Cleveland Browns Team Preview for 26-27 Fantasy Football Season

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  • By Jon Mosales

    Last Updated on June 5, 2026 11:29 am by Jon Mosales | Published: June 5, 2026

    The Browns love to take one step forward, trip on their own feet and lose all their belongings.  There is no real hope in sight at least in present, but there are seeds that could grow into a legitimate fantasy offense.  They were 31st in PPG and 25th or worse in FPPG at QB, RB and WR.  The o-line was ranked the worst in the league and they were 30th in yards and 30th in passing TDs.  The QB situation might be the worst in the league as they are paying one washed up QB a fortune and hoping not to turn the reigns over to a younger talent who brings more problems than solutions.  I’m not going to sugarcoat it, it was ugly last season and it might be just as bad in this coming one.  Bad teams can sometimes offer fantasy goldmines, but not this one as this team is fool’s gold that is fooling no one.  They were pass-heavy again despite not having Joe Flacco and the 41/59 run/pass split was more due to the o-line not being to hold their blocks in run game than a reliance of moving the ball through the air.  They were last in the league at targeting their WRs, which hopefully will change this season with some new blood coming in, but at least they knew where to distribute the ball with a new shiny TE that might be a star.  Harold Fannin Jr. was the TE6 which was impressive considering the also had David Njoku, who know on the Chargers as the Browns targeted TEs at the 4th highest rate (32%).  It’s just impossible to get too excited about anyone on a team that struggles to move the ball and score points as we saw last season the worst teams in the league were devoid of fantasy stars (CLE, TEN, LV, NYJ).  There is always value if you can nail the team that is can rebuild on the fly because the discount on draft day will be massive.  I just don’t see that happening here.

    A team can be a QB away and still find offensive competency, but you can’t survive without a QB and without an o-line.  The Browns are 0-for-2 in this department, so even if I like some of the skill position players and I do, the team is a massive stayaway especially if they are going to let Deshaun Watson be under center in Week 1.  The parts I do like is all their skill position players, which seems ironic or maybe just sad.  Quinshon Judkins was the RB26 in 14 games and showed real glimpses of being a true bellcow back.  He finished the season with a meager 3.6 YPC and only hit over 100 rushing in one game, but I put 90% of blame on the o-line and offense as a whole.  With Todd Monken calling the shots now, hopefully they can become a little more dynamic and more importantly balanced.  As bad as the o-line was last season, they did address it by completely rebuilding the interior and adding much more depth and versatility to a unit that was old and injury-prone.  No one is expecting a massive jump, but if they can become the 20th ranked o-line instead of the 32nd, that should do wonders for Judkins, who profiles as a workhorse, three-down back.  So the question with Judkins is will he get enough red zone touches and scoring opportunities and is worth it to take him as a top-25 RB.  Not to double speak, but at that price, Judkins does become attractive even though I do also like Dylan Sampson who profiles more as the receiving back.


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    June 5, 2026, 11:29 am