These are Pat Kerrane's PPR weekly redraft rankings. Tiers are intended to help with tiebreakers and FLEX decisions.
Rankings and tiers will initially align closely with the tiers outlined in the Walkthrough, but will then be updated until kickoff.
Welcome to the Week 1 Walkthrough—the first Walkthrough of the 2026 season. This weekly preview article series will run through Week 17.
In this article, I'll outline critical fantasy football context for the first glorious football Sunday of 2026.
(The stats below are from PFF, NFLfastR, rbsdm.