Michael Wilson a Prime Dynasty Sell Candidate
Michael Wilson's fantasy value may be impacted by the Cardinals' offseason moves and potential quarterback uncertainty
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Michael Wilson's fantasy value may be impacted by the Cardinals' offseason moves and potential quarterback uncertainty
The Arizona Cardinals are preparing to step into the strength of the NFC West Division and attempt to upset a lot of fans and stable franchises. The Cardinals will have to learn a new offense and become the Los Angeles Rams 2.0 and mirror the San Francisco 49ers . How much this Cardinals ’ offense will improve will come out of training camp. There have been plenty of high-level signings and improvements to the roster for this year. RELATED: 3 TAKES ON THE CARDINALS SCHEDULE The team instantly got some juice from the hire of Mike LaFleur away from the Rams’ offensive unit, which ended up ranked #1 on offense in the league in 2025. LaFleur now gets a chance at topping those mentors and carving out his own legacy. Last year, in the first matchup of their two-game series, Seattle dominated the Cardinals at State Farm Stadium and built a two-touchdown lead. The offense woke up and scored on its final two possessions. An 11-play drive that took just 3:43 of game clock resulted in a 16-yard touchdown pass to WR Marv Harrison from Kyler Murray with 5:50 remaining. The Seahawks then missed a field goal as Arizona got the ball back with 3:16 left in the game. A 12-play drive then saw a short seven-yard pass from Murray to RB Emari Demercado , and suddenly the game was tied 20-20 with just 28 ticks left in the game. The TV announcers began a dialogue regarding the rules of overtime as Cardinals’ kicker Chad Ryland kicked it short, which gave Seattle the ball at their own 40-yard line. An incomplete pass only took off five seconds. Seattle receiver Jaxson Smith-Njigba beat Max Melton for 22 yards to the Arizona 38. A four-yard run set up a 52-yard field goal attempt, which was converted for the win. Should the Cardinals have won the game? That is unknown, but they should have at least had an opportunity to win the game in overtime. One missed assignment and a soft defense allowed Seattle to win uncontested, and then helped them get the Number 1 seed on their way to a Super Bowl win. A comeback win would have been a huge moment in last year’s schedule. Were the Seahawks a better team? Absolutely. But for one moment, the Cardinals offense was hot and had the momentum going into an extra period of play. Instead, the team became 2-2-0 instead of 3-1-0. This game will feature Notre Dame rookie running backs in Jeremiyah Love (Arizona) and Jadarian Price (Seattle), both taken in Round 1 of this year’s NFL draft. Early in the year, against an excellent team, will tell everyone exactly what type of roster the Cardinals actually have this year. The Cardinals began 2-0-0 in 2025. They then traveled to meet division foe, San Fran. Harrison dropped a sure TD pass, which would have won the game. A safety with 3:15 remaining gave Arizona a 15-13 lead, plus the ball. A nine-yard run by Murray, followed by five yards from Trey Benson and a one-yard gain by Murray. Third-and-nine. Murray hit Zay Jones on a leaping reception just past the sticks. As Jones was coming down, he mishandled the grip, which dislodged the football once he landed. A completion would have ended the game. The end result with 1:54 left was a punt instead of three consecutive kneel-downs. The 49ers started at their own 20-yard line and went bip, bip, bip, field goal to win. A victory would have started the year 3-0-0. Instead, he began a bad habit of leading seven games late in the fourth quarter only to lose. The Cardinals want redemption for this loss. They will have that opportunity in the third game on the road, just like last season. The Rams are a really good team, and the Cardinals will need an almost perfect outing to stay close on the scoreboard, much less get a win. But it’s the first contest for new head coach Mike LaFleur against this old team. The typical master vs. apprentice battle. Los Angeles had the league’s #1-ranked offensive group for a reason, and LaFleur was just a portion of that success. For better or worse, folks always remember their first tim [... truncated ...]
