2026 NFL Week 1 Predictions

Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers opens up the 2026 NFL Season against the Miami Dolphins. Find out who wins that game..

Chris Ransom Last Updated: September 9, 2026.

New England Patriots 0-0-0	Versus	Seattle Seahawks 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

We're back for the 2026 NFL Season. You can follow our weekly predictions crew. Jesse Lucas won the first year in 2014-2015. Jason Bantle and myself now have two championships after I won the NFL Pickem Champion Trophy for most accurate predictions against the spread in 2020-2021 and had the most accurate NFL predictions again in 2022-2023. Oren Shiri, Tanya Holmes, and Wes Langley have one pickem title too back in 2021-2022. Lisa Donovan got her first pickem Championship two years the best record in the country last year in 2023-2024. Andrew Kermish had the best pickem record on Draft Utopia in 2024-2025 with 203 games, but ESPN's Matt Bowen had 204 games correct and won the National pickem pool with Andrew finishing third in the country. Last year we had the top three in NFL Predictions with Wes Langley claiming his second National NFL Pickem Title of the decade joining myself as the only other individual to accomplish this in the 2020's decade. Tony Mario finished in a tie with Andrew Kermish second his first year and since Tony picked Seattle to win he got the tiebreaker as Draft Utopia became the first company to have three of the top three in NFL predictions in 2025-2026. Oren and myself also finished in the top 10 with Oren finishing sixth nationally while I finished eighth. We tied record wise, but Oren picked Seattle in the Super Bowl last year. Emmanuel Watson steps in for Daniel Keyser. Send me your predictions on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn to be eligible for prizes should you have a perfect week.

Why the New England Patriots Will Win: The New England Patriots Drake Maye the third overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft out of North Carolina entering year three as the starting quarterback. After a rough rookie season, Drake Maye guided the New England Patriots to Super Bowl 60 in his sophomore NFL season. Tommy DeVito is the backup quarterback. Behren Morton a 2026 seventh round pick out of Texas Tech is the third string quarterback.

Drake Maye will have Will Campbell, New England's 2025 first round pick out of LSU at left tackle, Alijah Vera-Tucker, Jared Wilson a 2025 third round pick out of Georgia at center with Wilson moving back to his natural position in year two, Michael Onwenu at right guard, and Morgan Moses at right tackle. Caleb Lomu New England's 2026 first round pick is the swing tackle at offensive tackle. Walter Rouse is the backup left guard and Ben Brown is the backup center. Greg Van Roten is the backup right guard. Dametrious Crownover a 2026 sixth round pick out of Texas A&M is now the emergency offensive tackle being the fourth and final offensive tackle to play on this depth chart.

New England has A.J. Brown as their flanker wide receiver. Romeo Doubs is the secondary wide receiver. DeMario Douglas is the slot receiver. Mack Hollins is the number four wide receiver. Kyle Williams New England's 2025 third round pick out of Washington State began the season as the number four wide receiver after impressing enough in the preseason to push for the slot receiver job, but got demoted to the number five wide receiver. Efton Chism III an undrafted wide receiver out of Eastern Washington is the number six wide receiver. All six wide receivers are healthy entering week 1.

Hunter Henry will remain the starting tight end. Eli Raridon a 2026 third round pick out of Notre Dame as the secondary tight end in two tight end sets as well as the backup tight end. Tanenr Arkin an undrafted tight end out of Illinois is the third string tight end. Cameron Latu made the New England Patriots final roster ast he fourth string tight end.

New England has Rhamondre Stevenson as their main running back. New England has TreVeyon Henderson, New England's 2025 second round pick out of Ohio State who is splitting carries with Rhamondre Stevenson. Corey Kiner an undrafted running back that new England traded for is the third string running back. Reggie Gilliam is the starting fullback.

TreVeyon Henderson will be out in week 1. Rhamondre Stevenson will get the bulk of the carries in week 1.

New England looks much better offensively than a year ago as we said the same thing in 2025. That should translate to the New England Patriots being much more competitive this season with Josh McDaniels back at offensive coordinator.

New England has Christian Barmore at 3-4 right end, Cory Durden at 3-4 nose tackle, and Milton Williams at 3-4 left end. New England has Leonard Taylor III as a backup 3-4 defensive end and Joshua Farmer a 2025 fourth round pick out of Florida State as the backup 3-4 nose tackle.

New England has Harold Landry III at 3-4 right outside linebacker, Robert Spillane at 3-4 middle linebacker, Christian Elliss at 3-4 middle linebacker, and Dre'Mont Jones as the starting 3-4 left outside linebacker. Harold Landry III is gonna be on the PUP list for the first four weeks. Elijah Ponder an undrafted UDFA out of Cal Poly is expected to start the first four games. Gabe Jacas, New England's 2026 second found pick was third string on New England's depth chart until the final preseason game and still needs more time to get up to speed with the team playbook. Gabe Jacaas can make an impact with New England after having double digit sacks a year ago. My guess is he will not make an impact until after New England's bye week as Jacas was the only draft pick in the 2026 NFL Draft with the ceiling to develop into a Pro Bowl caliber player. Namdi Obiazor a rookie 3-4 middle linebacker out of TCU that had the upside to develop into a starter.

New England has Christian Gonzalez their 2023 first round pick out of Oregon is the the number one field cornerback. Carlton Davis III is the boundary cornerback next to Chrstian Gonzalez. Marcus Jones last years nickel cornerback will play nickel cornerback. Karon Prunty is the dime cornerback. Channing Canada is the quarter cornerback.

New England has Andres Borregales their 2025 sixth round pick out of Miami FL at kicker and Bryce Baringer a 2023 sixth round pick out of Michigan State who was my top punter in the 2023 NFL Draft as the starting punter with Barringer entering year three as the starting punter. TreVeyon Henderson is the kick returner and Marcus Jones is the punt returner. New England has their twenty two best starters at full health for the first time since week 11.

Why the Seattle Seahawks Will Win: Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold is coming off his first Super Bowl win in Super Bowl 60. Drew Lock is the backup quarterback. Jalen Milroe, Seattle's 2025 third round pick out of Alabama is the third string quarterback.

Sam Darnold has Charles Cross at left tackle, Grey Zabel, Seattle's 2025 first round pick out of North Dakota State at left guard, Jalen Sundell barely won the starting center job, Anthony Bradford Jr. at right guard, and Abraham Lucas the starting right tackle. Seattle has Josh Jones as their swing tackle as he was Seattle's swing tackle last year. Beau Stephens Seattle's 2026 fifth round pick out of Iowa that I had a second round grade on will probably learn this year and then compete with Christian Hayes for the right guard spot next year when Anthony Bradford Jr.'s contract expires. Olu Oluwaitimi enters the final year of his rookie deal too.

Seattle has Jaxon Smith-Njigba Seattle's 2023 first round pick out of Ohio State at flanker wide receiver, Cooper Kupp is their secondary wide receiver after playing flanker wide receiver his entire career while also winning Super Bowl 56 MVP, Rashid Shaheed is the slot receiver, and Tory Horton, Seattle's 2025 fifth round pick out of Colorado State will be the number four wide receiver. Jake Bobo the current number five wide receiver is on injured reserve.

Seattle has AJ Barner as their starting tight end, Eric Saubert as their backup tight end, and Elijah Arroyo Seattle's 2025 second round pick out of Miami FL began week 1 as the third string tight end. I felt like Seattle needed to upgrade at tight end for a while, but Arroyo did well in the preseason this year, so Seattle will probably give their core one more year.

Seattle has Zach Charbonnet a 2023 second round pick out of UCLA taking over for Kenneth Walker III in a contract year. Unfortunately for Seattle he's still injured from last season.

Seattle has Jadaarian Price their 2026 first round pick out of Notre Dame as their starting running back. George Holani is currently the backup running back just until Charbonnet returns. Emmanuel Wilson, Green Bay's backup running back last year is now the third string running back.

Seattle has Jarran Reed at starting 3-4 right end, Byron Murphy II Seattle's 2024 first round pick out of Texas at 3-4 nose tackle, and Leonard Williams at 3-4 left end. Rylie Mills the Seattle Seahawks 2025 fifth round pick out of Notre Dame is the backup 3-4 right end, the backup 3-4 nose tackle, and the backup 3-4 left end.

Seattle has Demarcus Lawrence at 3-4 right outside linebacker and Uchenna Nwosu complimenting him at 3-4 left outside linebacker as these two guys remain the starting pass rushers. Seattle has Drake Thomas and Earnest Jones IV as the starting 3-4 middle linebackers. Derrick Hall is the backup 3-4 right outside linebacker and Boye Mafe is the backup 3-4 left outside linebacker. Uchenna Nwosu, Boye Mafe, and Derrick Hall will all get reps at 3-4 left outside linebacker across from Demarcus Lawrence since Seattle thinks all three of those guys have a case to start next to Demarcus Lawrence.

Seattle has Devon Witherspoon back at field cornerback. Josh Jobe is the boundary cornerback. Seattle may move Nick Emmanwori to nickel cornerback at some point down the road, but he's better as a strong safety.

Nick Emmanwori their 2025 second round pick played strong safety and Julian Love their starting free safety are both healthy. Ty Okada could start at strong safety if Nick Emmanwori moves to nickel cornerback.

Seattle has an under the radar top 10 kicker in Jason Myers at kicker. Michael Dickson isn't a bad punter. George Holani is the at kick returner and Tory Horton is the punt returner.

Prediction: Seattle is a 3 point favorite at -3. The over or under is 44.5 with 62% of the public betting on Seattle. The money line is +150 for New England and -180 for Seattle. I like Seattle to win and New England cover with the over at +150. Bet $250 on this game for New England and win up to $400 as long as the Seahawks win by 2 or less.

Final Score Seahawks 31 Patriots 30

Who Draft Utopia Picked


Chris Ransom	Oren Shiri	Tony Mario	Joseph Potter	Andrew Kermish	Tracy Porter	Wes Langley	William Yanish	Emmanuel Watson

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San Francisco 49ers 0-0-0	Versus	Los Angeles Rams 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

Jake Ellenbogen is one of the better Rams insiders on Youtube. We had him on the podcast. In one of his latest videos Jake discusses Aaron Donald's return to the Los Angeles Rams out of retirement.

Why the San Francisco 49ers Will Win: Brock Purdy has a solid, but not spectacular offensive line in 2026 after having a good, but not great offensive line in 2025 with the offensive line being slightly worse this year. San Francisco has Trent Williams at left tackle, Carver Willis a 2026 fourth round pick out of Washington that I had labeled as an NFL backup is the starting at left guard, Jake Brendel at center, Dominic Puni their 2024 third round pick out of Kansas at right guard, and Colton McKivitz at right tackle. Verderian Lowe is the swing tackle for San Francisco, but he's injured, so emergency offensive tackle Enrique Cruz Jr., San Francisco's 2026 sixth round pick out of Kansas who I had a backup grade on is now the swing tackle to both Trent Williams and Colton McKivitz until Verderian Lowe comes back. Colby Connor is the swing guard after showing a lot of promise as a 2025 seventh round pick out of Iowa as I had Connor with a third to fourth round grade. Jarrett Patterson, the former Houston Texans backup center that was drafted out of Notre Dame is now the backup center to Jake Brendel.

San Francisco has Mike Evans as their flanker receiver. Ricky Pearsall was their secondary receiver, but the San Francisco 49ers 2024 first round pick out of Florida suffered a season ending injury. Deebo Samuel signed a one year contract to return to the 49ers as a placeholder for Pearsall as the secondary wide receiver. De'Zhaun Stribling who I had a fifth round grade on at Ole Miss, is the San Francisco 49ers slot recceiver. Stribling is raw, but has potential to develop into a high end starter. He's not a Pro Bowl caliber talent though. Jordan Watkins a 2025 fourth round pick out of Ole Miss was the number five wide receiver as a rookie, but he's been promoted to the number four wide receiver until veteran Christian Kirk returns from injured reserve. Jacob Cowing, San Francisco's 2024 fourth round pick out of Arizona is the number five wide receiver, but he will be the number six wide receiver when Christian Kirk comes back.. Demarcus Robinson is the number six wide receiver for now, but should be the number seven wide receiver once Christian Kirk returns from injured reserve.

George Kittle is San Francisco's starting tight end. There's not much quality depth behind Kittle as Jake Tonges, Luke Farrell, and Brayden Willis are all guys with no business being on the field. This tight end room limits Kyle Shanahan to 11 personnel.

San Francisco has Christian McCaffrey as their starting running back whose considered the best running back when fully healthy after dominating in 2022 and 2023 before a season ending injury in 2024. Isaac Guerendo a 2024 fourth round pick out of Louisville finally got promoted from third string to second string running back, but he is currently on injured reserve. Jordan James a 2025 fourth round pick out of Oregon was the fourth string running back last year, but got promoted to third string running back. As long as Isaac Guerendo is on the PUP list, James will be the San Francisco 49ers backup running back until Isaac Guerendo returns. Kaelon Black, San Francisco's 2026 third round pick out of Indiana will start out as the third string running back, but he will probably get demoted to fourth string running back once Isaac Guerendo returns. Sincere McCormick is stashed on San Francisco's practice squad if another running back goes down. San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk is the best fullback in the NFL. San Francisco has the best running back, fullback, and depth of any team in the NFL.

San Francisco has Nick Bosa at 4-3 right end, Osa Odighizuwa at 4-3 defensive tackle, Alfred Collins San Francisco's 2025 second round pick out of Texas at 4-3 defensive tackle, and Mykel Williams the San Francisco 49ers 2025 first round pick out of Georgia at 4-3 left end as their starters on the defensive line. Mykel Williams will begin this season on the PUP list.

Keion White will begin the season as San Francisco's starting 4-3 left end until Mykel Williams returns. Romello Height, San Francisco's 2026 third round pick out of Texas Tech will begin the season as the situational pass rusher until Mykel Williams returns. Whoever performs worse between White and Height when Williams comes back will probbably be relegated to the emergency defensive end. Mikail Kamara who I had a second round grade on out of Indiana is also on this roster as a fifth defensive end, but he's currently on injured reserve.

Gracen Halton, San Francisco's 2026 third round pick out of Oklahoma and CJ West San Francisco's 2025 fourth round pick out of Indiana are the backup defesnive tackles.

San Francisco has Dre Greenlaw at 4-3 right outside linebacker, Fred Warner at 4-3 middle linebacker, and Jaden Dugger, their 2026 fifth round pick out of Louisiana that I had a backup grade on as their 4-3 left outside linebacker as well as the backup to Fred Warner at middle linebacker in a 4-2-5 defense. Nick Martin San Francisco's 2025 third round pick out of Oklahoma State is the backup outside linebacker, but he's on injured reserve at the moment.

San Francisco has Renardo Green, San Francisco's 2024 second round pick out of Florida State is the new field cornerback, Deommodore Lenoir is the boundary cornerback, and Upton Stout San rancisco's 2025 third round pick out of Western Kentucky is the nickel cornerback at nickel cornerback. Malik Mustapha their 2024 fourth round pick out of Wake Forest returns at strong safety with Ji'Ayir Brown the San Francisco 49ers 2023 third round pick out of Penn State as the starting free safety. Ephesians Prysock, San Francisco's 2026 fourth round pick out of Washington, who I had a starter grade on in the 2026 NFL Draft is the dime cornerback. Prysock is more qualified to start than scrub nickel cornerback Upton Stout as teams with strong wide receiver depth can target their slot receivers tearing Stout a new one until he gets benched or injured. Jack Jones is the quarter cornerback.

San Francisco has Eddy Pineiero starting at kicker. Outside of Pineiro, San Francisco's special teams looks a lot worse.

Why the Los Angeles Rams Will Win: Matthew Stafford is still the quarterback, but the Los Angeles Rams have Stetson Bennett IV, the Los Angeles Rams 2023 fourth round pick out of Georgia as their backup, and Ty Simpson, the Los Angeles Rams 2026 first round pick out of Georgia as the third string quarterback. Los Angeles has Alaric Jackson at left tackle, Steve Avila moves back to at left guard, Coleman Shelton is the starting center, Kevin Dotson is the right guard, and Warren McClendon Jr., the Los Angeles Rams 2023 fifth round pick out of Georgia is starting at right tackle in a contract year. Keagan Trost a 2026 third round pick out of Missouri is going to be the swing tackle this year before taking over for Warren McClendon Jr. in 2027 when his contract is up as I had an early second round grade o Keagan Trost. The Los Angeles Rams do not have a lot of depth on this offensive line until Trost comes back wth Beaux Limmer their 2024 sixth round pick out of Arkansas.

Los Angeles has Puka Nacua as their flanker number one wide receiver, Davante Adams is the secondary wide receiver, and JJordan Whittington a 2024 sixth round pick out of Texas is now the slot receiver. Tutu Atwell is the number four wide receiver after being the slot receiver last year. The Los Angeles Rams drafted Pittsburgh wide receiver Konata Mumpfield in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft as Konata Mumpfield is the number five wide receiver. Xavier Smith is the number six wide receiver. CJ Daniels, a 2026 sixth round pick out of Miami FL has the highest ceiling of any wide receiver on this roster outside of Nacua and Adams, but he's the number seven wide receiver as well as the third string wide receiver.

The Los Angeles Rams have amazing depth at tight end too. Colby Parkinson is the number one starting tight end in one tight end sets. Tyler Higbee is secondary tight end in two tight end sets. Terrance Ferguson, the Los Angeles Rams 2025 second round pick out of Oregon is the third string tight end, the backup tight end in two tight end sets, and the third tight end when Sean McVay opts to use 13 personnel. Davis Allen got some experience as a backup tight end in his sophomore season, but now he is the fourth string tight end once again in his fourth season as well as his final season of his rookie deal. Max Klare is the fifth string tight end after being a 2026 second round pick out of Ohio State.

Los Angeles has Kyren Williams as their starting running back with Blake Corum their 2024 third round pick out of Michigan as the number two running back. Ronnie Rivers is now the third string running back.

Los Angeles has Aaron Donald back out of retirement as their starting 3-4 right end. Poona Ford as the starting nose tackle, and Kobie Turner a 2023 third round pick out of Wake Forest was one of the best rookies at 3-4 left end. Braden Fiske a 2024 second round pick out of Florida State that was my second best defensive tackle behind Jer'Zhan Newton gets to learn under Aaron Donald, and will rotate into the lineup as a backup 3-4 right end. Tyler Davis their 2024 sixth round pick out of Clemson is now the backup 3-4 nose tackle. Ty Hamilton, the Los Angeles Rams 2025 fifth round pick out of Ohio State that I had a starter potential grade on is the backup 3-4 left end behind Kobie Turner. Los Angeles has the best 3-4 defensive line in the league this year and they got incredible depth as well.

Aaron Donald did not travel to Austrailia. Braden Fiske will start in relief of Aaron Donald at 3-4 right end.

Los Angeles will have Myles Garrett at 3-4 right outside linebacker and Byron Young a 2023 third round pick out of Tennessee starting at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Omar Speights who went undrafted in the 2024 NFL Draft is one of the undrafted rookies to win a starting job as he will start at 3-4 middle linebacker despite the fact that I had a fourth round grade and starter potential on Speights a year ago and Nate Landman who will compliment Speights. Shaun Dolac an undrafted 3-4 middle linebacker on Buffalo and Grant Sutard are the two backup 3-4 middle linebackers. Josaiah Stewart, the Los Angeles Rams 2025 third round pick out of Michigan is the backup 3-4 right outside linebacker behind Myles Garrett. Desjuan Johnson who played as a backup on the 3-4 defensive line is now the backup 3-4 left outside linebacker. Johnson will probably an emergency edge rusher with Josaiah Stewart as the defacto situational pass rusher.

Los Angeles has Trent McDuffie at field cornerback, Jaylen Watson at boundary cornerback, Quentin Lake at nickel cornerback, and Emmanuel Forbes, the former Washington Commanders 2023 first round pick at dime cornerback. Kamren Curl is the starting strong safety and Kamren Kinchens one of their two 2024 third round picks out of Miami FL is the starting free safety after beginning last season as a backup before becoming a full-time starter in the middle of the season where he started next to Curl and never looked back.

Harrison Mevy is the starting kicker as the Los Angeles Rams. Ethan Evans enters his second year as the starting punter after being a 2023 seventh round pick.

Prediction: Los Angeles is a 3.5 point favorite at -3.5. The over or under is 48.5 with 63% of the public betting on Los Angeles. The money line is +165 for San Fracisco and -200 for Los Angeles. Take Los Angeles to win and cover with the under at -200. Bet $300 on this game for Los Angeles and win up to $500 as long as the Rams win by 4 or more.

