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The 2026 FI Invitational: Rounds 10-18

Rounding out the FII rosters

We have laid our foundations and put up our framing, now it's time for the insulation and drywall. We're knocking down the literal back nine of this year's Invitational.

10th Round

PickTeamPlayerPosition
10.01Andy
Richardson
Bo NixQB
10.02Todd
Zola
Brock PurdyQB
10.03Nate S.Rachaad WhiteRB
10.04Bobby L.Jordyn TysonWR
10.05Ian
Allan
Quentin JohnstonWR
10.06Luke
Wilson
Jared GoffQB
10.07Ben
Prator
Matthew StaffordQB
10.08Steven S.Jayden ReedWR
10.09Brent
Miles
Patrick MahomesQB
10.10Andrew
Scuoler
Jordan LoveQB
10.11Pat
Fitzmaurice
Kyler MurrayQB
10.12Viva
Murillo!
Michael PittmanWR

Favorite Picks: The heart of an abrupt run on quarterbacks goes straight through the 10th, with 7 picks used on the position. As a result, the whole round really screamed value: Ian's shrewd Quentin Johnston buy definitely gets a thumbs up, and Zola nabbing Purdy is just tremendous — on top of being one of the most statistically productive QBs per game in recent seasons, the guy quasi-single handedly took Ian to the mountaintop last year.

In nabbing Bo Nix Andy grabs the other QB of my foremost desire (Nix coming off back-to-back top 8 finishes to start his NFL career... and he's going back here?). Nix now gets a major WR upgrade with the arrival of Jaylen Waddle, and the Broncos were so desperate to retain new OC Davis Webb that Sean Payton even relinquished play calling duties. Nix and Purdy can beat these prices by a good bit.

Obviously, he's coming off of the ACL, he's pledging that last year's rushing spike was a bad idea that will not be repeated, and he's got comfortably the third-best receiving group in the AFC West. But still: Patrick Mahomes at the end of the 10th? That's an easy one to love.

Worried About:: It's still a good pick (he did just sign a contract extension after all), but the latest indications out of Packers camp is that Jayden Reed is primed to be the odd man out in 2-WR looks for Green Bay to start 2026. With teams looking to get 2 tight ends on the field more and the team bringing in big Josh Whyle, Reed could be backed into a boom/bust corner.

A word on Fitzmaurice's Kyler Murray gambit: People are pretty split on whether or not the Kyler-KOC partnership is going to work, and a rocky training camp leading up to him being named the starter hasn't settled the issue. My two cents is that Kyler will continue his 'better in fantasy than reality' ways for at least 12 starts of top 12 per game production.

11th Round

PickTeamPlayerPosition
11.01Viva
Murillo!
Jakobi MeyersWR
11.02Pat
Fitzmaurice
Malik WillisQB
11.03Andrew
Scuoler
KC ConcepcionWR
11.04Brent
Miles
Isaiah LikelyTE
11.05Steven S.HoustonDEF
11.06Ben
Prator
Romeo DoubsWR
11.07Luke
Wilson
Stefon DiggsWR
11.08Ian
Allan
Mark AndrewsTE
11.09Bobby L.Zach CharbonnetRB
11.10Nate S.Baker MayfieldQB
11.11Todd
Zola
Dalton KincaidTE
11.12Andy
Richardson
Dallas GoedertTE

Favorite Picks: Viva's Jakobi Meyers buy probably makes the list here if not for his last second wrist injury to breathe intrigue back into this WR pecking order. I can't help but love the Mayfield and the Willis buys, warts and all. Isaiah Likely has gone pretty much wire-to-wire drawing both targets and praise for his new team. KC Concepcion here in the 11th is my kind of cost-to-upside ratio. Dalton Kincaid has shown every ability in spades but availability; if he plays a full slate he can do big things.

But Houston looks to be on the verge of fielding one of the most imposing defenses of the decade. Armed to the teeth at all three levels, Houston was surpassed by Seattle in our scoring last year only because of their fluky-high 7 D/ST touchdowns. These Texans can right that wrong and finish No. 1 overall. I also really like Mark Andrews here. We know the tight end position is central to this offense, and just a few months ago Andrews was surprisingly chosen over the departing Likely for a contract extension. Andrews already enjoys primary red zone status due to Zay Flowers' teeny catch radius and Lamar's aversion to taking it to paydirt himself, so if he were to recapture any kind of involvement between the 20s he could outperform this draft slot by quite a bit.