Working our way through previewing the Dallas Cowboys 2026 schedule, it is time to look at the Arizona Cardinals . Starting with the Baltimore Ravens , who the Cowboys will play internationally in Brazil, and moving on to the Cardinals is much more than just a bird to bird transition (leaving the Seahawks and Eagles still waiting). It is also another matchup where second-year Dallas head coach Brian Schottenheimer will be pitted against a 2026 first-year head coach, like Jesse Minter for Baltimore. That coach will be Mike LaFleur, looking to continue the Cardinals’ strong recent success against the Cowboys. The Cardinals have a franchise-long 36-56-1 record against the Cowboys, but they have won four straight in this series dating back to 2020 and eight of nine going farther back to 2008. The last Cowboys win against the Cardinals was week three of 2017 in Arizona, meaning they’ll be looking for their first win against them in Arlington since a 2005 game featuring Drew Bledsoe versus Josh McCown at quarterback. Getting a shot at the Cardinals for a second year in a row after the 2025 defense was embarrassed by Jacoby Brissett in a week nine Monday Night Football meeting will be an important measuring stick for Christian Parker’s defense. This new defense will have to have answers to old faces in the Cardinals lineup like Marvin Harrison Jr. and Trey McBride who both caught touchdowns from Brissett in this game last year, but also third overall pick Jeremiyah Love at running back. What the Cowboys can prove against the Cardinals in 2026, runs much deeper than just a tightened up defense though. As ridiculous as it feels to say about playing against a team that just picked in the top five for the second time in three years, ending the losing streak to the Cardinals will also be a test of the culture Schottenheimer has put in place. They will be a team desperate to show they have the competitive edge to match the raw talent on the roster against a team where talented rosters have gone to waste countless times in recent history. Let’s take a closer look at the Cardinals team that will be making the trip to Jerryworld for the second time in as many seasons, the first instance of this happening for the Cardinals playing at the Cowboys since 2000-01, when both teams were in the NFC East. * SIGNED IN FREE AGENCY RB Tyler Allgeier DT Andrew Billings WR Kendrick Bourne WR Devin Duvernay QB Gardner Minshew SAF Andrew Wingard OL Isaac Seumalo OL Matt Pryor OL Elijah Wilkinson * DEPARTED IN FREE AGENCY SAF Jalen Thompson (Cowboys) QB Kyler Murray DL Dalvin Tomlinson DL Calais Campbell WR Greg Dortch The Cardinals are in the midst of a serious offensive line rebuild, paired with yet another quarterback change with Kyler Murray now in Minnesota . Seumalo, Pryor, and Wilkinson all project as potential new starters brought in to join second-round pick Chase Bisontis and form the line the Cardinals can build around Jeremiyah Love at running back. The Cardinals drew a lot of skepticism for using this third overall pick on Love, but won’t have to look any further than Cowboys fans when it comes to underestimating the immediate impact a dynamic back behind a talented offensive line can make. The Cardinals also adding an experienced back like Allgeier to pair with Love, while also having James Conner , Trey Benson , and Bam Knight still rostered, gives them an impressive amount of options and versatility out of the backfield. In the secondary, the Cardinals maintained depth with Will Johnson , Budda Baker , and Sean Murphy-Bunting, but will play against their former safety Jalen Thompson now with the Cowboys when they come to AT&T Stadium. Having an answer at quarterback has to be part of this equation for Arizona though, and right now their depth chart at the most important position in the game is unclear. Brissett is still in place after starting 12 games last season, Minshew is another veteran option with starting experien [... truncated ...]
The Detroit Lions’ schedule for 2026 has officially dropped . If Detroit wants to improve upon their 9-8 season from the year prior, they need to not only win the easy games, but also win those toss-ups against tough foes and divisional opponents. While the Lions benefit on paper from a fourth-place schedule, winning in the NFL is no easy task. Pre-summer expectations go out the window once the regular season rolls around—what looks like an easy schedule in May could materialize into a gauntlet by season’s end. Let’s examine their slate of games to see which ones should be cakewalks and which ones could pose a significant challenge. While 2026 should be less of a train wreck for the Jets, they nonetheless remain one of the worst teams in the NFL and should be easy pickings for the Lions . There’s the added bonus that the Lions are playing them at home and early in the season—if the Jets are going to turn things around, it won’t happen this early. If anything, I wish that this was a road game in order to give Detroit a tougher opponent at home instead. Is Malik Willis enough to turn around a barren Dolphins team? I think not, but stranger things have happened before. As it stands, this should be a dominant victory for Detroit. A road game in Miami in November should yield modest temperatures as well. Unless De’Von Achane runs away with the game, this is a very winnable matchup for Detroit. Normally, I would rank a late-season game as a tougher matchup, as there is a higher likelihood of missing key starters. That being said, even a depleted Lions roster should outclass the Titans, barring a massive step forward from Cam Ward and company under new head coach Robert Saleh. I do think their defense could be sneakily good, however. With Jeremiyah Love, Trey McBride , Marvin Harrison Jr. , Michael Wilson , and Tyler Allgeier , the Cardinals have a fair number of weapons on offense that could scare the Lions defense. However, they have a major question mark at quarterback. I doubt that Jacoby Brissett is the answer, and it might take longer than Week 5 for Carson Beck to get a shot—even then, the rookie slid to the third round for a reason. The Panthers made the playoffs last season, but it was due to a paltry NFC South division resulting in an 8-9 team winning the crown. They lost one of their few spark plugs in Rico Dowdle to free agency, meaning that the offense will have to be carried by Bryce Young and Tetairoa McMillan . McMillan has promise, but time is running out on Young to show that he is more than a middling quarterback. Much like the Cardinals, the Falcons have a ton of offensive weapons but significant issues at quarterback. Unless one of Michael Penix or Tua Tagovailoa can run demonstrate some reliability, they may be a team forced to rely on the playmakers around them. Unlike the Cardinals, I think they can survive with subpar quarterback play thanks to Bijan Robinson , who can and will single-handedly carry that offense. The Lions draw the Giants for a late-season “Monday Night Football” tilt. While it seems like an easy victory for the Lions in May, a John Harbaugh-led Giants team could look significantly different by season’s end. For as bad as the Giants looked last season, the bulk of it can be placed on Brian Daboll at head coach and injuries to Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo . With Arvell Reese added to an already dangerous pass rush, they could be a team that outperforms low expectations. My hot take is that the Saints should run away with the NFC South title this season. Sure, that might not mean much when the Panthers won it with a losing record last year, but I genuinely think they have a high ceiling. Tyler Shough was quietly great in his rookie season, while the offense has only gotten better with the additions of Travis Etienne and Jordyn Tyson—the Saints defense is decent as well. A Week 1 home game is favorable for the Lions, who get to face a team that might not have found their groove yet. W [... truncated ...]