Final Score Rams 27 49ers 20

Who Draft Utopia Picked


Chris Ransom	Oren Shiri	Tony Mario	Joseph Potter	Andrew Kermish	Tracy Porter	Wes Langley	William Yanish	Emmanuel Watson

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Chicago Bears 0-0-0	Versus	Carolina Panthers 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

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Why the Chicago Bears Will Win: Caleb Williams the first pick in the 2024 NFL Draft out of USC enters year three as the starting quarterback. Tyson Bagent is the backup quarterback with Bagent getting a two year extension this summer. Case Keenum is the third string quarterback.

Caleb Wiliams has Braxton Jones their 2022 fifth round pick out of Southern Utah who won the left tackle job as a rookie entering year five at left tackle, Joe Thuney at left guard, Garrett Bradbury is the Chicago Bears starting center, Jonah Jackson starting right guard, and Darnell Wright rounds out this offensive line after the Chicago Bears drafted the Tennessee right tackle tenth overall in the 2023 NFL Draft. Chicago has Ozzy Trapilo their 2025 second round pick out of Boston College as the swing tackle as both the backup left tackle as well as the backup right tackle, Jordan McFadden is the backup left guard, Logan Jones a 2026 second round pick out of Iowa that I had a first round grade on is the backup center. Luke Newman a 2025 sixth round pick out of Michigan State as the backup right guard.

Chicago has Rome Oduzne, who was also drafted in the top 10 of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Washington as their number one flanker wide receiver. Luther Burden III, the Chicago Bears 2025 second round pick out of Missouri is the number two secondary wide receiver. Kalif Raymond is now the slot receiver, but will only play situationally when Chicago deploys three receivers with two wide receivers and two tight ends in their default formation. Zavion Thomas, their 2026 third round pick out of LSU who I had a backup grade on is the number four wide receiver for depth. Ray-Ray McCloud is the number five wide receiver, but he's currently on injured reeserve. Jahdae Walker is currently the number five wide receiver until Ray-Ray McCloud returns from injured reserve.

Chicago is going to run a two tight end set in their offense with two starting tight ends on their depth chart. Chicago has two special tight ends in Colston Loveland Chicago's 2025 first round pick out of Michigan that was drafted tenth overall and Cole Kmet who got a contract extension after being a 2020 second round pick out of Notre Dame will be the two starting tight ends this season once again with Kmet as the backup tight end in one tight end sets 11 personnel and the second starter in two tight end sets. Sam Roush, Chicago's 2026 third round pick out of Stanford is the third string tight end in one tight end sets 11 personnel, the backup tight end in 12 personnel, and the third tight end in 13 personnel packages.

Chicago has D'Andre Swift as their starting running back in a contract year, but Swift got a three year extension Friday after I posted this on wednesday. Kyle Monangai, Chicago's 2025 seventh round pick out of Rutgers that I had a second round grade on as the complimentary running back. Roschon Johnson is the third string running back. New offensive coordinator Press Taylor has discussed giving Chicago's worst running back to make the final roster, Roschon Johnson a bigger role.

I love Chicago's depth at quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end, and on the offensive line. I loved Chicago's depth in every area outside of the offensive line last year. Chicago made the necessary improvements offensively under first year head coach Ben Johnson which resulted in a playoff win over Green Bay as the 2 seed in the NFC. Chicago should strive for more in year two under Ben Johnson.

Chicago has Austin Booker at 4-3 right end, Grady Jarrett at 4-3 defensive tackle, Neville Gallimore at 4-3 defensive tackle, and Montez Sweat at 4-3 left end. Jordan van den Berg a 2026 sixth round pick is the backup 4-3 defensive tackle beating out Gervon Dexter for that backup spot which led to Chicago trading Gervon Dexter to Atlanta. Shemar Turner, Chicago's 2025 second round pick out of Texas A&M is going to be a backup once he comes off injured reserve, but right now Chicago's lone depth piece on the defensive line is on injured reserve.

Chicago has T.J. Edwards entering year four at 4-3 right outside linebacker as well as right outside linebacker in a 4-2-5 nickel defense. Chicago replaced Tremaine Edmunds with Devin Bush at middle linebacker which is a massive downgrade. Bush struggled in Pittsburgh as a 2019 top ten pick, but he was the left outside linebacker in Cleveland the past two seasons. After a career season with 125 total tackles, the best number since his 109 total tackles in his rookie season with the Pittsburgh `steelers, now Devin Bush is getting a third chance as a starter after the Browns gave him a second chance. Tremaine Edmunds is someone who I had graded only one point lower than Roquan Smith in terms of potential, which is why I feel like Bush is a downgrade over Edmunds. If Devin Bush steps up, the Chicago Bears front 7 should pick up right where they left off last year. Jack Sanborn is the 4-3 left outside linebacker and the backup middle linebacker in Chciag's 4-2-5 defense. D'Marco Jackson is the backup right outside linebacker in both the 4-3 and 4-2-5 defense. Keyshaun Elliott a 2026 sixth round pick out of Arizona State is the backup 4-3 left outside linebacker. Nephi Sewell is the third string 4-3 middle linebacker, but he's currently on injured reserve.

Chicago has Jaylon Jones at field cornerback, Tyrique Stevenson at boundary cornerback, and Kyler Gordon is currently holding the nickel cornerback job. Cam Lewis is the dime cornerback, but with Kyler Gordon currently on the PUP list, Lewis is now the nickel cornerback. Malik Muhammad, a 2026 fourth round pick out of Texas that I had a second round grade on is the quarter cornerback, but with Kyler Gordon on the PUP list he's now the dime cornerback until Gordon returns Clark Phillips III is the quarter cornerback until Kyler Gordon returns and will be the number six cornerback once Gordon returns..

Dillon Thieneman is the starting strong safety. Coby Bryant is the starting free safety. Coby Bryant is on injured reserve at the moment, so reserve safety Xavier Woods will start at free safety until Bryant returns.

Chicago has Cairo Santos as their starting kicker and Tory Taylor their 2024 fourth round pick out of Iowa as their starting punter. Kalif Raymond is the return specialist at both kick returner and punt returner.

Why the Carolina Panthers Will Win: Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young, the first pick in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Alabama will have Rasheed Walker at left tackle filling in for an injured Ikem Ekwonu, Carolina's 2022 first round pick out of North Carolina State tore his ACL in the Panthers wild card loss to the Los Angeles Rams which is why Walker is starting in relief of Ekwonu, Damien Lewis at left guard, Luke Fortner at center, Robert Hunt at right guard, and Monroe Freeling, Carolina's 2026 first round pick out of George filling in for Taylor Moton at right tackle who suffered a blood clot in his lungs back in training camp. Sam Hecht, a 2026 fifth round pick out of Kansas State is the backup center. He's the only good depth piece Carolina has on this offensive line until Ekwonu and Moton return from injuries.

Bryce Young has Tetairoa McMillan Carolina's 2025 first round pick out of Arizona as his number one flanker receiver, Xavier Legette a 2024 first round pick out of South Carolina as his secondary wide receiver, and Jalen Coker is the slot receiver. John Metchie III is the number four wide receiver thanks to Chris Brazzell a 2026 third round pick out of Tennessee tearing his achilles. Jimmy Horn Jr. a 2025 sixth round pick out of Colorado is the number five wide receiver.

Carolina has Tommy Tremble, Carolina's 2021 third round pick out of Notre Dame as their starting tight end. Carolina has Mitchell Evans a 2025 fifth round pick out of Notre Dame as the backup tight end. Carolina drafted Texas tight end Ja'Tavion Sanders in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft as Sanders is now the third string tight end after being the backup tight end last year.

Carolina has Chubba Hubbard as their starting running back, Jonathon Brooks was their 2024 second round pick out of Texas and he's now healthy as the backup running back. Trevor Etienne, Carolina's 2025 fourth round pick out of Georgia is the third string running back, but he's on injured reserve at the moment. AJ Dillon will fill in as the backup running back for now.

Carolina has Bobby Brown III at 3-4 right end, Cam Jackson their 2025 fifth round pick out of Florida as their starting nose tackle, and Derrick Brown back at 3-4 left end. Lee Hunter Carolina's 2026 second round pick out of Texas Tech is the backup 3-4 nose tackle.

Carolina has Patrick Jones II at 3-4 right outside linebacker, Devin Lloyd at 3-4 middle linebacker, Bobby Okereke at 3-4 middle linebacker, and Jaelan Phillips at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Carolina has Nic Scourton their 2025 second round pick out of Texas A&M as the backup 3-4 right outside linebacker as he was supposed to compete for a starting job before he tore his achilles in training camp heading into his second year and Princely Umamielen Carolina's 2025 third round pick out of Ole Miss as the backup 3-4 left outside linebacker.

Carolina has Jaycee Horn at field cornerback, Michael Jackosn at boundary cornerback, Chau Smith-Wade at nickel cornerback, Will Lee III, a 2026 fourth round pick at dime cornerback, and Akayleb Evans at quarter corneback, Tre'von Moehrig at strong safety, and Nick Scott at free safety. Carolina drafted Lathan Ransom with their 2025 fourth round pick out of Ohio State as he will be the backup strong safety. Zakee Wheatley a 2026 fourth round pick out of Penn State is the backup free safety.

Carolina has Ryan Fitzgerald at kicker. Sam Martin is the punter. Jimmy Horn Jr. is the kick returner and Trevor Etienne is the punt returner.

Prediction: Chicago is a 3 point favorite at -3. The over or under is 47.5 with 59% of the public betting on Chicago. The money line is -155 for Chicago and +130 for Chicago. Take Chicago to win and to cover with the over at -155. Bet $245 on this game for Chicago and win up to $400 as long as the Bears win by 4 or more.

Final Score Bears 31 Panthers 17

Who Draft Utopia Picked


Chris Ransom	Oren Shiri	Tony Mario	Joseph Potter	Andrew Kermish	Tracy Porter	Wes Langley	William Yanish	Emmanuel Watson

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0-0-0	Versus	Cincinnati Bengals 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

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Why the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Will Win: Baker Mayfield did well in his first two years as a starting quarterback, but struggled without Dave Canales or Liam Cohen down the stretch in 2025. He's got a new offensive coordinator Zac Robinson who helped Atlanta finish in the top ten in eight different categories in 2025 as new head coach Kevin Stefanski foolishly gave Robinson the boot to make his guy Tommy Rees the new offensive coordinator. The backup quarterback to Baker Mayfield is Jalon Daniels an undrafted quarterback in the 2026 NFL Draft out of Kansas.

Baker Mayfield has Tristian Wirfs at left tackle, Ben Bredeson at left guard, Graham Barton their 2024 first round pick is the starting center, Cody Mauch is at right guard after being the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2023 second round pick out of North Dakota State entering his second year, and Luke Goedeke is entering his third season as well as his second season at right tackle. Dan Feeney is the backu center and Billy Schrauth, the backup right guard is Tampa Bay's 2026 fifth round draft pick out of Notre Dame giving Tampa Bay insurance at right guard if Coby Mauch goes down with another season ending injury.

Tampa Bay has Egbuka the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2025 first round pick out of Ohio State as their flanker wide receiver, Chris Godwin is the secondary wide receiver, Jalen McMillan is the slot receiver, Ted Hurst III a 2026 third round pick out of Georgia State is the number four wide receiver, and Tez Johnson Tampa Bay's 2025 seventh round pick out of Oregon is the number five wide receiver entering year two.

Cade Otton Tampa Bay's 2022 fourth round pick at tight end enters his second season as Tampa Bay's starting tight end. Payne Durham their 2023 fifth round pick is the backup tight end. Ko Kieft a 2022 sixth round pick out of Minnesota is the third string tight end. Bauer Sharp a 2026 sitth round pick out of LSU won the fourth string tight end job in training camp.

Tampa Bay has Bucky Irving their 2024 fourth round pick out of Oregon is their starting running back, Kenneth Gainwell is their backup running back and Sean Tucker last years fourth string running back is now the third string running back.

Tampa Bay has A'Shawn Robinson at 3-4 right end, Vita Vea at 3-4 nose tackle, and Calijah Kancey at 3-4 left end. Elijah Roberts a 2025 fifth round as their backup 3-4 right end, DeMonte Capehart a 2026 fifth round pick out of Clemson is the backup to Vita Vea. Rakeem Nunez-Roches was the starting 3-4 left end on the New York Giants last year and now he's the backup 3-4 left end. Tampa Bay has more depth on the defensive line than a year ago.

Tampa Bay has Rueben Bain Jr. their 2026 first round pick at 3-4 right outside linebacker and Yaya Diaby at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Tampa Bay also has Alex Anzalone and Josiah Trotter, their 2026 second round pick out of Missouri at 3-4 middle linebacker. David Walker a 2025 fourth round pick out of Central Arkansas is healthy this year and is now the situational pass rusher a year later. SirVocea Dennis Tampa Bay's 2023 fourth round pick out of Pittsburgh enters the final year of his rookie deal and Christian Rozeboom compliments him with both of the backup 3-4 middle linebackers in contract years.

Tampa Bay has Zyon McCollum at field cornerback, Jacob Parrish Tampa Bay's 2025 third round pick out of Kansas State at boundary cornerback, Keionte Scott a 2026 fourth round pick out of Miami FL as a nickel cornerback, and Benjamin Morrison a 2025 second round pick out of Notre Dame as the dime cornerback. Ayden Garnes the nickel cornerback at Arizona who went undrafted in the 2026 NFL Draft is the quarter cornerback. Tykee Smith is the starting strong safety and Antoine Winfield Jr. is the starting free safety.

Chase McLaughlin is the starting kicker. Riley Dixon is the starting punter. Sean Tucker is the kick returner and Kameron Johnson is the punt returner for Tampa Bay.

Why the Cincinnati Bengals Will Win: Joe Burrow is the starting quarterback. Joe Flacco is the backup quarterback.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow will have Orlando Brown Jr. at left tackle, Dylan Fairchild their 2025 third round pick out of Georgia at left guard, Ted Karras at center, Dalton Risner at right guard, and Amarius Mims at right tackle. Cincinnati has Brian Parker II Cincinnati's 2026 sixth round pick out of Duke that I had a first round grade on as their backup left guard currently on injured reserve, Connor Lew, their 2026 fourth round pick out of Auburn as the backup center, and Jalen Rivers their 2025 fifth round pick as a backu right guard. Javon Foster becomes Cincinnati's swing tackle as the defacto backup left tackle and right tackle on this roster.

Cincinnati has Ja'Marr Chase as their flanker wide receiver, Tee Higgins as their secondary wide receiver even though you can argue he's good enough to be a number one target when Chase is injured, and Andrei Iosivas is the slot receiver. Cincinnati's depth at wide receiver is much weaker than a year ago, so if Chase, Higgins, or even Iosivas go down for a significant amount of time, it will affect the Cincinnati Bengals chances to make the playoffs this season.

Drew Sample is the primary starting tight end. Mike Gesicki is the Cincinnati Bengals backup tight end in one tight end sets and secondary tight end in two tight end sets. Erick All Jr. their 2024 fourth round pick out of Iowa missed his first two seasons, but is finally healthy as he is the third string tight end in one tight end sets, the backup tight end in two tight end sets, and will play in three tight ends this season after winning the third string tight end job. Jack Endries, Cincinnati's 2026 seventh round pick out of Texas is the fourth string tight end. Endries will learn the playbook behind these veterans just like Erick All Jr. did when he was injured his first two seasons. As long as Endries is healthy he can watch film, use the weight room, and fine other ways to improve himself until he gets the opportunity to play.

Cincinnati has Chase Brown Cincinnati's 2023 fifth round pick out of Illinois entering year three as the starting running back in a contract year. Samaje Perine the long-time backup running back to Joe Mixon is back as the backup running back. Tahj Brooks their 2025 sixth round pick out of Texas Tech is the third string running back. Cincinnati has depth everywhere except wide receiver. Last year, I said the Bengals had depth everyowhere on offense except quarterback. Joe Burrow's week 2 injury is a big reason why they missed the playoffs despite Joe Flacco looking solid at times after taking over for former backup Jake Browning. This year the CIncinati Bengals are very thin at wide receiver, and a single wide receiver injury could keep them from winning the AFC North.

Cincinnati has Boye Mafe at 4-3 right end and yles Murphy their 2023 first round pick out of Clemson is complimenting him at 4-3 left end. Dexter Lawrence and Jonathan Allen are the two new starers at 4-3 defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals. Cashius Howell their 2026 second round pick out of Texas A&M the backup 4-3 right end and Shemar Stewart their 2025 first round pick out of Texas A&M is the backup 4-3 left end. B.J. Hill, who started at defensive tackle on Cincinnati last year is now a backup defensive tackle and T.J. Slaton who also started last year is now a backup defensive tackle too. Cedric Johnson is the third string 4-3 right end Kris Jenkins Jr. a 2024 second round pick out of Michigan and Landon Robinson a 2026 seventh round pick out of Navy that I had a third round grade on are the two third string 4-3 defensive tackles.

Cincinnati has Demetrius Knight Jr. their 2025 second round pick out of South Carolina replaces Germaine pratt at 4-3 right outside linebacker and Barrett Carter their 2025 fourth round pick out of Clemson as a 4-3 middle linebacker. Cincinnati runs a 4-2-5 nickel defense, but will use Oren Burks as the 4-3 left outside linebacker on plays where the Bengals want to deploy a 4-3 defense with only four defensive backs.

Cincinnati has Daxton Hill, Cincinnati's 2022 first round pick out of Michigan in the fifth year option of his rookie deal at field cornerback, D.J. Turner took the boundary cornerback job as a rookie as Cincinnati's 2023 second round pick out of Michigan and still holds that job three years later heading into the final year of his rookie deal, Jalen Davis is the nickel cornerback. Tacario Davis, Cincinnati's 2026 third round pick out of Arizona beat out Josh Newton for the dime cornerback job. Josh Newton, Cincinnati's 2024 fifth round pick out of TCU is the quarter cornerback after showing enough potential to be a number one field cornerback nt he season finale in 2024 before having a reduced role in 2025. Jordan Battle is the starting strong safety with Bryan Cook starting at free safety. Tycen Anderson is the backup safety.

Cincinnati has Evan McPhearson at kicker and Ryan Rehkow at punter. Ke'Shawn Williams is the return specialist.

Prediction: Cincinnati is a 3.5 point favorite at -3.5. The over or under is 51.5 with 55% of the public betting on Cincinnati. The money line is +180 for Tampa Bay and -220 for Cincinnati. Take Cincinnati to win and cover with the under at -220. Bet $280 on this game for Cincinnati and win up to $500 as long as the Bengals win by 4 or more.

Final Score Bengals 24 Buccaneers 20

Who Draft Utopia Picked


Chris Ransom	Oren Shiri	Tony Mario	Joseph Potter	Andrew Kermish	Tracy Porter	Wes Langley	William Yanish	Emmanuel Watson

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New Orleans Saints 0-0-0	Versus	Detroit Lions 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

Draft Utopia airs on Talkshoe. We have a show on as well as our usual weekend show on Talkshoe and Restream which livestreams what I do on Talkshoe to Youtube showcasing the visuals I use when breaking down things on my podcast. The Draft Utopia podcast is already underway with season 16 of Draft Utopia kicking off you can watch the videos in of seasons 13-16 on Restream in the playlist below with the most recent episodes from season 16 at the top of the playlist. Joey and I took a crack at the first round of my two round 2027 NFL Mock Draft.

Why the New Orleans Saints Will Win: Tyler Shough, the New Orleans Saints 2025 second round pick out of Louisville is the starting quarterback. Spencer Rattler the 2024 Senior Bowl MVP was drafted in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft out of South Carolina is the backup quarterback. Zach Wilson is the third string quarterback.

Tyler Shough has Kelvin Banks Jr. a 2025 first round pick out of Texas at left tackle, David Edwards at left guard, Erik McCoy at center, Cesar Ruiz at right guard, and Taliesa Fuaga their 2024 first round pick that played right tackle at Oregon State at right tackle after Fuaga played left tackle in the NFL as a rookie. Dillon Radunz the backup left guard begins the year on injured reserve and Nck Saldiveri the bckup right guard begins the year on the PUP list.

New Orleans has Chris Olave as their flanker wide receiver. Jordyn Tyson, New Orleans 2026 first round pick out of Arizona State will be the secondary wide receiver, but he's not back until week 9. Bryce Lance a 2026 fourth round pick out of North Dakota State will start in relief of Jordyn Tyson until week 9. Devaughn Vele is the slot receiver. Barrion Brown a 2026 sixth round pick out of LSU is the number four wide receiver and main backup wide receiver until Jordyn Tyson returns. Brock Rechsteiner an undrafted rookie in the 2026 NFL Draft out of Jacksonville State is the number five wide receiver until Jordyn Tyson returns, but he is currently suspended for the first six games of the NFL season. Mason Tipton will be the number six wide receiver if he gets off the PUP list before Jordyn Tyson returns in week 9. Otherwise he will be the only third string wide receiver on the New Orleans Saints.

