Ron Stewart on Jonathan Taylor

VideoA HIGH STAKES 2026 Fantasy Football DraftAugust 10, 2026

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I actually moved up JT today. I ended up moving McAffrey and JT ahead of Aman Rosen Brown and JSN. ... CMC is a scary pick every year, and if he's too scary, you can always just take JT.

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STACKED’s take

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A safer, high-ranked alternative to Christian McCaffrey

Ron Stewart moved Jonathan Taylor up in his rankings, placing him ahead of Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jaxon Smith-Njigba to secure a top running back. He is also recommended as a safer alternative to Christian McCaffrey for drafters at the 1.05 spot who want to avoid McCaffrey's inherent injury risk.

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Jonathan Taylor ranked 1 spot lower than ADP by expert consensus.

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Taylor's rookie card jumped 150% to $190, a top-tier RB gainer.

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Taylor is slightly undervalued on ESPN at RB7 versus consensus RB8-10.

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Middle Round 1 option; strong tier-1 running back.

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Taylor expected to maintain massive workload with 91.7% carry share and 10.7% target share.

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JJ and Rich Hribar flagged as player to avoid; reasoning: most win-correlated back on a team favored in only six games, implying limited positive gam...

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