Why 2026 is the year Amon-Ra becomes the overall WR1 in fantasy
Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Josh Norris and Hayden Winks discuss why 2026 could the year Amon-Ra St. Brown becomes the overall WR1 in Fantasy Football. Check out the full conversation on "Yahoo Fantasy Football with Josh and Hayden" - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen .
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Okay, our disagreements continue because I have Amon-Ra St. Brown as the wide receiver three overall.
100 plus catches in each of the last four seasons.
12 of 16 games in the fantasy season this year will be played inside of a dome.
There's so many differences between Amon-Ra St. Brown and maybe some wide receivers that aren't quite the size of Puka Nacua and Ja'Marr Chase.
And the number one, we keep talking about it because the most passing scores happen inside the red zone, are the inside the 20 yard line targets in his direction.
He led the NFL with 34 of those last season.
He has 66 over the last two years, and he was still the wide receiver four in points per game last season when the play caller was fired mid-season.
So I am all the way in as the third wide receiver on the board here with ARSB.
Just an awesome pick, especially obviously in full PPR.
There's also some David Montgomery splits with Amon-Ra St. Brown.
Like you wouldn't think that's the case.
But there is a 10 game sample where Montgomery either missed the game or finished with, with fewer than five carries.
In those games, Amon-Ra St. Brown's averaging 21 full PPR points per game on 22 expected full PPR points per game.
That's like pretty much the exact numbers I laid out with Ja'Marr Chase.
Like that's how he can close the gap from being a perennial top five fantasy wide receiver to actually in consideration for the wide receiver one overall.
I think this is his best year to hit that total, total ceiling case because I think that secondary is a complete joke.
You mentioned all the dome games.
I'll also mention the division.
It's a bunch of bad defenses, awesome offenses.
Like everything's coming together for Amon-Ra St. Brown.
The only thing that you can like possibly nitpick is just a different OC, and use Drew Petzing a little bit more run heavy at times, a little bit more, tight end focused at times.
I'm not gonna overthink this one.
Hit- him in the middle of the first round's a no-brainer.