New Orleans has Juwan Johnson as the starting tight end, Noah Fant as the backup tight end, and Oscar Delp, the New Orleans Saints 2026 third round pick out of Georgia as their third string tight end. Moliki Matavao the New Orleans Saints 2025 seventh round pick out of UCLA is the fourth string tight end, butis on injured reserve to start this season.

Travis Etienne Jr. is the starting running back. Alvin Kamara is now the change of pace running back, but he's currently dealing with an injury and is questionable for week 1. Kendre Miller is the third string running back. Devin Neal, the New Orleans Saints 2025 sixth round pick is the fourth string running back, but he's currently on injured reserve. Audric Estime the fifth string running back is the fourth string running back. Ty Chandler the sixth string running back is also currently on injured reserve with Devin Neal. New Orleans clearly wants to operate running back by committee with six running backs on this depth chart.

New Orleans is changing their defensive scheme from a 4-3 to a 3-4. Defensive coordinator Brandon Staley specializes in a 3-4 defense. New Orleans has Bryan Bresse at 3-4 right end, but Bryan Bresse tore his achilles in training camp, so Vernon Broughton a 2025 third round pick out of Texas that I was never really high on gets an opportunity to show what he can do as a full-time starter in relief of Bresse. Davon Godchaux is the starting 3-4 nose tackle. Nathan Shepherd starts 3-4 left end. Christen Miller, the New Orleans Saints 2026 second round pick out fo Georgia is the backup 3-4 nose tackle to Davon Godchaux.

New Orleans has Chase Young at 3-4 right outside linebacker, Kaden Elliss at 3-4 middle linebacker, Pete Werner at 3-4 middle linebacker, and Carl Granderson at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Cameron Jordan is the third pass rusher for depth as the situational pass rusher at 3-4 outside linebacker. Anfernee Jennings is the number four outside linebacker. Danny Stutsman a 2025 fourth round pick out of Oklahoma and Jaylan Ford a 2024 fifth round pick out of Texas are the two backup 3-4 middle linebackers. Jaylan Ford will begin this season on injured reserve though. Tyree Wilson is the third string 3-4 right outside linebacker.

New Orleans has Kool-Aid McKinstry at field cornerback, Quincy Riley the New Orleans Saints 2025 fourth round pick out of Louisville at boundary cornerback, and Jonas Sanker their 2025 third round pick out of Virginia at nickel cornerback. Martin Emerson Jr. is the dime cornerback. Lorenzo Styles Jr. a 2026 fifth round pick at cornerback out of Ohio State is the quarter cornerback, but he's on injured reserve to start the season. Justin Reid is the new starting strong safety and Julian Blackmon is the new starting free safety with New Orleans acquiring both safeties in Free Agency a year ago. Jordan Howden their 2023 fifth round pick out of Indiana is the backup safety in the final year of his rookie contract wth Jonas Sanker moving to nickel cornerback.

Daniel Carlson is the starting kicker. Ryan Wright is the punter. Barion Brown is the return specialist at both kick returner and punt returner.

Why the Detroit Lions Will Win: Detroit Lions starting quarterback Jared Goff has a strong offensive line once again. He's got Penei Sewell at left tackle, Christian Mahogany, Detroit's 2024 sixth round pick out of Boston College that I had a third round grade on at left guard, Juice Scruggs at center, Tate Ratlidge Detroit's 2025 second round pick out of Georgia at right guard, and Blake Miller, Detroit's 2026 first round pick out of Clemson at right tackle. Detroit was going to start Cade Mays at center, but he's on injured reserve which explains why Juice Scrugs is starting. Giovani Manu the backup left tackle is also injured reserve too. Backup right tackle Larry Borom is the defacto swing tackle until Manu returns from injured reserve.

Jared Goff has Amon-Ra St. Brown as his number one flanker wide receiver, Jameson Williams is the secondary wide receiver, Isaac TeSlaa, the Detroit Lions 2025 third round pick out of Arkansas won the slot receiver job despite me not having him getting drafted. He only maintained the job due to Kendrick Law a 2026 fifth round pick out of Auburn with a higher ceiling than TeSlaa tearing his ACL in training camp as Law is out for the season. Detroit has much less depth at wide receiver compared to a year ago thanks to the Kendrick Law injury. In fact, Tay Martin an undrafted wide receiver in the 2026 NFL Draft out of Oklahoma State is the only backup wide receiver the Detroit Lions have at wide receiver. Dominic Lovett Detroit's 2025 seventh round pick out of Georgia and Lucky Jackson an undrafted wide receiver out of Western Kentucky in the 2026 NFL Draft are both on the Detroit Lions practice squad and would both be brought up to Detroit as depth players if anyone of Detroit's top three wide receivers got injured.

Sam LaPorta had a great rookie season last year and managed to emerge as a top 10 starting tight end, but now he's in the final year of his rookie contract. Brock Wright is the number two tight end. Tyler Conklin is the third string tight end. Jackson Meeks an undrafted tight end in the 2025 NFL Draft that was a backup to Orondre Gasden II at Syracuse made the Detroit Lions practice squad last year. This season, Meeks was the final player to crack Detroit's 53 man roster.

Jahmyr Gibbs is expected to be the number one running back. Isiah Pacheco was supposed to replace David Montgomery as the number two running back that is both the backup running back to Gibbs as well as the change of pace running back after being the Kansas City Chiefs running back that past four seasons, but Pacheco is currently on injured reserve to start the season. Jacob Saylors beat out Siona Vaki, a 2024 fourth round pick out of Utah whose a safety in college turned running back for the third string running back job. With Pacheco on injured reserve. Two medicore backs now become the depth pieces to Jahmyr Gibbs until Pacheco returns from injured reserve.

Detroit will have Aidan Hutchinson at 4-3 right end, Alim McNeil at 4-3 defensive tackle, Tyleik Williams at 4-3 defensive tackle, and D.J. Wonnum at 4-3 left end as their starters on the defensive line. Derrick Moore a 2026 second round pick out of Michigan is the situational pass rusher as the backup 4-3 right end to Wonnum as well as the backup 4-3 left end to Hutchinson. Mekhi Wingo is the backup 4-3 defensive tackle to Alim McNeil and Tyler Lacy is the backup to Tyliek Williams. Ahmed Hassanein is the emergency pass rusher and fourth defensive end on this depth chart after being a 2025 sixth round pick out of Boise State that missed all of his rookie season. Payton Turner will be the third string defensive end once he returns from inured reserve. Skyler Gill-Howard a 2026 sixth round pick out of Texas Tech are the backup defensive tackles. Detroit has much more depth on the defensive line at defensive end and defensive tackle compared to a year ago. Detroit was screwed on the defensive line in 2025 when Hutchinson, Davenport, an Hassanein all went down with season ending injuries last year. That shouldn't be a problem this season with the depth Detroit added to both defensive end and defensive tackle this offseason.

Devin White is at 4-3 right outside linebacker, Jack Campbell Detroit's 2023 first round pick out of Iowa will start at 4-3 middle linebacker, and Malcolm Rodriguez at 4-3 left outside linebacker as well as the backup 4-3 right outside linebacker in a 4-2-5 nickel defense. Jimmy Rolder a 2026 sixth round pick out of Michigan will never be an NFL starter, but he might be a decent backup middle linebacker to Jack Campbell. Rolder is the emergency linebacker in Detroit, and unless multiple linebackers are injured, it is unlikely he sees he field.

Detroit currently has Rock Ya-Sin field cornerback, D.J. Reed is the boundary cornerback, AChristian izien as their nickel cornerback. Ennis Rakestraw Jr. their 2024 second round pick out of Missouri ios the dime cornerback. Roger McCreary is the quarter cornerback. Keith Abney II a 2026 fifth roud pick out of Arizona State is the emergency cornerback.

Brian Branch the starting strong safety and Kerby Joseph the starting free safety are both on injured reserve to begin the season. Chuck Clark will start at strong safety until Brian Branch returns. Avonte Maddox will play free safety until Kerby Joseph returns.

Jake Bates is Detroit's kicker. Jack Fox is punter. Jacob Saylors is the return specialist at both kick returner and punt returner.

Prediction: Detroit is a 7 point favorite at -7. The over or under is 50.5 with 73% of the public betting on Detroit. The money line is +270 for New Orleans and -335 for Detroit. I like Detroit to win and New Orleans to cover with the over at +270. Bet $330 on this game for New Orleans and win up to $600 as long as the Lions win by 6 or less.

Final Score Lions 34 Saints 28 OT

Who Draft Utopia Picked


Chris Ransom	Oren Shiri	Tony Mario	Joseph Potter	Andrew Kermish	Tracy Porter	Wes Langley	William Yanish	Emmanuel Watson

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Buffalo Bills 0-0-0	Versus	Houston Texans 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

So far the only mock drafts I got up are NFL and NHL mock drafts. I do have a two round mock for the NFL Draft and a one round mock for the NHL Draft. My 2027 NFL Mock Draft is up. My 2027 NHL Mock Draft is up.

There's a lot of star power in the next two NFL and NHL Drafts. I told one of my friends that the NFL, NHL, and WNBA are about to enter bull markets with draft classes while the NBA, MLB, and MLS are expected to enter bear markets. If I'm wrong on this send me a DM on X or come on my podcast and tell me why I'm wrong.

Why the Buffalo Bills Will Win: Josh Allen finally won his first MVP in 2024. Josh Allen has a great offensive line with Dion Dawkins at left tackle, Alec Anderson at left guard, Connor McGovern at center, O'Cyrus Torrence at right guard. and Spencer Brown at right tackle. Buffalo has Jude Bowry a 2026 fourth round pick that I had a backup grade on as the backup left tackle. Austin Corbett is the backup left guard. Lloyd Cushenberry is the backup center. Ar'maj Reed=Adams a 2026 seventh round pick that I had a third round grade on is the backup right guard. Tyler Grable is the backup right tackle.

Buffalo has D.J. Moore as their flanker wide receiver, Khalil Shakir as their secondary wide receiver, Keon Coleman Buffalo's 2024 second round pick out of Florida State is the slot wide receiver, and Joshua Palmer as their number four wide receiver for depth. Skyler Bell, a 2026 fourth round pick out of Connecticut is the number five wide receiver for depth. Tyrell Shavers is the number six wide receiver, but he's currently on injured reserve to begin the season.

Dalton Kincaid, Buffalo's 2023 first round pick out of Utah supplanted Dawson Knox as the starting tight end following the injury to Dawson Knox in 2023. Jackson Hawes, the Buffalo Bills 2025 fifth round pick out of Georgia Tech is the third string tight end.

Buffalo has James Cook as the starting running back as he enters his third season as a full-time starting running back. Ty Johnson the third string running back took the backup running back job from Ray Davis. Ray Davis, Buffalo's 2024 fourth round pick out of Kentucky is now the third string running back after being the backup running back during his first two years.

Buffalo is moving to a 3-4 defense. Buffalo has Ed Oliver at 3-4 right end, Deone Walker the Buffalo Bills 2025 fourth round pick out of Kentucky is the backup 3-4 nose tackle, and T.J. Sanders Buffalo's 2025 second round pick out of South Carolina is the starting 3-4 left end. DeWayne Carter is the backup 3-4 right end, Greg Gaines is the backup 3-4 nose tackle, and Landon Jackson, Buffalo's 2025 third round pick out of Arkansas is the backup 3-4 left end.

Buffalo has Bradley Chubb as their 3-4 right outside linebacker, Terrel Bernard as their 3-4 middle linebacker, Dorian Williams at 3-4 middle linebacker, and Gregory Rosseau their 2021 first round pick out of Miami FL as the starting 3-4 left outside linebacker. TJ Parker a 2026 second round pick out of Clemson is the backup 3-4 right outside linebacker. Kaleb Elarms-Orr nearly won the second 3-4 middle linebacker job from Dorian Williams as a 2026 fourth round pick out of TCU. Michael Hoecht is the backup 3-4 left outside linebacker.

Buffalo has Christian Benford at field cornerback covering number one wide receivers, Maxwell Hairston, their 2025 first round pick out of Kentucky is the boundary cornerback covering number two wide receivers before taking the number one cornerback job after White got injured in Buffalo a few years ago, and Dee Alford at nickel cornerback covering slot receivers in nickel packages. Davison Igbinosun, Buffalo's 2026 second round pick out of Ohi State will be the dime cornerback. Dorian Strong, Buffalo's 2025 sixth round pick out of Virginia Tech that I had an early fourth round grade on with starter potential is the quarter cornerback, but is on injured reserve at the moment. Jordan Hancock a 2025 third round pick out of Ohio State will be the quarter cornerback until Dorian Strong returns from injured reserve..

Buffalo has C.J. Gardner-Johnson is the starting strong safety and Cole Bishop the Buffalo Bills 2024 second round pick out of Utah as the starting free safety. Jalon Kilgore a 2026 fifth round pick out of South Carolina is the backup strong safety. Damar Hamlin is the backup free safety

Buffalo has Tyler Bass at kicker. Tyler Bass is the only asset on Buffalo's special teams. I don't trust Tommy Doman Jr. a 2026 seventh round pick out of Florida at punter. Ray Davis is the return specialist at kick returner and punt returner.

Why the Houston Texans Will Win: C.J. Stroud the second overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Ohio State ended up winning Offensive Rookie Of The Year and took the Houston Texans to the Divisional Round as a rookie before doing that once again as a sophomore and a third time as a third year quarterback. C.J. Stroud has Aireontae Ersery, the Houston Texans 2025 second round pick that played left tackle on the Minnesota Golden Gophers as the new at left tackle, Keylan Rutledge Houston's 2026 first round pick at left guard, Evan Brown at center, Ed Ingram, at, and Trent Brown at right tackle. Blake Fisher is the swing tackle as the backup left tackle as well as the backup right tackle, Wyatt Teller is the backup left guard, Jake Andrews is the backup center, and Febechi Nwaiwu a 2026 fourth round pick out of Oklahoma is the backup right guard.

Houston has Nico Collins as their number one flanker receiver. Jayden Higgins, the Houston Texans 2025 second round pick out of Iowa State as their number two secondary receiver tore his achillies, so Houston traded for former New England Patriots secondary wide receiver Kayshon Boutte as a place holder as the Houston Texans secondary wide receiver. "Tank" Dell returns from a season ending injury he suffered in week 14 of last season against the Kansas City Chiefs. Houston took Tank Dell in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Houston as Dell should be fully recovered by 2026 if he isn't activated later in the season. Tank Dell will begin this season on injured reserve. Jaylin Noel, the Houston Texans 2025 third round pick out of Iowa State won the number four wide receiver job, but he will be the slot receiver with Tank Dell injured. Xavier Hutchinson a 2023 sixth round pick out of Iowa State is the number five wide receiver, but wlll be the number four wide receiver once Tank Dell comes back. Jared Wayne is the number six wide receiver, but is the number five wide receiver until Tank Dell comes back. Lewis Bond a 2026 sixth round pick out of Boston College is on the Houston Texans practice squad for now, but we could see him on this roster if more wide receivers get injured for Houston.

Dalton Schultz is the starting tight end. Foster Moreau is the backup tight end. Marlin Klein the Houston Texans 2026 second round pick out of Michigan beat out Cade Stover and Brevin Jordan for the third string tight end job. Cade Stover, the Houston Texans 2024 fourth round pick out of Ohio State is the fourth string tight end after being the backup tight end the last two years. Brevin Jordan is the fifth string tight end after being the third string tight end the last two years.

David Montgomery is the starting running back. Woody Marks, the Houston Texans 2025 fourth round pick out of USC is the backup string running back. Jawhar Jordan who was supposed to be the third string running back that is on Houston's practice squad.

Houston has Danielle Hunter starting at 4-3 right end, Sheldon Rankins starting at 4-3 defensive tackle, Tommy Togiai starting at 4-3 defensive tackle, and Will Anderson Jr. their third overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Alabama starting at 4-3 left end. Dominique Robinson is the backup 4-3 right end with Jadveon Clowney as the backup 4-3 left end. Logan Hall and Kayden McDonald, Houston's 2026 second round pick out of Ohio State are the backup 4-3 defensive tackles. Kayden McDonald got placed on injured reserve on Friday.

Houston has Henry To'oTo'o from Alabama at 4-3 right outside linebacker, Azeez Al-Shaair at 4-3 middle linebacker, and Jake Hansen a linebacker at 4-3 left outside linebacker. Houston mainly runs a 4-2-5 nickel defense, so I don't think we'll see a lot of Jake Hansen with the Texans being very thin at linebacker.

Houston has Derek Stingley Jr. at field cornerback, Kamari Lassiter won the boundary cornerback job as a 2024 second round pick out of Georgia, and Jalen Pitre is back at nickel cornerback. Calen Bullock a 2024 third round pick out of USC is starting at strong safety while Reed Blankenship is starting at free safety. Kamari Ramsey a 2026 sixth round pick out of USC, whose got starter potential is the only quality backup on the Houston Texans secondary.

Houston has Ka'imi Fairbairn at kicker. Kai Kroger is the punter. Jaylen Noel is the return specialist.

Prediction: Buffalo is a 1.5 point favorite at -1.5. The over or under is 44.5 with 51% of the public betting on Buffalo. The money line is -115 for Buffalo and +105 for Houston. Take Buffalo to win and cover with the under at -115. Bet $185 on this game for Buffalo and win up to $300 as long as the Bills win by 2 or more.

Final Score Bills 24 Texans 20

Who Draft Utopia Picked


Chris Ransom	Oren Shiri	Tony Mario	Joseph Potter	Andrew Kermish	Tracy Porter	Wes Langley	William Yanish	Emmanuel Watson

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Baltimore Ravens 0-0-0	Versus	Indianapolis Colts 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

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Why the Baltimore Ravens Will Win: Lamar Jackson has two MVP seasons as the Baltimore Ravens quarterback since being drafted with the last pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft out of Louisville. Many will argue Lamar should have gotten a third MVP the year Josh Allen won the MVP. Lamar Jackson's backup quarterback is Tyler Huntley. Joe Fagnano an undrafted quarterback out of Connecticut whose got the upside to develop into an NFL starter is the third string quarterback for now. That could change when Skylar Thompson returns from injured reserve.

Lamar Jackson has Ronnie Stanley at left tackle, John Simpson at left guard, Ethan Pocic at center, Olaivavega Ioane, Baltimore's 2026 first round pick out of Penn State at right guard, and Roger Rosengarten is starting at right tackle. Baltimore drafted Carson Vinson in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft out of Alabama A&M with Carson Vinson as the backup left tackle. Andrew Vorhees is the backup left guard, Jovaughn Wwyn is the backup center until Danny Pinter returns from injured reserve as Pinter was pushing Ethan Pocic for teh starting center job prior to his injury in training camp, Emory Jones Jr the Baltimore Ravens 2025 third round pick was a right tackle at LSU, but he will be both the backup right guard and backup right tackle.

Baltimore's top three wide receivers are Zay Flowers as their flanker wide receiver, Rashod Bateman as the secondary wide receiver, and DeVontez Walker playing in the slot as the slot receiver. Baltimore has Ja'Kobi Lane their 2026 third round pick out of USC as the backup to DeVontez Walker, so he's likely the number four wide receiver despite Elijah Sarratt having a higher ceiling. Elijah Sarratt a 2026 fourth round pick out of Indiana that I had a first round grade on is the backup to Rashod Bateman, Sarratt has the highest ceiling on this roster outside of Zay Flowers and Rashod Bateman, but Lane did better than him in camp, so he's probably the number five wide receiver for now. LaJohntay Wester the Baltimore Ravens 2025 sixth round pick out of Colorado as the number six wide receiver.

Mark Andrews is still one of the leagues best tight ends. Baltimore also has Durham Smythe as their number two tight end. Matthew Hibner, the backup tight end to RJ Maryland on SMU was drafted by Baltimore with a 2026 fourth round pick, so he is the third string tight end, and Josh Cuevas a 2026 fifth round pick out of Alabama is the fourth string tight end.

Baltimore has Derrick Henry as their starting running back, Justice Hill as their backup running back, Rasheen Ali is the third string running back. Adam Randall a 2026 fifth round pick out of Clemson is currently on injured reserve. Baltimore does nto have a fullback this year, but they got more depth at quarterback and wide receiver despite that.

Baltimore has Justin Madubuike at 3-4 right end, Travis Jones at 3-4 nose tackle, and Broderick Washington Jr. at 3-4 left end. Calias Campbell is the backup 3-4 right end. John Jenkins is the backup 3-4 nose tackle. Aeneas Peebles, the Baltimore Ravens 2025 sixth round pick out of Virginia Tech is the backup 3-4 left end. Baltimore appears to have more depth on their defensive line this season and that is a good thing.

