuries resulted in a down year for the Buccaneers quarterback in fantasy.

With those injuries in the past, Mayfield should return to being that strong QB1 option. He finished as a top-10 fanatsy quarterback in his first two years in Tampa Bay (including a QB4 fantasy finish in 2024) and has some sneaky rushing upside as well. The 31-year-old has rushed for over 300 yards in back-to-back seasons.

Sleeper ADP: 140.9

WalterPicks rank: QB20 (ceiling: QB11)

Number of Top-60 Fantasy Players: 2

Number of Top-100 Fantasy Players: 3

Reasoning for Ranking: The Saints have two players going inside the top-60 (Chris Olave and Travis Etienne) and another inside the top-100 (Jordyn Tyson). This group gets the edge over the Buccaneers because both Olave (29.6 ADP) and Etienne (36.4 ADP) are going higher in drafts.

Sleeper: Tyler Shough

Tyler Shough is the best quarterback value in drafts right now. Shough really came on strongly toward the end of the 2025 season, averaging 18.6 fantasy points per game from Week 10 onward.

He finished as a top-12 fantasy quarterback in four of the final six weeks and displayed some sneaky rushing upside by rushing for over 30 yards in three of his last five contests. With the Saints adding both Tyson (first-round) and Etienne (free agency) to this offense in the offseason, Shough could continue to trend up in Year 2.

Sleeper ADP: 144.4

WalterPicks rank: QB15 (ceiling: QB4)

Number of Top-60 Fantasy Players: 2

Number of Top-100 Fantasy Players: 2

Reasoning for Ranking: The Raiders were the most difficult team to rank on this list because they have only two players being drafted in the top 100 (Brock Bowers and Ashton Jeanty). Those two players just both happen to have a top-20 ADP.

Sleeper: Jalen Nailor

The biggest question for the Raiders is which WR will step up as the second option in the passing game behind Bowers. There’s a good chance that WR is newly acquired playmaker Jalen Nailor.

Nailor signed a three-year, $35 million deal in free agency and joins a Raiders offense that lacks a true WR1. He never really got an opportunity to shine with the Vikings, but that should change on this Las Vegas team. The 27-year-old ranked 26th in fantasy points per target versus man, 29th in fantasy points per target, and 10th in yards per reception among all WRs in 2025.

Sleeper ADP: 166.5

WalterPicks rank: WR52 (ceiling: WR33)

Number of Top-60 Fantasy Players: 0

Number of Top-100 Fantasy Players: 5

Reasoning for Ranking: The Jaguars are only one of two teams with no players going inside the top-60 in drafts this year. But they benefit from having five players inside the top-100 (Bhayshul Tuten, Brian Thomas Jr., Trevor Lawrence, Parker Washington, Jakobi Meyers).

Sleeper: Chris Rodriguez Jr.

The Jaguars signed Chris Rodriguez Jr. to a two-year deal in free agency after ending the 2025 season on a high note. Rodriguez ran for over 50 yards in four of his last five games and averaged a solid 10.6 PPR fantasy points in a limited role with the Commanders over his last seven contests.

Now, he joins a Jaguars backfield that lacks a true RB1. Although many expect Tuten to be the RB1 in this offense, the second-year back won’t see a workhorse role. Rodriguez should establish himself as a key part of this rushing attack and should be the goal-line back, considering Tuten stands at just 5-foot-9.

If you are looking for an RB late in drafts who could have some touchdown upside, Rodriguez is a sneaky pickup.

Sleeper ADP: 141.6

WalterPicks rank: RB40 (ceiling: RB15)

Number of Top-60 Fantasy Players: 1

Number of Top-100 Fantasy Players: 4

Reasoning for Ranking: The Broncos have one player inside the top-60 (Jaylen Waddle ) and another three going inside the top-100 (Bo Nix, Courtland Sutton, RJ Harvey). Having four players in the top 100 gives them the edge over the teams ahead of them.

Sleeper: Broncos D/ST

There aren’t really any sleepers on this Broncos team, especially since the heavy hitters are all going inside the top-100. There’s an argument to be made about J.K. Dobbins, but this backfield could be a mess with rookie Jonah Coleman also likely seeing some chances.

Instead, we’ll look at the Broncos D/ST as a potential sleeper. This D/ST was one of the best last season, finishing with the fifth-most fantasy points and a league-leading 68 sacks. While Denver does have a semi-tough schedule to open the season (Chiefs, Jaguars, Rams, 49ers), this was a set-it-and-forget-it unit in 2025.

Sleeper ADP: N/A

WalterPicks rank: D/ST4 (ceiling: D/ST1)

Stay tuned for the next edition, where we tackle teams 16-9!