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The Film Room · 2026

Sleepers

Cheap picks I'm calling ahead of their price. The model recommends players the Board ranks meaningfully ahead of the market in round 10 or later; the final list is mine.

Adonai Mitchell
Lead call
WRAdonai MitchellNYJ

He caught 24 of 58 targets for 301 yards and both his touchdowns after landing with the Jets last year — now he gets a full season of Geno Smith instead of whoever Indy was rolling out, at a WR75 price.

  • RBMarShawn LloydGB

    Seven career touches, so I'll say it straight: this is a situation call. He's the No. 2 in Green Bay with Emanuel Wilson gone to Seattle, and Josh Jacobs' availability is a live question — charged in late August, league investigation open. If the job falls, it falls to Lloyd first. The market says RB46; my board says RB31.

  • Blake Corum
    RBBlake CorumLA

    He ran for 746 yards on 145 carries at 5.1 yards a pop last year in a change-of-pace role, and there's real chatter the Rams push this toward a 50/50 split — he's the best handcuff in football at a RB42 price.

  • RBKeaton MitchellLAC

    6.3 yards a carry for his career, 8.4 before the knee, and the market has him RB60 because he's third on the Chargers' August depth chart. I'll admit it: he picked up a mild setback late in the preseason. But the team kept him on the active 53 instead of stashing him on IR, the new staff's last speed back finished top-six two years running in Miami, and nobody else in that room profiles for the role. Round-10 money on my board's RB46.

These are my picks. Many started as the model's calls — its backtest graded about 59% against a coin-flip floor of about 51% across the 2018–2025 drafts — and some are mine alone. All of them are mine to answer for: every pick is logged the day it publishes and graded when the season ends.

THE 2026 FILM ROOM · MY PICKS, MODEL-ASSISTED · EVERY PICK LOGGED ON PUBLISH AND GRADED AT SEASON’S END

Photo credits

  • Adonai Mitchell: photo by New York Jets, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Blake Corum: photo by Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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