Baltimore has Trey Hendrickson at 3-4 right outside linebacker and Tavius Robinson at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Roquan Smith and Teddye Buchanan, Baltimore's 2025 fourth round pick out of California are the two starters at 3-4 middle linebacker. Mike Green, Baltimore's 2025 second round pick out of Marshall that had a consensus first round grade is the backup 3-4 right outside linebacker. Trenton Simpson and Jay Higgins the former Iowa middle linebacker that went undrafted in the 2025 NFL Draft are the two backup 3-4 middle linebackers. Zion Young, a 2026 second round pick out of Missouri is the backup 3-4 left outside linebacker. Ethan Burke an undrafted pass rusher out of Texas in the 2026 NFL Draft is the third string 3-4 right outside linebacker. Adisa Isaac the third string 3-4 left outside linebacker is out with an injury. Teddye Buchanan, Baltimore's 2025 fourth round pick out of California is the backup 3-4 middle linebacker for depth if anything happens to Roquan Smith or Trenton Simpson. I like Buchanan as a backup, but do not believe he's an NFL starter.

Nate Wiggins, Baltimore's 2024 first round pick out of Clemson is the field cornerback, Marlon Humphrey is the boundary cornerback, Chidobe Awuzie is the nickel cornerback, Chandler Rivers, Baltimore's 2026 fifth round pick out of Duke that I had a third round grade on is the dime cornerback, and T.J. Tampa, Baltimore's 2024 fourth round pick out of Iowa State is the quarter cornerback. All five of these cornerbacks can cover number one, number two, or number three wide receivers. These corners can blanket x, y, or z receivers. They can shut down your flanker wide receiver, secondary wide receiver complimenting your flanker, or shut down your slot receiver. Heck, if a team plays four or five wide receivers, you have the personnel in dime and quarter packages to prevent deep passes. Kyle Hamilton is the starting strong safety and Malaki Starks, Baltimore's 2025 first round pick out of Georgia is the starting free safety. Jaylinn Hawkins is the backup safety for depth.

Baltimore has Tyler Loop, Baltimore's 2025 sixth round pick out of Arizona as the starting kicker replacing Justin Tucker. Ryan Eckley a 2026 sixth round pick out of Michigan State is the new starting punter. Rasheen Ali is the projected kick returner on Baltimore with LaJohntay Wester being the punt returner.

Why the Indianapolis Colts Will Win: Daniel Jones will be the Indianapolis Colts starting quarterback for the second year in a row. Anthony Richardson the fourth pick in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Florida started the year before a season ending injury shut him down early in 2023 is now the backup quarterback. Riley Leonard is the third string quarterbck.

Daniel Jones has Bernard Raimann at left tackle, Quinton Nelson at left guard, Tanor Bortolini a 2024 fourth round pick out of Wisconsin at center, Matt Goncalves a 2024 third round pick out of Pittsburgh at right guard, and Jalen Travis a 2025 fourth round pick out of Iowa State is the right tackle. Indianapolis traded for Buffalo Bills center Sedrick Van Prann the former Georgia center to be the backup center with Indianapolis having much less depth on the offensive line compared to previous years.

Indianapolis has Alec Pierce as their flanker wide receiver, Josh Downs as their secondary wide receiver when fully healthy, and Keenan Allen as their slot receiver. Deion Burks the Indianapolis Colts 2026 seventh round pick out of Oklahoma is the number four wide receiver. Laquon Treadwell is the number five wide receiver. Ashton Dulin is the number six wide receiver.

Tyler Warren, the Indianapolis Colts 2025 first round pick out of Penn State is the starting tight end. Mo Alie-Cox is the backup tight end as well as the secondary tight end in two tight end sets. Drew Ogletree is the third stright tight end after agreeing to a team-friendly deal to stay with the Colts after his rookie deal expired this offseason.

Indianapolis has Jonathan Taylor as their starting running back. Seth McGowan, the Indianapolis Colts 2026 seventh round pick out of Kentucky beat out DJ Giddens for the backup running back job as Giddens was expectedtowin that job in cam. DJ Giddens a 2025 fifth round pick out of Kansas State is the third string running back. Indianapolis finally has two running backs with potential to develop into starters behind Jonathan Taylor which is why I expect the Colts to be very run heavy with a balanced run first offense this season.

Indianapolis has Laiatu Latu their 2024 first round pick out of UCLA at 4-3 right end, DeForest Buckner at 4-3 defensive tackle, Grover Stewart back at 4-3 defensive tackle, and Arden Key at 4-3 left end. J.T. Tuimoloau the Indianapolis Colts 2025 second round pick out of Ohio State is the backup 4-3 right end, Adetomiwa Adebawaroe a defensive lineman out of Northwestern that I loved in the 2023 NFL Draft is the number three 4-3 defensive tackle in the final year of his rookie deal, Tim Smith a 2025 sixth round pick out of Alabama is the other backup defensive tackle, and Michael Clemons is the backup 4-3 left end.

Indianapolis has Akeem Davis-Gaither at 4-3 right outside linebacker in their 4-2-5 nickel defense and CJ Allen, the Indianapolis Colts 2026 second round pick out of Georgia who I had a first round grade on at 4-3 middle linebacker in their 4-2-5 nickel defense. Bryce Boettcher a 2026 fourth round pick out of Oregon will play 4-3 left outside linebacker when the Indianapolis Colts bring a 4-3 personnel, but he will also be the 4-2-5 backup right outside linebacker to Akeem Davis-Gaither.

Indianapolis will have Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner as their number one field cornerback. Charvarius Ward is the boundary cornerback despite having experience as a number one field cornerback. Justin Walley a 2025 third round pick out of Minnesota finally gets to start as he is the nickel cornerback. Camryn Bynum is the strong safety. AJ Haulcy a 2026 third round pick out of LSU is the starting free safety. Jaylon Jones a 2023 seventh round pick out of Texas A&M enters the final year of his rookie deal as the dime cornerback. Indianapolis has Hunter Wohler a 205 seventh round pick out of Wisconsin as the backup strong safety. Jonathan Owens is the backup free safety.

Spencer Shrader is the Indianapolis Colts starting kicker. Some guy named Rigoberto Sanchez who I never heard of is the Indianapolis Colts punter. Deion Burks will be both the return specialist as a kick returner and a punt returner.

Prediction: Baltimore is a 3.5 point favorite at -3.5. The over or under is 53.5 with 61% of the public betting on Baltimore. The money line is -185 for Baltimore and +150 for Indianapolis. Take Baltimore to win and cover with the unde at -185. Bet $215 on this game for Baltimore and win up to $400 as long as the Ravens win by 4 or more.

Final Score Ravens 28 Colts 24

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Why the Cleveland Browns Will Win: Deshaun Watson is the starting quarterback. Shedeur Sanders Cleveland's 2025 fifth round pick out of Colorado is the backup quarterback. Dillon Gabriel, Cleveland's 2025 third round pick out of Oregon is the third string quarterback, but is currently on injured reserve. Taylen Green a 2026 sixth round pick out of Arkansas is the third string quarterback until Dillon Gabriel returns.

Deshaun Watson has Spencer Fano a 2026 first round pick at left tackle, Zion Johnson at left guard, Elgton Jenkins at center, Teven Jenkins at right guard at right guard, and Tytus Howard at right tackle. Cleveland also has Dawand Jones their 2023 fifth round pick out of Ohio State as the backup left tackle. Zak Zinter their 2024 third round pick out of Michigan is the swing guard for now as the backup left guard and backup right guard. Parker Brailsford a 2026 fifth round pick out of Alabama is the backup center. Austin Barber a 2026 third round pick out of Florida is the backup right tackle. Cleveland also has Kendrick Green as the backup right guard currently on injured reserve. Luke Whypler is the third string center in the final year of his rookie deal.

Cleveland has Denzel Boston their 2026 second round pick out of Washington who was my fifth best wide receiver as their flanker wide receiver, Jerry Jeudy as their secondary wide receiver, and KC Concepcion their 2026 first round pick out of Texas A&M as their slot receiver at slot receiver. Isaiah Bond an undrafted rookie is the number four wide receiver. Tylan Wallace is the number five wide receiver. Malachi Corley is their number six wide receiver. Cleveland has Harold Fannin Jr. their 2025 third round pick out of Bowling Green as their starting tight end. Blake Whitehart as their backup tight end. Carsen Ryan a 2026 seventh round pick out of BYU is the third string tight end. Joe Royer a 2026 fifth round pick out of Cincinnati is on the non football injury list and will be the fourth string tight end when he comes back.

Cleveland has Qunshon Judkins their 2025 second round pick out of Ohio State as the starting running back, Dylan Sampson their 2025 fourth round pick is the backup running back, Raheim Sanders who went undrafted is the third string running back.

Cleveland has Jared Verse at 4-3 right end, Mason Graham their 2025 firstround pick at 4-3 defensive tackle, Maliek Collins at 4-3 defensive tackle, and Alex Wright at 4-3 left end. Alex Wright suffered a season ending injury in training camp, soIsaiah McGuire Cleveland's 2023 fourth round pick out of Missouri will take over for Wright in the final year of his rookie contract as the starting 4-3 left end.

Cleveland has Sam Williams as their backup 4-3 right end to Jared Verse Michael Hall Jr. is the backup 4-3 defensive tackle to both Mason Graham as well as Maliek Collins, and Derek Barnett is the backup 4-3 left end with Alex Wright injured expected to be out for most of this season.

Cleveland has Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah at 4-3 right outside linebacker when he comes back from the NFL injured list. He missed all of 2025 and will miss all of 2026 after suffering a career threatening neck injury in 2024.

Right now Quincy Williams is the starting 4-3 right outside linebacker. Carson Schwesinger a 2025 second round pick out of UCLA that I didn't think much of is 4-3 middle linebacker is going to remain at middle linebacker after winning defensive rookie of the year. Cleveland could use Justin Jefferson, their 2026 sixth round pick out of Alabama as a 4-3 left outside linebacker. I'm guessing Cleveland will mainly run a 4-2-5 nickel defense

Cleveland has Denzel Ward at field cornerback, Tyson Campbell at boundary cornerback, Myles Harden at nickel cornerback, Mekhi Blackon is the dime cornerback, Noah Ighbinoghene is the quarter cornerback, and Toriano Pride Jr. Buffalo's 2026 seventh round pick out of Missouri that got cut from the Buffalo Bills is now the Cleveland Browns number six cornerback.

Grant Delpit is the starting strong safety and Ronnie Hickman is the starting free safety. Emmanuel McNeil-Warren a 2026 second round pick out of Toledo is the backup strong safety and the backup free safety.

Cleveland has Andre Szmyt at kicker. I'm not sold on Corey Bojorquez at punter, but the Cleveland Browns like him. Cleveland has Malachi Corley as their kick returner and KC Concepcion as their punt returner.

Why the Jacksonville Jaguars Will Win: Trevor Lawrence got extended at quarterback, so he remains the starting quarterback with Quinn Ewers being the new backup quarterback. Jacksonville has Anton Harrison at left tackle, Emmanuel Pregnon, their 2026 third round pick out of Oregon that I had a second round grade on at left guard, Robert Hainsey at center, Ezra Cleveland at right guard, and Cole Van Lanen at right tackle. Walkter Little is the backup left tackle and the defacto swing tackle for the first four weeks, Daniel Faalele is the backup left guard, Jonah Monheim the Jacksonville Jaguars 2025 seventh round pick out of USC is the backup center, Wyatt Milum, Jacksonville's 2025 third round pick out of West Virginia is the backup right guard, and Patrick Mekari will be the backup right tackle when he returns from injured reserve.

Jacksonville has Brian Thomas Jr. as their flanker wide receiver as a 2024 first round pick out of LSU, Jakobi Meyers is the secondary wide receiver, Parker Washington is the slot receiver, Travis Hunter their 2025 first round pick out of Colorado is the number four wide receiver, Josh Cameron a 2026 sixth round pick out of Baylor is the number five wide receiver, and CJ Williams a 2026 sixth round pick out of Stanford is going to be the number six wide receiver who won't see the field unless all three starters at wide receiver get injured.

Brenton Strange, Jacksonville's 2023 second round pick is the starting tight end which does not make sense since Strange ranked twenty out of twenty on my tight end rankings for the 2023 NFL Draft. Nate Boerkicher, a 2026 second round pick out of Texas A&M that I had going undrafted is the backup tight end. Tanner Koziol, one of my top five tight ends in the 2026 NFL Draft was drafted by Jacksonville in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft out of Wsiconsin. The sad part is Koziol is Jacksonville's best tight end. Quintin Morris is the fourth string tight end and he's Jacksonville's second best tight end.

Jacksonville has Bhayshul Tuten a 2025 fourth round pick out of Virginia Tech that I had a backup grade on as the starting running back, Chris Rodridguez Jr. is the bakckup running back and I like him more than Tuten, and LeQuint Allen Jr. a 2025 seventh round pick out of Syracuse is the third string running back. Ameer Abdullah is the fourth string running back. Tuten should get the bulk of the carries, but with him having the lowest potential despite being the top ranked running back on this depth chart, that tells me Jacksonville is running by committee with this backfield.

Jacksonville has a lot more depth at a lot of key positons. The problem is that the Jacksonville Jaguars have the worst tight end room in the entire league and the same can be said about their running back room until Tuten gets replaced.

Jacksonville has Josh Hines-Allen at 4-3 right end, DaVon Hamilton at 4-3 defensive tackle, Arik Armstead at 4-3 defensive tackle, and Travon Walker at 4-3 left end. Jacksonville's defensive line depth versus a year ago is much weaker with Albert Regis a 2026 third round pick out of Texas A&M being the only good backup on this defensive line.

Jacksonville has Ventrell Miller at 4-3 right outside linebacker in a 4-2-5 nickel defense and Foyesade Oluokun at 4-3 middle linebacker in a 4-2-5 nickel defense. Dennis Gardeck is starting at 4-3 left outside linebacker. Jahlani Tavai is the backup linebacker to Miller, Oluokun, and Gardeck.

Jacksonville has the Jacksonville Jaguars 2025 first round pick Travis Hunter, a Heisman Winner out of Colorado at field cornerback, Montaric Brown is the boundary cornerback, Jourdan Lewis the former Dallas Cowboys nickel cornerback is the new nickel cornerback, Jarrion Jones a 2024 third round pick out of Florida State is the dime cornerback, and Christian Braswell a 2023 sixth round pick out of Rutgers in the final year of his rookie deal is the quarter cornerback. Antonio Johnson will be the new starting strong safety with Eric Murray starting at free safety. Rayuan Lane III a 2025 sixth round pick out of Navy is the backup strong safety. Caleb Ransaw a 2025 third round pick out of Tulane is the backup free safety.

Jacksonville has Cam Little a rookie kicker out of Arkansas at kicker which I think was an solid decision by the Jaguars at kicker. Logan Cooke doesn't excite me as a punter yet he's back. Parker Washington is the return specialist at kick returner and Bhayshul Tuten is the punt returner.

Prediction: Jacksonville is a 8.5 point favorite at -8.5. The over or under is 46.5 with 76% of the public betting on Jacksonville. The money line is +320 for Cleveland and -400 for Jacksonville. I like Jacksonville to win and Cleveland to cover with the under at +320. Bet $380 on this game for Cleveland and win up to $700 as long as the Jaguars win by 8 or less.

Final Score Jaguars 17 Browns 10

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Atlanta Falcons 0-0-0	Versus	Pittsburgh Steelers 0-0-0

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Why the Atlanta Falcons Will Win: Atlanta has Michael Penix Jr. drafted out of Washington eighth overall in the 2024 NFL Draft in his first full season as the starting quarterback. Michael Penix Jr. is recovering from his injury last year where he tore his achilles, but will not be cleared to play in week 1. The good news is Michael Penix Jr. is off injured reserve. Tua Tagovailoa will begin the season as Atlanta's starting quarterback. Tua got ruled out last minute, so third string quarterback Cooper Rush will start in week 1.

Cooper Rush will have Jake Matthews at left tackle, Matthew Bergeron at left guard, Chris Lindstrom at right guard, and Jawaan Taylor at right tackle thanks to Kaleb McGary retiring. Atlanta's depth on the offensive line is horrible this season and they need a starting center really badly.

Atlanta has Drake London as their flanker wide receiver, Jaha Dotson is the secondary wide receiver, and Olamide Zaccheaus is the slot receiver in three wide receiver sets. Zachariah Branch, a 2026 third round pick out of Georgia is the only wide receiver for depth that Atlanta has.

Atlanta still has Kyle Pitts their 2021 first round pick drafted fourth overall out of Florida as the main starting tight end. Kyle Pitts can thrive as long as he's healthy. Charlie Woerner, San Francisco's third string tight end last year doesn't move the needle for me as a pass catcher despite being an okay blocker in San Francisco as he won the tight end two job as the backup tight end even with Atlanta bringing in Austin Hooper from New England to push him. Austin Hooper is the third string tight end.

Bijan Robinson is the starting running back and Brian Robinson Jr. is the backup running back. Trey Sermon the third string running back is currently on injured reserve.

Atlanta's new defensive coordinator switched this defense from a 3-4 to a 4-3 defense. Jeff Ulbrich was the New York Jets defensive coordinator and interim head coach last year after Robert Saleh got fired and now he's in year two as defensive coordinator, but he's moving back from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense.

Atlanta has Geron Dexter at 3-4 right end, Maason Smith at 3-4 nose tackle, and Brandon Dorlus, their 2024 fourth round pick out of Oregon as their starting 3-4 left end. This Atlanta Falcons 3-4 defensive line can be sneaky good.

Atlanta has Jalon Walker their 3-4 right outside linebacker and 2025 first round pick out of Georgia on season ending injured reserve. Z'Darius Smith will start at 3-4 right outside linebacker for the first eight games, and could move to 3-4 left outside linebacker once James Pearce Jr., Atlanta's second 2025 first round pick out of Tennessee returns from a eight game suspension. If James Pearce Jr. moves to 3-4 right outside linebacker after his suspension, then Z'Darius Smith will probably move to the side opposite him. Samson Ebukam will start at 3-4 left outside linebacker for the first eight games until James Pearce Jr. returns from his suspension. Divine Deablo and former Houston Texans outside linebacker Christian Harris are the two starters at 3-4 middle linebacker this season. Kendal Daniels a 2026 fourth round pick out of Oklahoma and Harold Perkins Jr. a 2026 sixth round pick out of LSU are the two backup 3-4 middle linebackers.

A.J. Terrell, Atlanta's field cornerback is the only healthy cornerback at the moment. Atlanta is starting Mike Hughes who was awful at nickel cornerback for Kansas City and just as awful at dime cornerback for Detroit at boundary cornerback against number two wide receivers for the third year in a row. Billy Bowman Jr. Atlanta's 2025 fourth round pick that I had a second round grade on beat out Dee Alford for the nickel cornerback job in camp. Billy Bowman Jr. was a strong safety at Oklahoma, but he will be used in the exact same capacity as Josh Metellus was used on the Minnesota Vikings when Minnesota had Camryn Bynum and Harrison Smith at safety moving Metellus over to nickel cornerback. Avieon Terrell, Atlanta's 2026 second round pick out of Clemson is the younger brother of A.J. Terrell as well as Atlanta's dime cornerback. I do believe Terrell is good enough to replace Mike Hughes as Atlanta's boundary cornerback down the road. C.J. Henderson is the quarter cornerback. Jesse Bates III moves from free safety to strong safety because Xavier Watts, Atlanta's 2025 third round pick that I had a first round grade on won the starting free safety job next to Jessie Bates III. Sydney Brown is the backup strong safety and Demarco Hellams are the backup free safety.

Nick Folk is one of the best kickers in the NFL. Jake Bailey is the punter. Zachariah brqnch is the return specialst at kick returner and punt returer.

Why the Pittsburgh Steelers Will Win: The Pittsburgh Steelers got Aaron Rodgers at quarterback. Mason Rudolph is the backup quarterback. Will Howard, Pittsburgh's 2025 sixth round pick out of Ohio State is the third string quarterback. Drew Allar < Pittsburgh's 2026 third round pick out of Penn State is the fourth string quarterback.

Aaron Rodgers has Troy Fautanu their 2024 first round pick out of Washington starting at left tackle, Mason McCormick a 2024 fourth round pick out of South Dakota State is the left guard, Zach Frazier Pittsburgh's 2024 second round pick out of West Virginia will start at center, Spencer Andersen a 2023 seventh round pick out of Maryland at right guard, and Dylan Cook is the starting right tackle. Gennings Dunker a 2026 third round pick out of Iowa is the swing guard as the backup right guard and backup left guard. Max Ihenachor who I had going undrafted, but had starter potential on is the swing tackle that's the backup left tackle as well as the backup right tackle.

Pittsburgh has D.K. Metcalf as the flanker wide receiver. Michael Pittman Jr. is the secondary wide receiver. Roman Wilson, Pittsburgh's 2024 third round pick out of Michigan is the slot receiver. Germie Bernard a 2026 second round pick out of Alabama is the nubmer four wide receiver for depth. Ben Skowronek is the number five wide receiver. Kaden Wetjen a 2026 fourth round pck out of Iowa is the number six wide receiver.

