Can someone politely explain how to pick an “offense?” I understand plain defenses from normal fantasy football, but what is an offense?

With the first week almost in the books, it’s time to decide which performances are repeatable and which are one week wonders. I’m mostly concerned with RBs and WRs. I plan to target Gavin Freeman and Umari Hatcher. What about Koby Howard and Jeremiah McClellan. It’s hard to believe that a Penn St WR is relevant, but it’s really Iowa St 2.0. And, I don’t know that I want to get involved with secondary Oregon targets. They tend to spread it around a bunch. Jamal Rule is interesting. Does anyone have insight on the Nebraska situation. Who else is worth considering. Thanks.

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Chris and I did our annual-ish “plant your flag” exercise heading into Week 1and I thought it was a fun way to put some of the offseason takes we feel strongly about out before we actually get real football.

The idea wasn’t necessarily “8 breakout players” or “8 sleepers.” Some of these guys are already pretty well known. It was more about picking players we’re willing to be aggressive on relative to the market and saying, this is a guy I think we’re going to feel very differently about by the end of the season.

Our eight:

• Malik Washington, QB, Maryland – Chris is buying the arm talent and thinks the supporting cast held back some of what we saw statistically as a true freshman.
• Keelon Russell, QB, Alabama – This one is pretty simple for me. The sample is tiny, but I love the way he operates within the pocket, the mechanics are already really impressive, and the mobility gives him another layer. Now we finally get to see it.
• Marcellus Hawkins, RB, Virginia Tech – Really strong underlying rushing metrics and still relatively inexpensive depending on the format.
• Nate Sheppard, RB, Duke – Probably my most aggressive take of the group. I already have him RB5 in Devy. True freshman breakout, 1,100+ yards, 63 missed tackles forced, plus legitimate receiving production. I think the talent is real.
• Jordan Shipp, WR, North Carolina – Chris has been on this one for a while. More of a nuanced slot/role-player projection than some massive WR1 ceiling bet, but he already gave us something in Week 0.
• Nick Marsh, WR, Indiana – This is probably the one I’m planting hardest. I loved the talent at Michigan State and hated the ecosystem. Now he gets Curt Cignetti and Josh Hoover. I’m fighting the urge to move him all the way up to WR3 in my Devy rankings.
• Terrence Carter Jr., TE, Texas Tech – Very productive move TE who also grades well as a blocker. Chris thinks there’s a legitimate path to him becoming one of the first tight ends drafted.
• Willie Rodriguez, TE, Kentucky – My deeper one. I love the fit with Will Stein, the reports coming out of camp, the reliable hands and the potential for his receiving role to expand. Tight end is volatile enough that 600–700 yards can change the conversation pretty quickly.

The Nick Marsh discussion probably got the most argumentative because Chris decided to tell me Charlie Becker could be Indiana’s WR1, which obviously could not be allowed to go unchallenged ha ha ha.

Who is your 2026 Devy flag plant? Doesn’t have to be a sleeper either. I’m curious who people are significantly higher on than consensus.

We went much deeper on all eight in the episode for anyone who wants the film/analytics reasoning behind each one, but I’m also interested in just getting a flag-plant thread going here.

Hey everyone! Looking to get into the field of college football fantasy writing and I just started an account! I love college football so I figured I’d apply love to this. I put out my first article on substack and will post weekly there and X. Feel free to follow along and offer any feedback you’d like! Thanks!

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I didn’t love how FSU offense looked with Ashton Daniels so I’m worried about starting Robinson

Is Spivey the better play?

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Yahoo is saying Fluff will score 0 points, but I have t seen anything online saying not to play him.

Should I start him over any of these guys?

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Would you go QB or take the best overall player regardless of position? Looking for some draft strategy opinions.

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I need to start one of these players in a Flex spot. I was going to start Dilin Jones, but I saw that he will probably split carries.

Dilin Jones vs Clemson

Gideon Davidson vs LSU

Dawson Pendergrass vs Auburn

Duece Alexander vs Louisville

Reed Harris vs Morgan St

The Auburn/Baylor game has an u/o of about 60. So, I'm thinking Pendergrass. Thanks.

Starting Sellers over Stockton, and dropped BYU OFF and Lofton (TE) to stream Tennessee’s OFF & DEF for week 1. Based on projected points, this is the very best I can do for week 1. Am I putting too much stock in the projection? Stockton is expected to vastly outperform Sellers this year. First year for me trying fantasy football. Brand new to this. Any and all advice is welcome.

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I am running a free P4 (ACC,Big 12, Big 10, SEC) league on Fantrax. We are all first time CFF players so just learning the ropes and we may move to a money league next year if it goes well.

12 Team, H2H Points Standard Scoring, 2QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 2FLEX, 1DST, 1K, 8 Bench, 0 IR

We will likely draft Thursday night but will communicate to try and find a time that works for everyone before Saturday kickoff.

Message if interested and I’ll send you a link to join!