Marvin Harrison Jr. is a buy-low candidate in dynasty formats due to his pure talent and potential for growth
Here, we’ll go over eight early fantasy football average draft positions (ADP) I’m planning to track over the summer, as they raise an eyebrow one way or the other. I’m not ready to say these guys are overvalued or undervalued with certainty just yet, but they are players we should track and debate heavily over the next couple of months to iron out those takes. Note: All ADP data comes from the FantasyPros half-PPR consensus as of this publication. The harsh reality is that it’s going to be tough for Trey McBride to repeat as the TE1 overall, and therefore, make good on a top-15 overall ADP. McBride ran 694 routes last season, over 60 more than any other wide receiver — his teammate Michael Wilson was second with 630. Even more shocking, it was over 120 more than the next-highest tight end, Travis Kelce, with 573. It would be a massive disappointment if Arizona, which was in a severe negative game script and was relentlessly dropping back to pass for well over half of the 2025 season, repeats those numbers. Not to mention, if Marvin Harrison Jr. is healthy this season after missing chunks of time and playing through the back-half of the season with a heel injury, targets won’t be consolidated between just McBride and Wilson. Arizona also added a special receiving back in Jeremiyah Love. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2026 NFL season The squeeze for targets and more competition won’t doom McBride’s production. He’s too good for that. But it will carve into his fantasy ceiling. Brock Bowers should be ranked as the TE1 ahead of McBride and even then, 15th overall might be a bit too rich for him, too. Collins was WR10 last year in points per game and generally kept pace with some of the non-elite WR1s from a scoring standpoint. His role as the X-receiver in Houston’s offense does make him a bit more boom or bust on a weekly basis than some can deal with but I have some hopes (based on their Year 2 receivers breaking into the full-time rotation) that he can move around more in 2026. My guess is that the last memory we have of C.J. Stroud is unfairly pushing down perceptions of the Texans offense, which has its frustrations regardless. Stroud was sandwiched between Patrick Mahomes and Sam Darnold in EPA per play among starting quarterbacks last year during the regular season. That’s a guy who is good enough to feed a WR1 the ball, at the very least. You can make a credible argument that Collins is just as good a or better bet as WRs Malik Nabers (17th overall), Rashee Rice (23rd), Drake London (24th) or George Pickens (26th). It feels like a massive leap for Hampton to be this high in the running back rankings but it does make some sense. He was productive in a limited sample, finishing the season as the RB15 in points per game over nine contests. Hampton was also playing really well right before he went down with an injury. The Year 2 jump is very available to him and he is pretty uncontested as the clear lead back in Los Angeles. The Chargers hired Mike McDaniel as their offensive coordinator and he’s well-known for his prowess as a run-game designer. There’s also a strong argument that Hampton fits an outside zone run game, which McDaniel should employ, better than the gap-based design of Greg Roman’s desires. There’s no doubt Tetairoa McMillan was extremely productive relative to his environment in his first NFL season, where he ended up winning Offensive Rookie of the Year and clearing 1,000 yards receiving. I’m also a firm believer that McMillan could be more consistently productive if he’s moved around the formation more often and takes fewer reps as the X-receiver. We saw the fruits of that theory in his massive Week 11 game against the Falcons, where he caught three passes for 31 yards and a score from the slot. He averaged 2.0 yards per route run from the slot as a rookie. The Panthers' drafting Chris Brazzell as a boundary stretch receiver should allow the rookie to take some sacrificial [... truncated ...]
The Cardinals signed three draft picks and released wide receiver Andre Baccellia
Arizona Cardinals WR Michael Wilson had a breakout 2025 season, topping 1,000 yards and finishing as WR2 from Week 11. However, opinions are split on his future target share due to the return of QB Jacoby Brissett, the presence of RBs James Conner and Trey Benson, the addition of Tyler Allgeier, and the health of WR Marvin Harrison Jr. This creates potential buy-low or sell-high opportunities for Wilson in dynasty leagues
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