Pittsburgh has Pat Freiermuth as their starting tight end, Darnell Washington was my number two tight end behind Michael Mayer in the 2023 NFL Draft despite falling to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round as Georgia's complimentary tight end next to Brock Bowers. Washington showed me why he has starter potential when filling in for an injured Freiermuth despite entering training camp as the third string tight end before beating out Zach Gentry for the tight end two job as a rookie. Pittsburgh also has Robert Tonyan Jr. as their third string tight end.

Pittsburgh has Jaylen Warren as their starting running back. Pittsburgh has Rico Dowdle as their backup running back. Eli Heidenreich a 2026 seventh round pick out of Navy is the third string running back. Riley owakowski a 2026 fifth round pick out of Indiana is the starting fullback.

Pittsburgh has Cameron Heyward at 3-4 right end, Keeanu Benton at 3-4 nose tackle, and Derrick Harmon their 2025 first round pick out of Oregon at 3-4 left end. Pittsburgh has Yahya Black as their backup 3-4 right end, Gabriel Rubio a 2026 sixth round pick out of Notre Dame is the backup 3-4 nose tackle, and Sebastian Joseph_Day is the backup 3-4 left end.

Pittsburgh has a top 5 edge rusher duo in the league with Alex Highsmith at 3-4 right outside linebacker and T.J. Watt at 3-4 left outside linebacker as this is one of the better pass rushing tandems in the NFL. Patrick Queen left Baltimore to go to Pittsburgh with Baltimore's 2020 first round pick and Payton Wilson, the Butkus Award winner that Pittsburgh drafted out of North Carolina State in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft are the two starting 3-4 middle linebackers. Nick Herbig is the backup 3-4 right outside linebacker as the 2023 fourth round pick out of Wisconsin is the backup to Alex Highsmith at 3-4 right outside linebacker. Jack Sawyer a 2025 fourth round pick out of Ohio State is the backup to T.J. Watt at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Cole Holcomb and Carson Bruner a 2025 seventh round pick out of Washington are the backup 3-4 middle linebackers.

Pittsburgh has Jalen Ramsey at field cornerback, Jamel Dean at boundary cornerback, and Joey Porter Jr. their 2023 second round pick out of Penn State at nickel cornerback. Daylen Everette their 2026 third round pick out of Georgia is the dime cornerback. Asante Samuel Jr. is the quarter cornerback. Brandin Echols is the number six cornerback for depth.

Pittsburgh has Jaquan Brisker at starting strong safety. DeShon Elliott is moving from strong safety to free safety, but begins the season on injured reserve. Rayhsawn Jenkns will fill in at free safety until DeShon Elliott returns. Robert Spears-Jennings a 2026 seventh round pick out of Oklahoma is the backup free safety for now until DeShon Elliott returns from injured reserve.

Pittsburgh has Chris Boswell at kicker. Cameron Johnston is the punter. Kaden Wetjen is the return specialist at kick returner and punt returner.

Prediction: Pittsburgh is a 3.5 point favorite at -3.5. The over or under is 41.5 with 62% of the public betting on Pittsburgh. The money line is +155 for Atlanta and -185 for Pittsburgh. Take Pittsburgh to win and cover with the under at -185. Bet $215 on this game for Pittsburgh and win up to $400 as long as the Steelers win by 4 or more.

Final Score Steelers 20 Falcons 9

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New York Jets 0-0-0	Versus	Tennessee Titans 0-0-0

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Why the New York Jets Will Win: New York has Geno Smith as the starting quarterback. Cade Klubnik the New York Jets 2026 fourth round pick out of Clemson is the backup quarterback.

Geno Smith has Olumuyiwa Fashanu, the New York jets 2024 first round pick out of Penn State at left tackle, Dylan Parham at left guard, Josh Myers at center, Joe Tippman moving from center to right guard, and Armand Membou the New York Jets 2025 first round pick a right tackle out of Missouri as the right tackle. Max Mitchell is the backup left tackle and Chukwuma Okorafor is the backup right tackle. Anez Cooper is a backup right guard, but he's on injured reserve. The New York Jets are very thin when it comes to depth on the interior offensive line.

The New York Jets Garrett Wilson as the flanker wide receiver, Adonai Mitchell is the secondary wide receiver, and Isaiah Williams is the slot receiver. Omar Cooper Jr., the New York Jets third 2026 first round pick out of Indiana is the number four wide receiver on the New York Jets depth chart. Tim Patrick is the number five wide receiver. Arian Smith a 2025 fourth round pick out of Texas A&M is the number six wide receiver.

Mason Taylor the New York Jets 2025 second round pick out of LSU is the starting tight end. Kenyon Sadiq a 2026 first round pick out of Oregon that the Jets took with their second first round pick is the backup tight end, but will play in two tight end sets. Jeremy Ruckert is the New York Jets third string tight end. Jelani Woods is the fourth string tight end.

New York has Breece Hall as their starting running back, Braelon Allen their 2024 fourth round pick as their backup running back, and Isaiah Davis a 2024 fifth round pick out of South Dakota State is the third string running back. Kene Nwangwu is the fourth string running back.

The New York Jets have Harrison Phillips at 3-4 right end, T'Vondre Sweat at 3-4 nose tackle, and David Onyemata at 3-4 left end. Darrell Jackson Jr. a 2026 fourth round pick out of Florida State is the backup 3-4 nose tackle. Jowan Biggs is the backup 3-4 defensive end.

The New York Jets have Joseph Ossai as their 3-4 right outside linebacker, Demario Davis at 3-4 middle linebacker, Jamien Sherwood at 3-4 middle linebacker, and David Bailey the second pick in the 2026 NFL Draft out of Texas Tech at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Will McDonald IV is the situational pass rusher now. New York has a decent group of starting linebackers, bt not a lot of depth. Joseph Ossai is out in week 1, so Will McDonald IV, who did well in his first two years before getting replaced by Ossai in Free Agency gets to start in week 1.

The New York Jets have Azareye'h Thomas the New York Jets 2025 third round pick out of Florida State as their field cornerback. Brandon Stephens is the boundary cornerback covering number two wide receivers as Stephens was a liability in Baltmore last year. Jarvis Brownlee Jr. is back at nickel cornerback. D'Angelo Ponds the New York Jets 2026 second round pick out of Indiana is the dime cornerback. Qwan'tez Sittgers is the quarter cornerback. Nahshon Wright is the number six cornerback for depth.

Dane Belton is the strong safety and Minkah Fitzpatrick is the free safety. Malachi Moore, the New York Jets 2025 fourth round pick out of Alabama is the backup strong safety. Andre Cisco is the backup free safety.

Blake Grupe is the starting kicker. Austin McNamara is the startng punter. Kene Nwangwu is the kick returner and Isaiah Wilson is the punt returner.

Why the Tennessee Titans Will Win: Tennessee drafted Cam Ward first overall in the 2025 NFL Draft out of Miami FL. Cam Ward will be the day 1 starter in Tennessee. Mitchell Trubisky is the backup quarterback for the Tennessee Titans. Hendon Hooker made the Tennessee Titans practice squad and can be summoned if either cornerback gets injured.

Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward has Dan Moore Jr. at left tackle, Peter Skoronski Tennessee's 2023 first round pick who was Northwestern's left tackle entering year two at left guard, Austin Schlottmann at center, Fernando Carmona Jr. Tennessee's 2026 fifth round pick out of Arkansas is the starting right guard, and JC Latham Tennessee's 2024 first round pick a right tackle at Alabama that was drafted seventh overall enters his second season at right tackle. James Hudson III is the backup left tackle Garrett Dellinger is the backup left guard, Pat Coogan a 2026 sixth round pick out of Indiana that I had a second round grade on is the backup center, Jackson Slater a 2025 fifth round pick out of Sacramento State is the backup right guard, and Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson is the backup right tackle.

Tennessee has Carnell Tate, their 2026 first round pick out of Ohio State drafted fourth overall as their flanker wide receiver. Calvin Ridley is the secondary wide receiver. Wan'Dale Robinson is their slot receiver. Elic Ayomanor a 2025 fourth round pick out of Stanford is the number four wide receiver and Chimere Dike a 2025 fourth round pick out of Maryland is the number five wide receiver. Xavier Restrepo initially made the final 53 man roster, but was bumped down to the practice squad after winning the number six wide receiver job in camp. Tyren Montgomery out of John Caroll and K.J. Osborn a 2025 fifth round pick that played with Cam Ward at Miami FL also made the Titans practice squad, but their chances of being bumped up to the main roster are much lower than Xavier Restrepo.

Tennessee has Gunnar Helm a 2025 fourth round pick out of Texas as the starting tight end. Daniel Bellinger is the backup tight end, but he might see the field in two tight end sets. Kylen Granson is the third string tight end.

Tennessee has Tony Pollard as their starting running back and Tyjae Spears their 2023 third round pick out of Tulane entering year three as the backup running back. Nicholas Singleton a 2026 sixth round pick out of Penn State is the third string running back. Julius Chesnut is the fourth string runnning back. Michael Carter II and Kalel Mullings a 2025 sixth round pick that played fullback out of Michigan both made the Tennessee Titans practice squad despite not making the official roster.

Tennessee is moving to a 3-4 to a 4-3 under new head coach Robert Saleh. Tennessee has Jacob Martin at 4-3 right end, Jefferey Simmons at 4-3 defensive tackle, John Franklin-Myers at 4-3 defensive tackle, and Jermaine Johnson II at 4-3 left end as their main starters. Tennessee has Kendrick Faulk their second 2026 first round pick out of Auburn as the backup 4-3 right end, Jordan Elliott as a backup 4-3 defensive tackle, Solomon Thomas as a backup 4-3 defensive tackle, and Oluwafemi Oladejo their 2025 second round pick out of UClA as a backup 4-3 left end. Nazir Stackhouse and JackieMarshall a 2026 sixth round pick out of Baylor are the two third string 4-3 defensive tackles.

Tennesee has Cedric Gray, a 2024 fourth round pick out of North Carolina at 4-3 right outside linebacker, Cody Barton at 4-3 middle linebacker, and James Williams Sr. a 2024 seventh round pick out of Miami FL as their 4-3 left outside linebacker and default backup right outside linebacker in a 4-2-5 nickel defense. Anthony Hill Jr., a 2026 second round pick out of Texas is the backup 4-3 middle linebacker in both a 4-3 and a 4-2-5 nickel defense. I had Anthony Hill Jr. in my top ten overall ahead of Carnell Tate. Cody Barton will start for now, but I'm expecting Anthony Hill Jr. to take over by the time Barton's contract expires.

Tennessee has Alontae Taylor at field cornerback job, Cor'Dale Flott at boundary cornerback, and Marcus Harris a 2025 sixth round pick out of California won the nickel cornerback job this season. Kevin Winston Jr. their 2025 third round pick out of Penn State will start at strong safety while Amari Hooker moves over to free safety. Terrell Burgess is the backup strong safety and Tony Adams is the backup free safety.

Tennessee has Joey Slye at kicker and Tommy Townsend at punter. Chimere Dike will be the return specialist at both kick returner and punt retuner as a rookie.

Prediction: Tennessee is a 1.5 point favorite at -1.5. The over or under is 39.5 with 54% of the public betting on Tennessee. The money line is +105 for New York and -125 for Tennessee. Take Tennessee to win and cover with the under at -125. Bet $175 on this game for Tennessee and win up to $300 as long as the Titans win by 2 or more.

Final Score Titans 24 Jets 13

Who Draft Utopia Picked


Chris Ransom	Oren Shiri	Tony Mario	Joseph Potter	Andrew Kermish	Tracy Porter	Wes Langley	William Yanish	Emmanuel Watsonr

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Arizona Cardinals 0-0-0	Versus	Los Angeles Chargers 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

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Why the Arizona Cardinals Will Win: Arizona has Jacoby Brissett as their starting quarterback. Gardner Minshew II is the backup quarterback. Carson Beck, a 2026 third round pick from Miami FL is the third string quarterback.

Jacoby Brissett has Paris Johnson Jr. at left tackle, Isaac Seumalo at left guard, Hjalte Froholdt is Arizona's starting center, Isaiah Adams, Arizona's 2024 third round pick out of Illinois is the starting right guard, and Elijah Wilkinson is the startig right tackle. Arizona has Jayden Williams a 2026 seventh round pick out of Ole Miss as the swing tackle. Chase Bistonis a 2026 second round pick out of Texas A&M had a chance to win one of the starting guard spots before tearing his achillies in training camp as this leaves the Cardinals in a position where they are rather thin at guard. Jon Gaines II is the backup center.

Arizona got a true number one flanker wide receiver for Jacoby Brissett in Marvin Harrison Jr. who was the best receiver in the 2024 NFL Draft. Michael Wilson is the number two secondary wide receiver got a three year contract extension. Kendrick Bourne is the slot receiver. Reggie Virgil a 2026 fifth round pick out of Texas Tech is the number four wide receiver. Devin Duvernay is the number five wide receiver. Simi Fehoko is the number six wide receiver. Jalen Brooks is the only third string wide receiver on the Arizona Cardinals.

Trey McBride, Arizona's 2022 second round pick out of Colorado State took the starting tight end job from Zach Ertz in the second half of the 2023 season after seeing limited action as a rookie when Ertz got injured in 2022. Trey McBride was the best tight end in the NFC last year even though he didn't score a touchdown until late in the season with McBride finally getting paid. Tip Reiman, Arizona's 2024 third round pick out of Illinois took the backup tight end job from Elijah Higgins, but he's on the PUP list for now. Elijah Higgins is now the backup tight end until Tip Reiman returns. Hunter Long the fourth string tight end is the third string tight end for now until Tip Reiman returns.

Jeremiyah Love, Arizona's 2026 first round pick out of Notre Dame that was drafted third overall is the starting running back. Tyler Allgeier is the backup running back. James Conner is now the third string running back after starting for many years, but he begins the season on injured reserve. Trey Benson, Arizona's 2024 third round pick out of Florida State almost got cut, but since Arizona placed him on injured reserve, he's the fourth string running bqck on this final 53 man roster. Zonovan Knight would be the fifth string running back, but with James Connor and Trey Benson both on injured reserve, he is the third string running back for now.

Arizona has Darius Robinson a 2024 first round pick out of Missouri at 3-4 right end, Roy Lopez at 3-4 nose tackle, and Walter Nolen, Arizona's 2025 first round pick starting at 3-4 left end. Dante Stills a 2023 sixth round pick out of west Virginia is the backup 3-4 right end. Andrew Billings is the backup 3-4 nose tackle, and L.J. Collier is the backup 3-4 left end. Kaleb Proctor, Arizona's 2026 fourth round pick out of Southeastern Louisiana begins the season on injured reserve, but will be in a third string role once he returns.

Arizona will start Josh Sweat at 3-4 right outside linebacker, Mack Wilson returns at 3-4 middle linebacker with Cody Simon a 2025 fourth round pick out of Ohio State complimenting him at 3-4 middle linebacker, and Zaven Collins will start across from Josh Swat at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Jordan Burch a 2025 third round pick out of Oregon is the backup 3-4 right outside linebacker. Jack Gibbens and Karson Shara a 2026 sixth round pick out of Iowa are the two backup 3-4 middle linebackers. Baron Browning is the backup 3-4 left outside linebacker. Eku Leota is a third string 3-4 outside linebacker that barely cracked Arizona's roster.

Arizona Cardinals 2025 second round pick Will Johnson is the number one field cornerback as I had Will Johnson in my top 5, but he fell to day 2 due to durability concerns in the 2025 NFL Draft. Denzel Burke Arizona's 2025 fifth round pick out of Ohio State is the boundary cornerback. Garrett Williams, the Arizona Cardinals 2023 third round pick out of Syracuse is the projected nickel cornerback. Max Melton a 2024 second round pick out of Rutgers enters year three and will be the dime cornerback. Kei'Trel Clark is the quarter cornerback. Budda Baker is back at strong safety and Adrew Wingard compliments him at free safety. I'm not confident in backup strong safety Kitan Crawford or backup free safety Dadrion Taylor-Demerson if either starting safety goes down with injuries.

Chad Ryland is Arizona's kicker. Blake Gillikin is the starting punter. Devin Duvernay is the return specialist at kick returner and punt returner.

Why the Los Angeles Chargers Will Win: Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert has a good offensive line with Rashawn Slater at left tackle, Kayode Awosika at left guard, Jake Slaughter a 2026 second round pick out of Florida at center, Cole Strange at right guard, and Joe Alt at right tackle. Trey Pipkins III is the backu left tackle, Trevor enning is the backup left guard, Jacob Spomer an undrafted center out of Fresno State that cracked the top 410 of my 2026 NFL Draft Simulator is the backup center until Tyler Biadasz returns from injured reserve, Alex Harkey a 2026 sixth round pick out of Oregon is the backup right guard, and Travis Burke a 2026 fourth round pick out of Memphis is the backup right tackle. Isaiah World a 2026 undrafted Free Agent is the third string left tackle, but he's currently on injured reserve.

Los Angeles has Ladd McConkey their 2024 second round pick out of Georgia at flanker wide receiver after McConkey had a dominant rookie season, Quentin Johnston, the Los Angeles Chargers 2023 first round pick out of TCU is the secondary wide receiver after getting a fifth year tender this offseason, and Tre Harris their 2025 second round pick out of Ole Miss is the slot receiver. Brenen Thompson a 2026 fourth round pick out of Mississippi State is the number four wide receiver. Derius Davis is the number five wide receiver. KeAndre-Lambert Smith a 2025 fifth round pick is the number six wide receiver.

Los Angeles has Charlie Kolar as their starting tight end, Oronde Gadsden II a 2025 fifth round pick out of Syracuse as their backup tight end, and David Njoku is their third string tight end. Njoku entered camp as the favorite to win this job, but he's now a third string tight end after eight years with the Cleveland Browns.

Omarion Hampton the Los Angeles Chargers 2025 first round pick out of North Carolina as starting running back. Keaton Mitchell is their backup running back. Kimani Vidal is the third string running back. Alec Ingold is the starting fullback.

The Los Angeles Chargers have Teair Tartt at 3-4 right end, Dalvin Tomlinson at 3-4 nose tackle, and Jamaree Caldwell a 2025 third round pick out of Oregon at 3-4 left end. Justin Eboigbe a 2024 fourth round pick out of Alabama is the backup 3-4 defensive end and Nick Barrett a 2026 fifth round pick out of South Carolina is the backup 3-4 nose tackle.

The Los Angeles Chargers have Khalil Mack at 3-4 right outside linebacker, Denzel Perryman at 3-4 middle linebacker, Daiyan Henley at 3-4 middle linebacker, and Tuli Tuipulotu complimenting him at 3-4 left outside linebacker with both edges having the ability to win one-on-ones against left tackles or right tackles. Los Angeles has Akheem Mesidor their 2026 first round pick out of Miami FL as their backup 3-4 right outside linebacker, Troy Dye and Del'Shawn Phillips as their two 3-4 middle linebackers, and Bud Dupree as their backup 3-4 left outside linebacker.

Denzel Perryman is on injured reserve, so Troy Dye will get the start at 3-4 middle linebacker across from Daiyan Henley in the Los Angeles Chargers first four games.

The Los Angeles Chargers have Cam Hart a 2024 fifth round pick out of Notre Dame is the field cornerback, Tarheeb Still another 2024 fifth round pick out of Maryland is the boundary cornerback, Donte Jackson is the nickel cornerback. Los Angeles has Derwin James at strong safety and Elijah Molden at starting free safety. Tony Jefferson can play strong safety with Derwin James moving to nickel cornerback, but I won't believe that until I see that myself. Genesis Smith a 2026 fourth round pick out of Arizona with the versatility to play both safety roles is the backup free safety. RJ Mickens a 2025 sixth round pick is the third string strong safety behind James and Jefferson.

The Los Angeles Chargers have Cameron Dicker as the starting kicker and JK Scott as the starting punter. Derius Davis ended up as the return specialist as a rookie starting at both kick returner and punt returner which comes as no surprise to anyone who saw him in Mobile at the 2023 Reese's Senior Bowl as Derius Davis enters his fourth season as the return specialist on the Los Angeles Chargers.

Prediction: Los Angeles is a 9.5 point favorite at -9.5. The over or under is 47.5 with 77% of the public betting on Los Angeles. The money line is +430 for Arizona and -575 for Los Angeles. I like Los Angeles to win and Arizona cover with the under at +430. Bet $470 on this game for Arizona and win up to $900 as long as the Chargers win by 9 or less.

