Boom or Bust? The Biggest Fantasy Football Gambles for 2026

Some players can carry your fantasy team to a championship. Others can end your season before it ever gets going.

This week on CHOP, Marcas Grant and Tipp Major break down some of the biggest boom-or-bust players heading into the 2026 fantasy football season. They discuss whether returning from major injuries should change your draft strategy, which risky veterans are still worth targeting, and which rookies have league-winning upside.

The guys also react to the latest FSGA CHOP League draft, debate whether running backs are back in Round 1, call out the biggest values and reaches, and finish by ranking the safest running backs using Fantasy Life's Safety Scores.

Topics include:

• Boom-or-bust players for 2026
• Drafting players returning from injury
• FSGA Experts League draft takeaways
• Rookie league-winner picks
• The safest running backs to target

00:00 Intro
01:19 Cam Skattebo's viral backflip
05:01 Should injuries change your draft strategy?
08:38 Injury risks worth gambling on (Brock Bowers, Mike Evans, Garrett Wilson)
13:27 FSGA CHOP League Draft
13:49 Gibbs vs. Bijan at 1.01
18:05 Are Round 1 RBs back?
21:34 Josh Allen at 1.13
23:44 The Price Is Right? (Jeremiyah Love, Terry McLaurin, Jaxson Dart)
33:25 Xfinity Ad
34:08 Boom or Bust
34:20 Makai Lemon hype
37:28 Rookie league-winners (Jordyn Tyson, Jadarian Price, Denzel Boston)
42:47 Head of the RB Class
43:30 Safest running backs by tier

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