RIPPER RADAR
LOTF 2026 POST-DRAFT REPORT
All 60 picks with values, trades, and a Ripper take on every single one.
Every starting slot ranked 1-12 across the league. The heat map plus slot-by-slot races.
Every roster averaged out by position. Who is deep, who is thin, top to bottom.
2026 pecking order with projected records and playoff calls.
Superlatives, steals, and reaches. Bring your grievances to the group chat.
Full page per team: grade, every pick explained, 3-year outlook, stash watch.
Ward Hogs burned it down, Jonny bought the fire truck, and the middle class got smarter
The 2026 LOTF rookie draft will be remembered for the morning before it: Ward Hogs trading Calvin Ridley and Jahmyr Gibbs inside 40 minutes, kicking off the most aggressive single-day rebuild in league history. Jonny answered by going full supervillain, stacking Gibbs with mid-draft buys of Jordyn Tyson and Omar Cooper to seize the number-one roster value in the league. Between those poles, the draft rewarded preparation: Josh sniped Carson Beck one pick before the Superflex QB panic would have started, the Doctors got paid to move down and still took a round-1 talent, and Kenny executed his published plan almost to the letter, Price at 1.07 and a surgical strike up to 1.11 for the TE he swore he would not overpay for. He overpaid a little. It filled the hole anyway. Superflex gravity did its usual work: three of the first nine picks were quarterbacks, Richardson and Cousins went in rounds 3-4 as bridge insurance, and the teams that left QB-poor (Squirelly, Geoff) will feel it every single week until they fix it.
Turned Gibbs and Ridley into 1.02 Carnell Tate, nine picks, Chase Brown, and Jonny's 2027 first. A full-scale, disciplined teardown executed in one morning.
Carson Beck at 2.05. Arizona cut Kyler in March, Brissett's deal is in a standoff, and Beck may open camp competing to start. QB2 upside at a round-2 price in Superflex.
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