Final Score Chargers 27 Cardinals 20

Who Draft Utopia Picked


Chris Ransom	Oren Shiri	Tony Mario	Joseph Potter	Andrew Kermish	Tracy Porter	Wes Langley	William Yanish	Emmanuel Watson

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Miami Dolphins 0-0-0	Versus	Las Vegas Raiders 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

I started a dynasty football league with William Yanish and that will replace the BFFL as far as weekly updates go. Since I don't have logos for each team that I can put on the site like the BFFL, I'm just going to tell you whose on my team this week and provide scores, updates, and maybe add logos for other teams if William wants me to in the coming weeks. I play Theo Von Rat King last years champion in week 1.

My team has Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert, and Aaron Rodgers at quarterback with Burrow and Mahomes starting in super flex with Justin Herbert and Aaron Rodgers on my bench. This team has stability at quarterback until at least 2030 possibly another decade, and I will have to reload at quarterback by 2040 at the latest.

My running backs are Kyren Williams, Omarion Hampton, Jeremiyah Love, Rhamondre Stevenson, Alvin Kamara, and Buffalo Bills backup running back Ray Davis. I think 2027 is going to be stronger and am open to dealing all my 2026 capital to get more 2027 draft capital. Emmett Johnson was in my rookie draft.

At wide receiver, I have D.J. Moore as my number one wide receiver, Emeka Egbuka, who I got at 1.10 after trading down in the rookie draft, is my number two wide receiver as I expect him to be one of the steals of the 2025 NFL Draft at wide receiver. I traded for Tee Higgins. I still got Jameson Williams. My bench wide receivers include Khalil Shakir, Troy Franklin, Tyler Lockett, Josh Palmer, Romeo Doubs, Tory Horton, and Jalen Royals my third round pick in our rookie draft. Elijah Sarratt is now on my bench at wide receiver.

My tight ends are Mark Andrews and Dallas Goedert with Andrews as my starting tight end and Goedert as my flex tight end. I also got Hunter Henry for depth. I also added Tanner Koziol in the rookie draft.

Why the Miami Dolphins Will Win: Miami Dolphins quarterback Malik Willis is the starting quarterback. Miami does not have a quality backup.

Malik Willis has Patrick Paul their 2024 second round pick out of Houston at left tackle, Kayden Proctor a 2026 first round pick out of Alabama at left guard, Aaron Brewer at center, Jonah Savaiinaea a 2025 second round pick out of Arizona at right guard, and Austin Jackson at right tackle. DJ Campbell a 2026 sixth round pick out of Texas is the only good depth piece on the Miami Dolphins offensive line.

Miami has Chris Bell their 2026 third round pick out of Louisville as their flanker receiver and Caleb Douglas their 2026 third round pick out of Texas Tech is the secondary wide receiver. Malik Washington a 2024 sixth round pick out of Virginia is the number slot receiver. Kevin Cleman Jr. a 2026 fifth round pick out of Missouri is the number four wide receiver. Jalen Tolbert is my number five wide receiver. Ryan Miller is my number six wide receiver.

Greg Dulcich is Miami's starting tight end. Will Kacmarek a 2026 third round pick out of Ohio State is Miami's number two tight end as Kacmarek was the number two tight end behind Max Klare last year. Seydou Traore a 2026 fifth round pick out of Mississippi State is the third string tight end. Justin Joly a rookie out of North Carolina State that got cut by the Denver Broncos before being added to the Miami Dolphins is the fourth string tight end.

Miami has De'Von Achane, Miami's 2023 third round pick out of Texas A&M as their starting running back with Achane getting extended, Jaylen Wright Miami's 2024 fourth round pick is the backup running back, and Ollie Gordon IV Miami's 2025 sixth round pick out of Oklahoma State is the third string running back. Fullback DJ Herman an undrafted fullback out of San Diego State is the starting fullback.

Miami has Josh Uche as their 4-3 right end, Zach Seiler at 4-3 defensive tackle, Jordan Phillips at 4-3 defensive tackle, and Chop Robinson their 2024 first round pick out of Penn State as the starting 4-3 left end. and Kenneth Grant Miami's 2025 first round pick out of Michigan and Zeek Biggers a 2025 seventh round pick out of Georgia Tech are the two backup 4-3 defensive tackles. Kenneth Grant is starting the season on injured reserve.

Miami has Jordyn Brooks at 4-3 right outside linebacker, Jacob Rodriguez their 2026 second round pick out of Texas Tech at 4-3 middle linebacker, and Willie Gay Jr. at 4-3 left outside linebacker. Kyle Louis a 2026 fourth round pick out of Pittsburgh, is the backup linebacker at 4-3 right outside linebacker, backup 4-3 middle linebacker, and backup 4-3 left outside linebacker.

Miami has JuJu Brents at field cornerback covering number one receivers. Jason Marshall Jr. a 2025 fifth round pick out of Florida will play boundary cornerback covering number two wide receivers. Chris Johnson their 2026 first round pick out of San Diego State is the nickel cornerback, but he suffered a season ending injury. Miami has Dante Trader Jr. at strong safety and Zayne Anderson at free safety with one of the worst safety tandems. Michael Taaffe their 2026 fifth round pick out of Texas that I had a second round grade on is the best safety on Miami's roster, and the Dolphins aren't even playing him.

Miami has Riley Patterson at kicker and Bradley Pinion at punter. Malik Washington is the return specialist at kick returner and punt returner for the Miami Dolphins.

Why the Las Vegas Raiders Will Win: The Las Vegas Raiders have Kirk Cousins starting at quarterback. Fernando Mendoza, the first overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft and last years Heisman winner is the backup quarterback.

Kirk Cousins has Kolton Miller at left tackle, Spencer Burford at left guard, Tyler Linderbaum at center, Jackson Powers-Johnson a 2024 second round pick out of Oregon at right guard, and and DJ Glaze a 2024 third round pick out of Maryland is the right tackle. Charles Grant their 2025 third round out of William & Mary is the backup left tackle. Trey Zuhn III a 2026 third round pick out of Texas A&M is the backup center. Caleb Rogers a 2025 third round pick out of Texas Tech is the backup right guard.

Las Vegas has weapons in the passing game. I don't believe Jack Bech, Tre Tucker, or Jalen Nailor has the ability to be a starting wide receiver. Las Vegas will need multiple wide receivers in the 2027 NFL Draft at least three. Malik Benson, their 2026 sixth round pick out of Oregon is the best wide receiver on the Las Vegas Raiders depth chart.

Brock Bowers, the Las Vegas Raiders 2024 first round pick is the number one tight end coming off a historically great rookie season before dominating as a sophmore too. Michael Mayer is the number two tight end in two tight end sets as well as the backup tight end after being my top ranked tight end in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Notre Dame as well as the Las Vegas Raiders 2023 second round pick. Ian Thomas is the third string tight end.

Brock Bowers got ruled out for week 1 after having a meniscus rim on tuesday. He will miss a week or two, but I already promoted this before Bowers got ruled out, so Bowers will remain on the cover of this weeks picks. Michae Mayer the backup tight end will now fill in as the number one tight end until Bowers returns. Ian Thomas, the third string tight end will be the number two tight end. This limits the Raiders to 11 and 12 personnel and keeps them from running 13 personnel unless one of their practice squad tight ends like Chris Myarick who got cut by the Miami Dolphins or Patrick Gurd the Cincinnati Bearcats fullback that went undrafted gets promoted to the third string tight end role for two weeks until Brock Bowers returns.

Ashton Jeanty, the Las Vegas Raiders 2025 first round pick out of Boise State is the starting running back. Mike Washington Jr. a 2026 fourth round pick out of Arkansas is the backup running back. Dylan Laube a 2024 sixth round pick out of New Hampshire is the third string running back.

Las Vegas has Malcolm Koonce at 4-3 right end, Tonka Hemingway a 2025 fourth round pick out of South Carolina that I liekd at 4-3 defensive tackle, Adam Butler at 4-3 defensive tackle, and Maxx Crosby at 4-3 left end. Kwity Paye is the situational pass rusher to Malcolm Koonce and Maxx Crosby. Patrick Johnson is your number four defensive end. Thomas Booker IV last years starting 4-3 defensive tackle is in a depth role that suits him much better.

Las Vegas has Quay Walker at 4-3 right outside linebacker. Nakobe Dean is the starting 4-3 middle linebacker. Tommy Eichenberg a 2024 fifth round pick out of Ohio State is the starting 4-3 left outside linebacker and the backup right outside linebacker in a 4-2-5 nickel defense. Cody Lindenberg a 2025 seventh round pick is the backup 4-3 middle linebacker.

Eric Stokes is the field cornerback. Darien Porter a 2025 third round pick out of Iowa State that I had a backup grade is the boundary cornerback. Taron Johnson is the nickel cornerback. Jermod McCoy a 2026 fourth round pick out of Tennessee is the dime cornerback despite the fact that I had a first round grade on him. Hezekiah Masses a 2026 fifth round pick out of California is the quarter cornerback. Jeremy Chinn is the starting strong safety. Treydan Stukes a 2026 second round pick out of Arizona with the versatility to play cornerback, strong safety, and free safety is the starting free safety. Dalton Johnson a 2026 fifth round pick out of Arizona is the backup safety for depth.

Matt Gay is the starting kicker. AJ Cole is the starting punter. Tre Tucker is the return specialist at kick returner and punt returner.

Prediction: Las Vegas is a 3.5 point favorite at -3.5. The over or under is 40.5 with 60% of the public betting on Las Vegas. The money line is +155 for Miami and -185 for Las Vegas. Take Las Vegas to win and cover with the under at -185. Bet $1215 on this game for Las Vegas and win up to $400 as long as the Raiders win by 4 or more.

Final Score Raiders 23 Dolphins 17

Who Draft Utopia Picked


Chris Ransom	Oren Shiri	Tony Mario	Joseph Potter	Andrew Kermish	Tracy Porter	Wes Langley	William Yanish	Emmanuel Watson

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Green Bay Packers 0-0-0	Versus	Minnesota Vikings 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

I got College Scoreboards from the Scorestream app as well as NFL scores. I just feel like posting ten different scoreboards before getting to the article will cause readers to lose interest. Scoreboards for the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, SEC, and the new PAC 12.

Why the Green Bay Packers Will Win: Jordan Love enters his fourth season as the full-time starting quarterback on the Green Bay Packers. Jordan Love has Jordan Morgan a 2024 first round pick out of Arizona at left tackle, Aaron Banks at left guard, Sean Rhyan at center, Anthony Belton, a 2025 second round pick out of North Carolina State at right guard, and Zach Tom at right tackle. Green Bay's depth on the offensive line is the weakest it has been since Jordan Love took over at quarterback.

Christian Watson, Green Bay's 2022 second round pick out of North Dakota State finished his rookie season strong after missing the early portion of the season with injuries and was the number one flanker wide receiver. Matthew Golden, the Green Bay Packers 2025 first round pick out of Texas is the number two secondary wide receiver. Jayden Reed Green Bay's 2023 second round pick out of Michigan State is the slot receiver. Skyy Moore is the number four wide receiver. Bo Melton is the number five wide receiver, and John Michael Sturdivant who went undrafted in the 2026 NFL Draft out of Florida is the number six wide receiver.

Green Bay has Tucker Kraft a 2023 third round pick out of South Dakota State as the starting tight end. Luke Musgrave their 2023 second round pick out of Oregon State began as a starting tight end, but his injury history caused him to get demoted to second string. Luke Musgrave begins this season on the PUP List. Third string tight end Jonnu Smith is now the backup tight end. Josh Whyle last years backup tight end after Luke Musgrave got injured is the third string tight end.

Green Bay has Josh Jacobs as their starting running back, but he's been placed on the commissioners exempt list. Now Marshawn Lloyd, Chris Brooks, Kaleb Johnson, three running backs that have no business getting touches will see the bulk of the carries until Josh Jacobs returns. Green Bay might be a bottom five team in rushing yards without Josh Jacobs, but can also get out of Jacobs contract to create cap space in a very good running back draft for the 2027 NFL Draft.

Green Bay is moving rrom a 4-3 defense to a 3-4 defense after hiring Jonathan Gannon to be the new defensive coordinator. Devonte Wyatt is the 3-4 right end, Chris McClellan a 2026 third round pick out of Missouri who had starter potential and won the starting 3-4 nose tackle job, and Javon Hargrave as the starting 3-4 left end. Warren Brinson a 2025 sixth round pick out of Georgia is the backup 3-4 right end, Jonathan Ford is the backup 3-4 nose tackle, and Karl Brooks a 2023 sixth round pick out of Bowling Green that had potential to be a borderline starter is the backup 3-4 left end.

Green Bay will have Micah Parsons at 3-4 right outside linebacker when he returns from injured reserve. For now Barryn Sorrell, a guy that I had a backup grade on and a 2025 fourth round pick out of Texas fills in for Parsons until he gets back. Green Bay has Zaire Franlin and Edgerin Cooper a 2024 second round pick from Texas A&M at 3-4 middle lienbacker. Lukas Van Ness their 2023 first round pick out of Iowa is the starting 3-4 left outside linebacker. Dani Dennis-Sutton a 2026 fourth round pick out of Penn State is the backup 3-4 right outside linebacker until Micah arsons gets back, then he will be demoted to third string. Isaiah McDuffie and Ty'Ron Hopper a 2024 third round pick out of Missouri are the backup 3-4 middle linebackers. Brenton Cox Jr. is the backup 3-4 left outside linebacker.

Green Bay has Keisean Nixon at field cornerback. Green Bay has Carrington Valentine at boundary cornerback. Javon Bullard enters year two at nickel cornerback after playing free safety at Georgia. Green Bay has Xavier McKinney at strong safety and Evan Stewart at free safety. Green Bay drafted a backup cornerback that didn't have the ceiling to be a day 1 starter with their first pick in the second round of the 2026 NFL Draft. Green Bay is just as thin on the secondary as they are on the offensive line this year.

Trey Smack a 2026 sixth round pick out of Florida is Green Bay's kicker. Daniel Wheelan is the punter. Skyy Moore is the return specialist at kick returner and punt returner.

Why the Minnesota Vikings Will Win: Minnesota has Kyler Murray as their starting quarterback, Carson Wentz as the backup quarterback, and J.J. McCarthy as the third string quarterback.

Minnesota Vikings starting quarterback Kyler Murray has Christian Darrisaw at left tackle, Donovan Jackson, Minnesota's 2025 first round pick out of Ohio State at left guard, Blake Brandel at center, Wil Fries at right guard and Brian O'Neill at right tackle. Caleb Tiernan a 2026 third round pick out of Northwestern was an offensive tackle that I had a late first round grade on. He's now Minnesota's swing tackle at offensive tackle and the only good depth piece the Vikings have if injuries occur.

Justin Jefferson is a number one flanker receiver for Minnesota, but he's also the best wide receiver in the NFL. Jordan Addison is going to start out as the secondary wide receiver on this depth chart after his three game suspsension. Jauan Jennings is the slot receiver. Minnesota does not have good depth at wide receiver if injuries occur.

Minnesota has T.J. Hockenson as thier starting tight end, Josh Oliver as their backup tight end as well as a number two tight end in two tight end sets, and Gavin Bartholomew, Minnesota's 2025 sixth round pick out of Pittsburgh is the third string tight end. This is probably Minnesota's deepest position on offense if we are being honest.

Aaron Jones is the starting running back. Jordan Mason is the backup running back. Demond Claiborne a 2026 sixth round pick out of Wake FOrest is the third string running back. Max Bredeson a 2026 fifth round pick out of Michigan is the starting fullback.

Minnesota has Jalen Redmond whose been Minnesota's best 3-4 defensive linemen in training camp at 3-4 right end, Levi Drake Rodriguez at 3-4 nose tackle, and Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins at 3-4 left end. Minnesota has Caleb Banks their 2026 first round pick out of Florida as a 3-4 defensive end for depth at both 3-4 right end and 3-4 left end. Domonique Orange, a 2026 third round pick out of Iowa State is the backup 3-4 nose tackle.

Minnesota has Andrew Van Ginkel at 3-4 right outside linebacker, Blake Cashman at 3-4 middle linebacker, Eric Wilson at 3-4 middle linebacker, and Dallas Turner at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Minnesota has Ivan Pace Jr. and Jake Golday a 2026 second round pick out of Cincinnati for depth at 3-4 middle linebacker while having no depth at 3-4 outside linebacker.

Byron Murphy Jr. is the field cornerback and Isaiah Rodgers is number two boundary cornerback. Minnesota has Jay Ward at nickel cornerback. Minnesota has Charles Demmins a 2026 fifth round pick out of Stephen F. Austin at dime cornerback. Minnesota has Josh Mettellus at strong safety and Harrison Smith at free safety. Minnesota has Jakobe Thomas a 2026 third round pick out of Miami FL as a backpu strong safety and Theo Jackson as the backup free safety.

Minnesota has Will Reichard at kicker and Brett Thorson my top punter in the 2026 NFL Draft as their starting punter. Myles Price is the return specialist.

Prediction: Minnesota is a 1.5 point favorite at -1.5. The over or under is 45.5 with 56% of the public betting on Minnesota. The money line is +125 for Green Bay and -140 for Minnesota. Take Minnesota to win and cover with the over at -140. Bet $160 on this game for Minnesota and win up to $300 as long as the Vikings win by 2 or more.

Final Score Vikings 31 Packers 28

Who Draft Utopia Picked


Chris Ransom	Oren Shiri	Tony Mario	Joseph Potter	Andrew Kermish	Tracy Porter	Wes Langley	William Yanish	Emmanuel Watson

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Washington Commanders 0-0-0	Versus	Philadelphia Eagles 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

Year two of my 12 team playoff is underway. Unlike last year with my preason projections, this poll will include updated records from week 1 inlcuding rankings. Also, I try to put undefeated teams over 1 loss teams in my AP polls for fun until the official rankings come out. If a one loss team lost by one score to a ranked opponent and their tape looked good with that team keeping the game competitive, I will consider moving them up or down.

Ohio State 1-0

Ohio State has JUlian Sayin at quarterback. Bo Jackson is the starting running back. Jeremiah Smith, Brandon Inniss, Devin McCuin, and Chris Henry Jr. are the top four wide receivers on htis Ohio State team. Ohio State's interior offensive line features Luke Montgomery at left guard, Carson Hinzman at center, and Austin Siereveld at right guard. Kenyatta Jackson Jr., John Walker, and James Smith anchor Ohio State's defensive line with Kenyatta Jackson Jr. at pass rusher with the other two guys inside at defensive tackle. Eddrick Houston is a good defensive tackle for depth. Ohio State has Jermaine Mathews Jr., Devin Sanchez, and Cam Calhoun at nickel cornerback. Jaylen McClain is the strong safety and free safety Terry Moore who was a big part of Duke's secondary last year replaced Caleb Downs at Ohio State.

Georgia 1-0

Georgia has Gunnar Stockton at quarterback. Nate Frazier is the starting running back. Chauncey Bowens is the change of pace back. Isiah Canion is the number one wide receiver. Earnest Greene III at left tackle with experience on both sides of the offensive line and Drew Bobo at center are the staples on this offensive line. Elijah Griffin plays inside at defensive tackle on Georgia's defensive line. Chris Cole can play off the edge as a 3-4 right outside linebacker. Raylen Wilson and Justin Williams can play inside at 3-4 middle linebacker. Ellis Robinson IV is the field cornerback this year after complimenting Daylen Everette last year. Ja"Marley Riddle and Khalil Barnes are both good enough to start at strong safety and KJ Bolden starts at free safety. Peyton Woodring is the starting kicker.

Notre Dame 1-0

Notre Dame has CJ Carr at quarterback. Aneyas Williams takes over for Love and Price as Notre Dame's starting running back. Jordan Faison is notre Dame's number one wide receiver. Antoine Knapp is moving inside from left tackle to left guard. Ashton Craig is the starting center. Charles Jagusah is the starting right guard. Boubacar Traore is Notre Dame's best ass rusher who can play 4-3 right end or 3-4 right outside linebacker. Francis Brewu the former Pitt defensive tackle transferred to Notre Dame with Jason Onye complimenting him. Drayk Bowen and Kyngstonn Vilamu-Asa are the two 3-4 middle linebackers. Notre Dame has Leonard Moore at field cornerback, DJ McKinney at boundary cornerback, and Christian Gray at nickel cornerback. Adon Shuler is the strong safety and Brauntae Johnson is the free safety. Notre Dame routed Wisconsin to start the season 1-0.

Texas 1-0

Texas has Arch Manning at quarterback. Texas also has a running back duo of Hollywood Smothers and Raleek Brown. Cam Coleman and Ryan Wingo both have ability to be number one wide receivers. Texas has Trevor Goosby at left tackle, Brandon Baker at right guard, and Melvin Siani at right tackle. Colin Simmons is an amazing edge rusher that can play either 4-3 defensive end or 3-4 outside linebacker. Ian Geffrard and Hero Kanu compliment Colin Simmons on this defensive line at defensive tackle. Rasheem Biles replaces Anthony Hill Jr. at linebacker. Bo Mascoe and Graceson Littleon are a great cornerback tandem with Jelani McDonald at strong safety. Texas has enough talent to make the Champoinship game in this years College Football Playoff despite Georgia being my pick to win the SEC, Texas is capable of a deeper run in this years CFB Playoff in my opinion. Texas hosts Ohio State in a huge game this weekend.

