Ranking The Top-9 Strategies For 2026 Best Ball (Episode 981 with Adam Levitan, Pete Overzet, Justin Herzig)

Pete Overzet joins ETR's Adam Levitan and Justin Herzig for the yearly ETR tradition of breaking down what they believe are the best roster construction strategies to take into your NFL Best Ball drafts to take advantage of how ADPs are settling and how others draft.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

2:15 - #1 Robust RB

10:10 - #2 Hero RB

15:02 - #3 Elite QB

23:58 - #4 Elite TE

30:32 - #5 Zero RB

35:44 - #6 Three Late QBs

40:29 - #7 Double Elite QB

42:41 - #8 Double Elite TE

44:38 - #9 Single TE / Single QB

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