{"id":862416,"date":"2026-04-09T16:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862416\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:03:18","slug":"early-2026-fantasy-expert-consensus-rankings-denver-broncos-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862416\/","title":{"rendered":"Early 2026 fantasy expert consensus rankings: Denver Broncos edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fantasy expert consensus rankings (\u201cECR\u201d) are starting to pop up across the Internet, giving managers an early glimpse into how the market might value hundreds of players this summer. As we look ahead to the 2026 season, here are the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/denver-broncos\/332\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Broncos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Broncos&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Broncos<\/a> bargains based on ECR.<\/p>\n<p>Jaylen Waddle might be the key to Denver making a deeper playoff run this upcoming season. He also might be the key to crushing managers\u2019 title hopes. This is a tough fantasy situation to navigate. Waddle, Courtland Sutton, Troy Franklin, Marvin Mims, and Pat Bryant are starter-caliber receivers. Lil\u2019Jordan Humphrey might be the league\u2019s most talented #6 WR.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Even if we assume Waddle and Sutton will comfortably co-lead the team in targets, the former\u2019s WR24 ECR assumes he\u2019ll be a weekly starter, while the latter\u2019s WR30 ECR assumes sure-fire streamability. In what could be a spread-the-ball offense, neither scenario is a safe bet.<\/p>\n<p>So we need to look elsewhere for bargains, starting with Bo Nix. Despite being the overall QB7 in his first two NFL seasons, Nix has a QB14 ECR. Why so low? Maybe experts are nervous about his broken ankle, though reports suggest he\u2019ll return for OTAs. It doesn\u2019t make sense. In what should be an improved offense, Nix\u2019s floor is well ahead of his ranking.<\/p>\n<p>R.J. Harvey is another bargain. After coming on strong in J.K. Dobbins\u2019 absence last season, the rookie has earned an RB25 ECR. Somehow, he\u2019s behind the incredibly risky David Montgomery (RB24 ECR). Dobbins\u2019 return shouldn\u2019t scare managers away from Harvey, who has almost nowhere to go but up.<\/p>\n<p>Could Evan Engram deliver one final fantasy-relevant campaign? Experts are saying no, giving him a TE34 ECR. Despite battling injuries early in his career, the 31-year-old has missed more than two contests only once (in 2024) in his past six seasons. Even with a more robust WR corps, Engram will have a weekly opportunity to deliver a couple catches for 40 yards and an occasional TD. That alone would push him into the top 30.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/touchdown\/2026\/04\/09\/early-2026-fantasy-expert-consensus-rankings-denver-broncos-bargains\/89528971007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Early 2026 fantasy expert consensus rankings: Broncos bargains;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Early 2026 fantasy expert consensus rankings&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Early 2026 fantasy expert consensus rankings: Broncos bargains<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fantasy expert consensus rankings (\u201cECR\u201d) are starting to pop up across the Internet, giving managers an early glimpse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[232,1270,597,231,258,2426,115297,2826,7,14706,20785,3896,6,1011,1275],"class_list":{"0":"post-862416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-broncos","9":"tag-courtland-sutton","10":"tag-david-montgomery","11":"tag-denver","12":"tag-denver-broncos","13":"tag-denverbroncos","14":"tag-ecr","15":"tag-evan-engram","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-jaylen-waddle","18":"tag-liljordan-humphrey","19":"tag-marvin-mims","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-pat-bryant","22":"tag-troy-franklin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116375598057603116","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}