Indiana 1-0

Indiana has Josh Hoover at quarterback. Turbo Richard, Khobie Martin, and Lee Beebe Jr. give the Indiana Hoosiers three quality running backs with more running back depth than a year ago. Charlie Becker, Nick Marsh, and Shazz Preston give Indiana a three wide receiver set. Carter Smith at left tackle and Drew Evans at left guard are the difference makers on Indiana's offensive line. Indiana has Tobi Osunsanmi at 4-3 right end, Tyrique Tucker at 4-3 defensive tackle, Mario Landino at 4-3 defensive tackle, and Chiddi Obiazor at 4-3 left end. Rolijah Hardy is the 4-3 right outside linebacker this year after playing 4-3 left outside linebacker a year ago. Isaiah Jones is the 4-3 middle lienbacker. Jamari Sharpe is the field cornerback with AJ Harris next to him at boundary cornerback. Preston Zachman is the strong safety and Amare Farrell is the free safety. Billy Gowers is one of the countries best punters.

Oregon 1-0

Oregon has one of the most complete offenses in the country. Dante Moore did well at quarterback. ORegon has Jordon Davison and Dierre Hill Jr. as two really effective running backs that compliment each other. Oregon has Dakorien Moore as theri flanker wide receiver, Iverson Hooks as their secondary wide receiver, Evan Stewart as their slot receiver, and Jeremiah McClelan as their fourth wide receiver in four wide receiver sets. Jamari Johnson is their starting tight end taking over for Kenyon Sadiq. Iapani Laloulu is the anchor on Oregon's offensive line at center with Dave Iuli as the one player that compliments him on Oregon's offensive line at right guard. This defesive line has Matayo Uiagalelei at 4-3 right end, A'Mauri Washington at 4-3 defensive tackle, Bear Alexander at 4-3 defensive tackle, and Teitum Tuioti at 4-3 left end. Brandon Finney Jr. is a true sophomore cornerback and Oregon's best cornerback since Christian Gonzalez. Meanwhile Koi Perich was a huge get for Oregon at safety in the transfer portal. Oregon had a narrow week 1 win over Boise State.

Miami FL 1-0

The Miami Hurricanes have Darian Mensah at quarterback. Mark Fletcher Jr. is the starting running back with CharMar Brown as the change of pace running back. Malachi Toney looks like the best available prospect in the 2028 NFL Draft as the flanker wide receiver on Miami FL with Cooper Barkate as the secondary wide receiver. Jackson Carman is a true freshman starting at left tackle with Samson Okunlola complimenting him on the offensive line at left guard. Damon Wilson II takes over at 4-3 right end with Ahmad Moten Sr. and Justin Scott taking over at 4-3 defensive tackle. Ethan O'Conor and OJ Frederique Jr. ar eboth capable of covering number one flanker wide receivers at field cornerback. Bryce Fitzgerald is the strong safety and Zechariah Poyser is the free safety. Miami FL steamrolled Stanford on the road in Palo Alto to begin ACC Conference Play to begin the season 1-0.

LSU 1-0

LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt is the new starting quarterback. Caden Durham and Harlem Berry give LSU two really good running backs. Jackson Harris is the flanker wide receiver, Jayce Brown is the secondary wide receiver, Winston Watkins Jr. is the slot receiver, and Eugene Wilson III is the number four wide receiver. Trey'Dez Green is one of the best tight ends in the country. Jordan Seaton is one of the five best left tackles in the country with Braelin Moore at center being the other impact player on LSU's offensive line. Princewill Umanmielen is the 4-3 right end with Dominick McKinley as the 4-3 defensive tackle on this defensive line. TJ Dottery is the right outside linebacker and Whit Weeks is the middle linebacker. LSu has DJ Pickett at field cornerback, PJ Woodland at boundary cornerback, and Ty Benefield at free safety on this secondary. LSU had a statement win over Clemson in week 1.

Ole Miss 1-0

Ole Miss has Trinidad Chambliss back at quarterback. Kewan Lacy is back at running back at running back. Deuce Alexander is the best wide receiver on Ole Miss. Luke Hasz is the only good tight end on Ole Miss. Kam Frankiin is the 4-3 left end. Ole Miss has three defensive tackles that can inflinct pain in Will Echoles, Jamarius Brown, and Jeheim Oatis with only two of those guys starting. Suntraine Perkins is the right outside linebacker and Keaton Thomas is the left outside linebacker. Antonio Kite is the field cornerback, Jalyn Crawford is the boundary cornerback, Jaylon Braxton is the nickel cornerback. Lucas Carneiro is the starting kicker.

Texas A&M 1-0

Texas A&m has Marcel Reed at quarterback. Reuben Owens II is the starting running back. Mario Craver is the flanker wide receiver and Isaiah Horton is the secondary wide receiver. Coen Echols is the left guard and Wilkin Formby is the right tackle on this Texas A&M offensive line. Anto Saka is the 4-3 right end. Ray Coney is the 4-3 right outside linebacker. Dezz Ricks is the field cornerback, Julio Humphrey is the boundary cornerback, and Rickey gibson III is the nickel cornerback. Dalton Brooks is the strong safety and Marcus Ratcliffe is the free safety.

Texas Tech 1-0

Texas Tech has a running back trio of Cameron Dickey, J'koby Williams, and Quinten Joyner. Coy Eakin, Kenny Johsnon, and Malcolm Simmons are the three wide receivers on Texas Tech. Terrance Carter Jr. is the starting tight end on Texas Tech. Howard Samspon at left tackle and Sheridan Wilson at center are the main blockers on Texas Tech's offensive line. Texas Tech has Adam Trick at 4-3 right end, A.J. Holmes Jr. at 4-3 defensive tackle, Mateen Ibriogba at 4-3 defensive tackle, and Trey White at 4-3 left end. Austin Romaine plays 4-3 right ousside linebacker with Ben Roberts at 4-3 middle linebacker. Brice Pollock is the field corenrback and Brenden Jordan is the starting free safety.

Memphis 1-0

MMemphis has two impact players on defense in J'Mond Tapp at 4-3 left end and Ahmere Foster at free safety. Memphis has the most impressive group of six win with a road win vs UNLV.

Why the Washington Commanders Will Win: The Washington Commanders have Jayden Daniels starting at quarterback as the second overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft out of LSU had a dominant rookie season guiding Washington to the NFC Championship game before an injury riddled sophomore season. Marcus Mariota remains the backup quarterback. Athan Kaliakmanis a 2026 seventh round pick out of Rutgers is the third string quarterback as he is raw, but has enough potential to develop into a starter like Daniels or Mariota.

Washington Commanders left tackle Laremy Tunsil got injured and will miss most of this season. Brandon Coleman a 2024 third round pick out of TCU that played left tackle as a rookie moves back to his natural position in year three after sitting out a year to learn under Laremy Tunsil, Chris Paul remains at left guard, Nick Allegretti is the new starting center center, Sam Cosmi is back at full health at right guard after missing the first four games of last year, and Josh Conerly Jr. Washington's 2025 first round pick out of Oregon is the starting right tackle. D.J. Humphries is the backup left tackle to Brandon Coleman, Matt Gulbin a 2026 sixth round pick out of Michigan State is the backup center, and Andrew Wylie who started a few games at right guard last year is the backup right guard.

Washington has Terry McLaurin as their flanker wide receiver, Stefon Diggs is the secondary wide receiver with Washington now having two wide receivers that have the experience to pay flanker wide receiver, and Treylon Burks is the slot receiver. Washington has Antonio Williams their 2024 third round pick out of Clemson as their number four wide receiver. Washington has Luke McCaffrey their 2024 third round pick out of Rice as the number five wide receiver as McCaffrey began in this role last year before becoming the slot receiver near the end of the season. Dyami Brown returns to Washington, the team that drafted him after a year in Jacksonville as the number six wide receiver.

Washington has Chigoziem Okonkwo as their starting tight end, John Bates their 2021 draft pick out of Boise State is the backup tight end, and Ben Sinnott their 2024 second round pick out of Kansass State is the third string tight end. Washington also has Jacory Croskey-Merrtitt a 2025 seventh round pick out of Arizona as their starting running back, Rachaad White as the backup running back, and Kaytron Allen a 2026 sixth round pick out of Penn State as the third string running back.

Washington is switching their defensive scheme from a 4-3 to a 3-4 under new defensive coordinator Deronte Jones, a former defensive backs coach with the Minnesota Vikings last year. Washington has Daron Payne at 3-4 right end, Tm Settle at 3-4 nose tackle, and Javon Kinlaw at 3-4 left end. Shy Tuttle the backup 3-4 nose tackle is the only good depth player on Washington's interior defensive line. Jer'Zhan Newton might start later in the year which will give Washington more depth at 3-4 defensive end, but right now he's currently on injured reserve with Laremy Tunsil.

Washington has Odafe Oweh at 3-4 right outside linebacker, Sonny Styles at 3-4 middle linebacker, Frankie Luvu at 3-4 middle linebacker, and K'Lavon Chaisson at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Dorance Armstrong Jr. might start at 3-4 right outside linebacker after the season opener after serving his one game suspension. Joshua Josephs a 2026 fifth round pick out of Tennessee that I had an early fourth round grade on is the backup to Odafe Oweh as a situational pass rusher. Leo Chenal is the backup 3-4 middle linebacker after finishing his rookie deal with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Washington placed their number one field corerback Trey Amos, a 2025 second round pick out of Ole Miss on injured reserve last week. Rasul Douglas will now be promoted to the number one cornerback util Trey Amos returns from injured reserve.

Washington has Rasul Douglas to field cornerback until Trey Amos returns, Mike Saintristl their 2024 second round pick got promoted from nickel to boundary cornerback this season, and Amik Robertson is the nickel cornerback. Washington's cornerback room is very thin right now, and that is largely due to the injury of their best cornerback Trey Amos.

Will Harris replaces Nick Cross as the starting strong safety and Jeremy Reaves beat out Jartavius Martin now known as Quan Martin for the starting free safety job in camp which came as a shock since Martin was Washington's 2023 second round pick out of Illinois.

Drew Stevens a rookie kicker that went undrafted out of Iowa is the starting kicker. Tress Way is the punter. Luke McCaffrey is the kick returner and Jaylin Lane is the punt returner.

Why the Philadelphia Eagles Will Win: Philadelphia has Jalen Hurts at quarterback. Philadelphia has Jordan Mailata at left tackle, Landon Dickerson at left guard, Cam Jurgens at center, Tyler Steen at right guard, and Lane Johnson at right tackle. Markel Bell, Philadelphia's 2026 third round pick out of Miami FL is now the backup left tackle. Willie Lampkin a former Coastal Carolina offensive lineman is the backup left guard. Philadelphia also has Drew Kendall as a backup center. Micah Morris a 2026 sixth round pick out of Georgia is the backup right guard. Fred Johnson last years backup left tackle is now the backup right tackle. Philadelphia has much more depth on the offensive line than a season ago.

Philadelphia has DeVonta Smith as their flanker wide receiver. Makai Lemon their 2026 first round pick out of USC is the secondary wide receiver in two wide receiver sets, but will see reps at slot receiver in three wide receivr sets. Dontayvion Wicks is the slot receiver, but him and Lemon will rotate on the outside at slot receiver with the other guy playing across from DeVonta Smith. Marquise "Hollywood" Brown is the number four wide receiver. Elijah Moore is the number five wide receiver. Darius Cooper is the number six wide receiver and final second team wide receiver in three wide receiver sets.

Dallas Goedert remains a top 10 tight end in the NFL making him another asset in the passing game for quarterback Jalen Hurts. Johnny Mundt is the backup tight end to Dallas Goedert. Eli Stowers, Philadelphia's 2026 second round pikc out of Vanderbilt is the third string tight end.

Philadelphia has Saquon Barkley as their starting running back, Tank Bigsby is the backup running back, Will Shipley the former Clemson running back from the 2024 NFL Draft is the third string running back. I like Philadelphia's depth at running back, wide receiver, tight end, and offensive line. The only way Philadelphia regresses on offense is if former Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts gets injured.

Philadelphia did well transitioning from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense under defensive coordinator Vic Fangio in 2024 winning Super Bowl 59. Jalen Carter is going to start at 3-4 right end, Jordan Davis will start at 3-4 nose tackle, and Moro Ojomo is now starting at 3-4 left end.

Philadelphia has Jalyx Hunt at 3-4 right outside linebacker, Zack Baun starting at 3-4 middle linebacker after playing outside linebacker at Wisconsin and on the New Orleans Saints, Jihaad Campbell their 2025 first round pick out of Alabama at 3-4 middle linebacker, and Jonathan Greenard starting at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Philadelphia has Nolan Smith as their situational pass rusher this year, but he might start in week 1 if Jonathan Greenard isn't cleared from his preseason injury. Jeremiah Trotter Jr. a 2024 fifth round pick out of Clemson and Smael Mondon Jr. a 2025 fifth round pick out of Georgia are are the two backup 3-4 middle linebackers.

Philadelphia has Quinyon Mitchell at field cornerback, Cooper DeJean as the boundary cornerback covering number two wide receivers, and Tariq Woolen as the nickel cornerback. Kelee Ringo is the dime cornerback entering the final year of his rookie deal this season. Michael Carter II is the quarter cornerback.

Philadelphia has Andrew Mukaba a 2025 second round pick out of Texas that I had a backup grade on coming out of Texas starting full-time at strong safety and Marcus Epps the backup free safety to Reed Blankenship last year starting aat free safety. Philadelphia feels a lot thinner than usual at safety.

Philadelphia has Jake Elliott at kicker. Braden Elliott is the punter. Will Shipley is the kick returner. Makai Lemon is the punt returner.

Prediction: Philadelphia is a 5.5 point favorite at -5.5. The over or under is 44.5 with 65% of the public betting on Philadelphia. The money line is +195 for Washington and -235 for Philadelphia. Take Philadelphia to win and cover with the over at -235. Bet $265 on this game for Philadelphia and win up to $500 as long as the Eagles win by 6 or more.

Final Score Eagles 38 Commanders 17

Who Draft Utopia Picked


Chris Ransom	Oren Shiri	Tony Mario	Joseph Potter	Andrew Kermish	Tracy Porter	Wes Langley	William Yanish	Emmanuel Watson

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Dallas Cowboys 0-0-0	Versus	New York Giants 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

Hank Hill from King of the Hill and assistant GM and Director Of College Scouting Dale Gribble finally got back to the playoffs since taking over for Lumberg in 2020. Dallas is 54-41-1 since 2020.

Here is this weeks hot take from Hank Hill.

You have one job this week Dallas. Kick New York's ass. Show the Giants why they are the Little Giants. Show the Giants that week 18 game last season was a damn fluke.

Why the Dallas Cowboys Will Win: Dak Prescott has Tyler Guyton a 2024 first round pick out of Oklahoma at left tackle, Tyler Smith at left guard, Cooper Beebe at center, Tyler Booker a 2025 first round pick out of Alabama at right guard, and Terence Steele at right tackle. Tyler Smith will miss the first six games, so backup left guard T.J. Bass will start those games. Broderick Jones is the new swing tackle on the Dallas Cowboys. Drew Shelton a 2026 fourth round pick out of Penn State that I had a backup grade on is now the backup left guard until Tyler Smith gets back. Ajani Cornelius a 2025 sixth round pick out of Oregon is the backup right guard, but he's dealing with an injury himself.

Having weapons like CeeDee Lamb as your flanker wide receiver and George Pickens as your secondary wide receiver helps since Dak Prescott has two wide receivers who have experience as a number one wide receiver. Dallas had a bunch of guys competing for the slot receiver job with Ryan Flournoy winning out Jonathan Mingo is the number four wide receiver, Kavontae Turpin is the number five wide receiver, and Camden Brown the teammate of Ted Hurst at Georgia State who went undrafted in the 2026 NFL Draft is the number six wide receiver.

Tight end Jake Ferguson is the starting tight end. Brevyn Spain-Ford beat out Luke Schoonmaker a 2023 second round pick out of Michigan for the backup tight end job. Luke Schoonmaker enters the final year of his rookie deal. Princeton Fant the fourth string tight end and younger brother of Noah Fant is on injured reserve.

Dallas has Javonte Williams as their number one running back. Hunter Luepke is the fullback.

Dallas does not have good depth at quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end, or on the interior offensive line. There's a huge drop off from Dak Prescott to Sam Howell. A drop off from Javonte Williams to Malik Davis is brutal. Dallas is cooked if they lose either CeeDee Lamb or George Pickens to injuries. Since Luke Schoonmaker could not keep the tight end two job, that is now a position the Dallas Cowboys are thin at on offense. With Tyler Smith out the first six weeks at left guard, the Dallas Cowboys are already in a tough spot with TJ Bass a medicore backup having to start at left guard.

TJ Bass will have to face Shelby Harris, Da'Ron Payne, Justin Madubuike, Sheldon Rankins, A'Shawn Robinson, and Devonte Wyatt in the first six weeks of the season before Tyler Smith returns in week 7 when the Dallas Cowboys travel to Philadelphia on Monday Night Football. I had Dallas going 7-10 with a 3-3 start to the season before Tyler Smith got ruled out, but now the possibility of Dallas starting 0-6 finishing with a 4-13 record is a outside possibility if TJ Bass struggles.

Christian Parker replaces Matt Eberflus as the new Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator. Dallas is swtiching from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense.

Dallas has Quinnen Williams at 3-4 right end, Kenny Clark at 3-4 nose tackle, and Otito Ogbonnia at 3-4 left end. Jonathan Bullard is the backup 3-4 right end ad LT Overton a 2026 fourth round pick out of Alabama is the backup 3-4 left end.

Dallas has Doovan Ezeiruaku their 2025 second round pick out of Boston College at 3-4 right outside linebacker, DeMarvion Overshown their 2023 third round pick in the final yer of his rookie ontract at 3-4 middle linebacker, Dee Winters at 3-4 middle linebcker, and Rashan Gary at 3-4 left outside linebacker. Malachi Lawrence, the Dallas Cowboys second 2026 first round pick from Central Flrida is the backup 3-4 right outside linebacker, Jaishawn Barham a 2026 third round pick out of Michigan ad Shemar James a 2025 fifth round pick out of Florida are the two backup 3-4 middle linebackers. Von Miller is the backup 3-4 left outside linebacker. Dallas may not have a sack artist on this pass rush, but the depth of this linebacker core looks very promising depsite losing Micah Parsons a year ago.

Dallas has Da'Ron Bland at field cornerback, Decobie Durant at boundary cornerback, Caleb Downs their first 2026 first round pick out of Ohio State is the nickel cornerback, Shavon Revel Jr., the Dallas Cowboys 2025 third round pick out of East Caroina is the dime cornerback, and Caelan Carson is the quarter cornerback.

Jalen Thompson will start at strong safety and Malik Hooker will start at free safety. Dallas is loaded at cornerback, but does not have great safety depth behind Thompson and Hooker unless Caleb Downs moves back to his natural position at safety if an injury occurs.

Former Notre Dame center back Brandon Aubrey is now the Dallas Cowboys kicker. I actually found an archive of my Aubrey scouting report from the 2017 MLS Super Draft when Toronto F.C. took Brandon Aubrey in the first round of the 2017 MLS Draft. After Aubrey failed in the MLS, he went to the USFL and had success as a kicker there before receiving a contract to join the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL. Brandon Aubrey dominated in his first NFL season. Bryan Anger is the punter. KaVontae Turner the number five wide receiver on the Dallas Cowboys depth chart is the return specialist at kick returner and punt returner for the Dallas Cowboys.

Why the New York Giants Will Win: New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart, the New York Giants 2025 first round pick out of Ole Miss enters year two as the starting quarterback following a promising rookie season where he could start working towards a fifth year option in 2029. Backup quarterback Jameis Winston got a two year extension that takes effect after this season and he's not a UFA until 2029 now.

Jaxson Dart has Andrew Thomas at left tackle, Jon Runyan Jr. at left guard who just got extended, John Michael Schmitz a 2023 second round pick out of Minnesota starts at center, Francis Mauigoa a 2026 first round pick from Miami FL is the starting right guard, and Jermaine Eluemunor is the starting right tackle. J.C. Davis a 2026 sixth round pick out of Illinois that I had a third round grae on is the backup left tackle and Marcus Mbow, a 2025 fifth round pick out of Purdue is the backup right tackle. New York has good depth at offensive tackle, but is thin on the interior offensive line.

New York has Malik Nabers their 2024 first round pick out of LSU as their number one flanker wide receiver. Malachi Fields the New York Giants 2026 third round pick out of Notre Dame is the secondary wide receiver. Both Darnell Mooney and Odell Beckham Jr. will split reps at slot receiver after the New York Giants cut Darius Slayton. Calvin Austin III is a guy that was in the running to win the slot receiver job before a season ending injury. Guner Olszewski the number six wide receiver and return specialist is also on injured reserve to begin the season.

New York is depleted at wide receiver just like last year. As long as Nabers and Fields stay healthy this team can make a push for a wild card and potentially challenge for a top four seed in the NFC in a year from now.

The New York Giants have Isaiah Likley as their starting tight end. Theo Johnson is the secondary tight end in two tight end sets and the backup tight end in one tight end sets. Chris Manhertz is the third string tight end after being the backup tight end at one point. New York has a deep tight end room and they may deploy some 12 personnel, but I highly doubt they use 13 personnel unless they are in goal line situations.

Cam Skattebo a 2025 fourth round pick out of Arizona State is the starting running back, Tyrone Tracy Jr. is the backup running back, and Devin Singletary is the third string running back. Patrick Ricard is the starting fullback.

New York has Shelby Harris at 3-4 right end, DJ Reader at 3-4 nose tackle, and Chauncey Golston as the 3-4 left end in the starting lineup. Roy Robertson-Harris might be the best backup 3-4 defensive end the Giants have and he's on injured reserve. He was pushing Chauncey Golston for the 3-4 left end job before he went on injured reserve. I do not like the New York Giants depth players on this 3-4 defensive line.

Abdul Carter, the New York Giants 2025 first round pick out of Penn State as the starting 3-4 right outside linebacker, Tremaine Edmunds is a 3-4 middle linebacker, Avrell Reese a 2026 first round pick is the second 3-4 middle linebacker, and with Brian Burns wraps up this linebacker core at 3-4 left linebacker. New York signed Bobby Okerke to a 4 year contract at 3-4 middle linebacker. Micah McFadden compliments Bobby Okereke 3-4 middle linebacker. Kayvon Thibodeaux is the situtational pass rusher at both 3-4 right outside linebacker and 3-4 left outside linebacker. Micah McFadden last years starting 3-4 middle linebacker is back. Jack Kelly a 2026 sixth round pick out of BYU that I had a third round grade on acts as both the the fourth 3-4 middle linebacker and the fourth 3-4 outside linebacker since he lined up at every linebacker spot at BYU.

Deonte Banks, the New York Giants 2023 first round pick out of Maryland was the field cornerback his first two years, but he played boundary cornerback in year three a season ago in 2025. Deonte Banks did much better under new head coach John Harbaugh and even beat out veteran Paulson Adebo who was New York's number one field cornerback in 2025 for the number one cornerback job. Greg Newsome II won the boundary cornerback job. Dru Phillips, the New York Giants 2024 third round pick out of Kentucky is the nickel cornerback. Paulson Adebo regressed under John Harbaugh and is now the New York Giants dime cornerback. Colton Hood a 2026 second round pick out of Tennessee that I had a above average starter grade on desptie being very raw is the quarter cornerback. New York has three more cornerbacks on injured reserve, but I won't name them since they all would have been ranked behind these five cornerbacks.

Tyler Nubin at strong safety gets another shot at strong safety. Also, Jevon Holland is now the free safety. I do not like the New York Giants saety depth as much as most, but its not terrible either. Jason Pinnock is the backup strong safety and Ar'Darius Washington who was John Harbaugh's backup safety in Baltimore is the backup free safety.

New York has Dominic Zvada na undrafted kicker out of Michigan as their starting kicker. Jordan Stout is the starting punter. Gunner Olszewski is the return specialist at both kick returner and punt returner, but with him on injured reserve, Deonte Banks becomes the new kick returner while Jevon Holland becomes the new punt returner.

Prediction: Dallas is a 3 point favorite at -3. The over or under is 47.5 with 61% of the public betting on Dallas. The money line is -155 for Dallas and +135 for New York. I like New York to win and cover with the under at +135. Bet $165 on this game for New York and win up to $300 as long as the Cowboys win by 2 or less.

Final Score Giants 24 Cowboys 21

Who Draft Utopia Picked


Chris Ransom	Oren Shiri	Tony Mario	Joseph Potter	Andrew Kermish	Tracy Porter	Wes Langley	William Yanish	Emmanuel Watson

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Denver Broncos 0-0-0	Versus	Kansas City Chiefs 0-0-0

Chris Ransom's Pick

I just cannot stand ESPN's Monday Night Football Coverage. Monday Night Football On KDKA is back with Bob Pompieni, Mark Madden, Andrew Filiponi, and newcommer Rich Walsh. Tonight the gang is in Knasas City.

Pompieni: Welcome to Monday Night Football. Bob Pompieni along with Mark Madden, Andrew Filiponi, and Rich Walsh covering ESPN Monday Night Football on KDKA from Kansas City.

Madden: I am butt hurt about Patrick Mahomes having moee rings than Big Ben. Especially when you take into consideration that the refs helped him win two of his rings. I brought some marbles and jacks. Can I throw these onto the field maybe one of the quarterbacks will trip on one.

Filiponi: Bo Nix ruined my playoff bracket last year since I had the Bills in the Super Bowl. I brought some pogs to throw on the field, but I'll refrain from throwing my pogs onto the field if Madden refrains from throwing his marbles and jacks onto the field.

Walsh: You guys sound like me when me and my classmate got busted for playing Pokemon in Biology class back in the day.

Pompieni: Guys you cannot throw anything onto the field. Any attempts to do so will result in replacements for you guys. I already reached out to Coach Cowher he suggested I give Big Ben whose now a podcaster a shot. He also recommendeded Antonio Brown. Charlie Batch is also someone I'm looking at to push Rich Walsh to be better.

Madden: Antonio Brown is in a mental institute. Can we stay if we don't throw anything?

Pompieni: Yes, but our producers have already looked into releasing Antonio Brown from the mental institute.

Antonio Brown: Does either quarterback need me to run a streak route. The only way I can top my stunt at MetLife Stadium is to run a streak route bare naked on National TV.

Filiponi: Looks like we're sending AB back to the mental institution. That bites since I was really looking forward to Antonio Brown replacing Madden.

Pompieni: That's a good point Poni, but Brown was your replacement. Looks like your safe for now. Guys who wins this game?

Filiponi: I'll take Denver. Bo Nix ruined my Super Bowl bracket last year.

Madden: Kansas City Chiefs win this game. I want to give these Chiefs fans that say there barbeque is better than Pittsburgh a swirley.

Pompieni: Tonights sponsor is T-Mobile. Hopefully that's the only sponsor tonight.

Madden: No tonights game is sponsored by the Mental Institute That Shall Remain Nameless. They set Antonio Brown free and now he wants to run streak routes without clothes one upping his episode at Met Life Stadium when the Buccaneers played the Jets.

Pompieni: We'll be back with kickoff after commercials from T-Mobile featuring Billy Bob Thornton. We'll also have an advertisemen for the Mental Institute That Shall Remain Nameless.

Why the Denver Broncos Will Win: Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix won the starting quarterback job as a rookie after being Denver's 2024 first round pick taking Denver to the playoffs. Bo Nix helped Denver secure the one seed in the AFC in his sophomore season before a season ending injury after getting his first playoff win versus Josh Allen in overtime. Jared Stidham and Sam Ehlinger are horrible backups. Neither has the ceiling to be an NFL starter and Bo Nix is a high end starter at best, he's not a Pro Bowl caliber quarterback or a blue chip quarterback. He will get a second contract, but he may end up doing worse than Jared Goff during his time with the Rams once he gets that second contract.

Bo Nix has Garrett Bolles at left tackle, Ben Powers at left guard, Luke Wattenberg at center, Quinn Meinerz at right guard, and Mike McGlinchey the former San Francisco 49ers right tackle is now Denver's starting right tackle. Matt Peart is the swing tackle at both offensive tackle spots, Kage Casey a 2026 fourth round pick out of Boise State that was in my top 50 is the backup left guard, Alex Forsyth the backup center that played at Oregon with Bo Nix in his first season at Oregon enters the final year of his rookie deal, and Alex Palczewski the backup right guard started in relief of Ben Powers at left guard doing a respectable job. Michael Deiter the third string interior offensive lineman is on injured reserve. Denver's offensive line is better than you would think when taking starters and backups into account.

Courtland Sutton is the flanker wide receiver. Jaylen Waddle can play flanker wide receiver or secondary wide receiver giving Denver two number one wide receivers. Pat Bryant a 2025 third round pick out of Illinois beat out both Marvin Mims Jr. the slot receiver the last three seasons in Denver and Troy Franklin for the slot receiver job. Marvin Mims Jr. was the slot receiver the last three seasons, but enters the final year of his rookie deal as the number four wide receiver. Troy Franklin, Bo Nix's teammate at Oregon and Denver's 2024 fourth round pick was the number four wide receiver as a rookie, the secondary wide receiver across from Courtland Sutton last year, and is now the number five wide receiver on this depth chart. Troy Franklin is good enough to finish his rookie deal since his ceiling was higher than Cedric Tillman, but he probably will not get a second contract with Denver unless he takes a team friendly deal, Bo Nix recommends he get a second contract, or Franklin takes a leap in year three. Lil'Jordan Humphrey is the number six wide receiver on this depth chart.

Adam Trautman Sean Payton's former tight end in New Orleans was the number two tight end last year, but reclaimed the starting tight end job in one tight end sets. Evan Engram won the starting tight end job last year, but is now the secondary tight end in two tight ends with 12 personnel and the backup tight end in one tight end sets. Nate Adkins beat out both Justin Joly and Dallen Bentley, two tight ends Denver drafted this year for the third string tight end job. I highly doubt Denver runs 13 personnel since they got two wide receivers that can be number one options. Dallen Bentley, Denver's 2026 seventh round pick out of Utah made the final roster as the fourth string tight end while Justin Joly got cut before being signed by Miami. Denver's fifth tight end Caleb Lohner, whose on injured reserve looked better than Justin Joly.

J.K. Dobbins is now the starting running back. RJ Harvey, Denver's 2025 second round pick out of Central Florida is the backup running back. Jonah Coleman, Denver's 2026 fourth round pick out of Washington that was my second best running back in the 2026 NFL Draft is the third string running back. I think all three running backs will see touches with Denver running by committee. With J.K. Dobbins injury history, I can see Harvey and Coleman spliting carries when Denver has the lead while Dobbins only plays on first and second down with Harvey as the third down back for now while Jonah Coleman is eased into things.

Denver has the depth at wide receiver, tight end, running back, and offensive line to be very potent on offense. A Bo Nix injury screws this team. Just rewatch last years AFC Championship versus the New England Patriots if you don't believe me.

Denver has Zach Allen at 3-4 right end, D.J. Jones at 3-4 nose tackle, and Malcolm Roach the 3-4 left end. Tyler Onyedim a 2026 third round pick out of Texas A&M that I had a fifth round grade on is raw, but can develop into a high end starter. He won't develop into a Pro Bowl caliber player making him Denver's best backup. The rest of this defensive line isn't very good from a depth standpoint.

Denver had Jonathon Cooper at 3-4 right outside linebacker last year. Nik Bonitto the 3-4 left outside linebacker led Denver in sacks in 2025 after getting a second contract. Meanwhile Jonathon Cooper, the guy who commanded double teams last year which opened things up for Nik Bonitto is on the commissioners exempt list to start this season.

Denver has Nik Bonitto at 3-4 right outside linebacker, Alex Singleton at 3-4 middle linebacker, Justin Strnad the weak link of this front 7 at 3-4 middle linebacker, and Jonah Elliss the situational pass rusher and 2024 third round pick out of Utah whose the son of Luther Elliss will finally get an opportunity to start. Denver's best depth player is Red Murdock a 2026 seventh round pick out of Buffalo that I had a second round grade on. Denver put Red Murdock on the practice squad which is a foolish decision since Murdock has upside to develop into a Pro Bowl linebacker. With Jonathon Cooper on the commissioners exempt list and Red Murdock on the practice squad, Denver essentially has zero linebacker depth if injuries occur this season. Also, Nik Bonitto will now see the double teams that Jonathon Cooper drew last year when Bonitto broke out.

Denver has Patrick Surtain II at field cornerback, Riley Moss is the boundry cornerback, Ja'Quaun McMillian has been the nickel cornerback the past two seasons, ahdae Barron, their 2025 first round pick out of Texas, a player that was in the top 10 of Denver's 2025 big board won the nickel job, but got demoted to dime cornerback after Denver's bye week remains the dime cornerback. Jahdae Barron will see more playing time in year three next season if Denver's top three cornerbacks are healthy this year once Riley Moss and Ja'Quan McMillan become UFA's in 2027. Barron has one more year to validate Denver's top 10 grade on him in 2027 next season which will be Barron's make or break season. Kris Abrams-Draine their 2024 fifth round pick is the quarter cornerback.

Talanoa Hufanga is the starting strong safety and Brandon Jones is the starting free safety. JL Skinner one of my top safeties in the 2023 NFL Draft is the main situational safety for depth as the main backup strong safety and the main backup free safety. Devon Keys is the emergency safety.

Denver has Will Lutz at kicker and Jeremy Crawshaw a 2025 sixth round pick out of Florida at punter. Marvin Mims Jr. is the return specialist at both kick returner and punt returner. Even though Denver's three year slot receiver lost his slot receiver job to Pat Bryant, he will still have a big role on special teams as the return specialist.

Why the Kansas City Chiefs Will Win: Eric Bienemy the offensive coordinator the Chiefs had when they won Super Bowl 54 and Super Bowl 57 who left the Chiefs after winning those two Super Bowls is back with the Chiefs this year. Even though the Chiefs won Super Bowl 58, that was due to their defense not former offensive coordinator Matt Nagy. Mahomes regressed the last three years with Matt Nagy as his offensive coordinator, but should be back to hie dominant form with Eric Bienemy as Kansas City's offensive playcaller this season.

Kansas City has much better quarterback depth than a year ago after Patrick Mahomes suffered a season ending injury when he tore his ACL in 2025. Patrick Mahomes is still the starting quarterback and has been cleared from his injury to play. Mahomes is also the leagues highest paid quarterback after renegotiating his contract prior to last year when his injury occured making $63 million more than any other quarterback in 2026. Justin Fields is the backup quarterback. Garrett Nussmeier a 2026 seventh round pick out of LSU that entered last year as the top quarterback in the 2026 NFL Draft made the Kansas City Chiefs final roster as their third string quarterback.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has Josh Simmons a 2025 first round pick out of Ohio State at left tackle, Kingsley Suamatia a 2024 second round pick out of BYU at left guard, Creed Humprhey at center, Trey Smith at right guard, and Jaylon Moore starting at right tackle. Josh Simmons is a game-time decision with early sources saying he's out this week. If Josh Simmons is unable to go, Khalil Benson an undrafted right tackle on Indiana's National Championship team would make his first career start at left tackle after only playing right tackle and right guard in college. Hunter Nourzad is the backkup center and Joshua Ezeudu is the backup right guard.

Kansas City has Xavier Worthy as their flanker wide receiver, Rashee Rice as their secondary wide receiver, and Tyquan Thornton who showed he could be a reliable slot receiver in Kansas City after leaving New England. Cyrus Allen a 2026 fifth round pick out of Cincinnati beat out Jalen Royals a 2025 fourth round pick out of Utah State for the number four wide receiver job. Jalen Royals is now the number five wide receiver on Kansas City's depth chart. Nikko Remigio is the nubmer six wide receiver on Kansas City's depth chart.

Travis Kelce is the best tight end in the NFL as well as the main receiving option on this offense. Noah Gray is the backup tight end and secondary tight end in two tight end sets when the Kansas City Chiefs run 12 personnel. He will finally get to be the number one tihgt end in his second contract year next season when Travis Kelce retires. Jared Wiley is the Kansas City Chiefs third string tight end, a 2024 fourth round pick out of TCU plays in 13 perssonel with three tight ends, is a backup tight end in 12 personnel, and is the third string tight end in one tight end sets. Jake Briningstool a 2025 UDFA from Clemson is the fourth string tight end after spending his rookie season on the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad. Kansas City has good tight end depth eve after Travis Kelce reties since they got two tight ends with starter potential in Gray and Wiley taking over for the Hall Of Fame itght end while Briningstool can develop into a quality backup as the third string tight end. None of those tight ends have Pro Bowl ceilings, but all three guys hav develooped enough to the point where they should be able to reach their potential when Travis Kelce retires.

Kenneth Walker III, the Super Bowl 60 MVP for the Seattle Seahawks signed with Kansas City to a three year deal in Free Agency and is the starting running back. Emmett Johnson a 2026 fifth round pick out of Nebraska was my third best running back behind Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love and Washington running back Jonah Coleman with a second round grade. Those three running backs were the three main running backs I viewed as guys with Pro Bowl ceilings at running back. I do think Emmett Johnson could take over as the starting running back the moment Kenneth Walker III gets injured and there will not be a drop off in the offense. Brashard Smith a 2025 seventh round pick out of SMU went from fifth strng running back as the final player to make the Chiefs opening day roster to being the third string running back in year two.

Kansas City has Ashton Gillotte their 2025 third round pick out of Louisville at 4-3 right end, Chris Jones at 4-3 defensive tackle, Khyris Tonga the nose tackle on New England last year signing as a 4-3 defensive tackle next to Chris Jones and George Karlaftis at 4-3 left end giving Kansas City a very strong first team defensive line. Felix Anudike-Uzomah is the backup 4-3 right end, Peter Woods a 2026 first round pick out of Clemson that I had a blue chip grade on is the main backup 4-3 defensive tackle for depth being the main situational defensive tackle with Omar Norman-Lott their 2025 seconnd round pick their fourth defensive tackle as the other backup 4-3 defensive tackle mainly the emergency defensive tackle, and R Mason Thomas a 2026 second round pick out of Oklahoma is the backup 4-3 left end. Omar Norman-Lott is on the PUP list with Bryson Eason the third string defensive tackle on Kansas City taking over for their fourth best defensive tackle as the emergency defensive tackle until Omar Norman-Lott gets back.. This is the depeest Kansas City's defensive line has looked and the Chiefs won three Super Bowls with thinner defensive lines.

Kansas City has Drue Tranquill at 4-3 right outside linebacker, Nick Bolton at 4-3 middle linebacker, and Jeffery Basa a 2025 fifth round pick out of Oregon taking over for Leo Chenal at 4-3 left outside linebacker. I had a barely backup grade on Bassa, but he may work as a left outside linebacker when Kansas City deploys three linebackers. Jeffrey Bassa will be the backup right outside linebacker in a 4-2-5 nickel defense. Kansas City does not have a good backup middle llnebacker to Nick Bolton. A Nick Bolton injury could cripple this teams chances at returning to the playoffs this season after missing the playoffs last year following a season ending injury to Patrick Mahomes.

Kansas City has Mansoor Delane, the sixth pick in the 2026 NFL Draft out of LSU that I had a blue chip grade on at field cornerback. Nohl Williams, Kansas City's 2025 third round pick out of California is the boundary cornerback. Williams showed flashes in his draft year, but wasn't seen as a guy with starter potential coming ouf of Cal. This is his chance to start, so he could work as a boundary cornerback on his rookie deal. He's probably not a guy that I would try to extend after his rookie deal though. L'Jarius Sneed the former boundary cornerback on the Kansas City Chiefs teams that won Super Bowl 54 and Super Bowl 57 is back as a nickel cornerback. Kristian Fulton last years nickel cornerback is now the dime cornerback. Jadon Canady a 2026 fourth round pick out of Oregon that I had a starter grade on for potential gets to start out as a quarter cornerback only playing in quarters packages with five cornerbacks learning from most of the veterans this season. Jadon Canady should be Kansas City's nickel cornerback next year, and I do believe he's good enough to push Nohl Williams for the boundary cornerback job in 2027 if Williams struggles this season.

Chamarri Conner is the starting strong safety and Alohi Gilman is the starting free safety. Jaden Hicks is the third safety for depth, but with Chamarri Conner dealing with an injury, Jaden Hicks may end up starting this week.

Kansas City has Harrison Butker at kicker. Kansas City also has Matt Ariaza at punter. Nikko Remigio the number six wide receiver on Kansas City's depth chart is the return specialist.

Prediction: Kansas City is a 2.5 point favorite at -2.5. The over or under is 43.5 with 59% of the public betting on Kansas City. The money line is +120 for Denver and -150 for Kansas City. I like Kansas City to win and Denver to cover with the over at +120. Bet $180 on this game for Denver and win up to $300 as long as the Chiefs win by 2 or less.

Final Score Chiefs 23 Broncos 21

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