Worried About:: I'm not sure what to make of the Romeo Doubs contract. Was he really New England's 'guy', or was he a door prize signing after Alec Pierce and Rashid Shaheed opted to stay put and until the Patriots could actually get A.J. Brown in the building? And why does Green Bay sound happy to have let him walk? But Doubs has flashed before, and he's got ample cash guarantees extending into 2027; he's going to be around for the foreseeable future.

12th Round

PickTeamPlayerPosition
12.01Andy
Richardson
De'Zhaun StriblingWR
12.02Todd
Zola
Sam DarnoldQB
12.03Nate S.L.A. RamsDEF
12.04Bobby L.Jalen CokerWR
12.05Ian
Allan
Hunter HenryTE
12.06Luke
Wilson
Rashid ShaheedWR
12.07Ben
Prator
Chig OkonkwoTE
12.08Steven S.Brandon AubreyK
12.09Brent
Miles
Matthew GoldenWR
12.10Andrew
Scuoler
Wan'Dale RobinsonWR
12.11Pat
Fitzmaurice
Denzel BostonWR
12.12Viva
Murillo!
Brian RobinsonRB

Favorite Picks: Andy gets straight to business with the De'Zhaun Stribling grab, and with how much hype he's generating I'm surprised he made it this long. Stribling has moved into the top 100 players for some analysts — even before this deluge of preseason action. The Rams' defense coming off the board a round after Houston feels like solid value to me. Chig Okonkwo hype certainly wasn't helped by the Stefon Diggs signing, but I'm not ready to call it DOA either — like Likely in Baltimore, a month from now we could find out Tennessee had been squandering a star for years.

Jalen Coker has to get a shoutout. I really wanted to take him in the previous round, and if not for my reservations about Carolina's overall passing environment I would have. His emergence down the stretch last year and huge playoff performance sure felt like Carolina realizing they couldn't keep this kid off the field any longer. Matthew Golden is coming off of a very dicey rookie season; if he hadn't shown something in their playoff game against Chicago I really wonder if Green Bay's whole offseason doesn't go differently. But he did, and the Packers have since moved on from both Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks. Golden is playing over the veteran Reed in key personnel sets. The stars are beginning to align for this pick to return value at this price. How much value I'm not yet sure, but it's the right kind of real estate to buy at this point in the draft.

Worried About:: It cost him a chance to handcuff Bijan Robinson cleanly, which is about all the bad I can say about Fitzmaurice's Denzel Boston pick. The kid out of Puyallup has had a summer every bit as strong as Stribling, and recently pushed Jerry Jeudy out of the starting X role (Jeudy should have been out of that role the second that Cleveland turned in the draft card with Boston's name on it, but I digress). Still like the pick, but don't like what it wound up costing him.

13th Round

PickTeamPlayerPosition
13.01Viva
Murillo!
Isiah PachecoRB
13.02Pat
Fitzmaurice
Xavier WorthyWR
13.03Andrew
Scuoler
Oronde GadsdenTE
13.04Brent
Miles
Juwan JohnsonTE
13.05Steven S.Ray DavisRB
13.06Ben
Prator
Cyrus AllenWR
13.07Luke
Wilson
Deebo SamuelWR
13.08Ian
Allan
Khalil ShakirWR
13.09Bobby L.Ja'Kobi LaneWR
13.10Nate S.Cameron DickerK
13.11Todd
Zola
Alvin KamaraRB
13.12Andy
Richardson
Keaton MitchellRB

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14th Round

PickTeamPlayerPosition
14.01Andy
Richardson
MarShawn LloydRB
14.02Todd
Zola
Tre TuckerWR
14.03Nate S.Dalton SchultzTE
14.04Bobby L.DenverDEF
14.05Ian
Allan
Mike WashingtonRB
14.06Luke
Wilson
Pat BryantWR
14.07Ben
Prator
Jalen McMillanWR
14.08Steven S.Emmett JohnsonRB
14.09Brent
Miles
Jaydon BlueRB
14.10Andrew
Scuoler
Tank BigsbyWR
14.11Pat
Fitzmaurice
Terrance FergusonTE
14.12Viva
Murillo!
Tyler ShoughQB

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Worried About::

15th Round

PickTeamPlayerPosition
15.01Viva
Murillo!
Dontayvion WicksWR
15.02Pat
Fitzmaurice
Tyjae SpearsRB
15.03Andrew
Scuoler
Brenton StrangeTE
15.04Brent
Miles
Kaelon BlackRB
15.05Steven S.Jalen NailorWR
15.06Ben
Prator
SeattleDEF
15.07Luke
Wilson
Ka'imi FairbairnK
15.08Ian
Allan
PhiladelphiaDEF
15.09Bobby L.Tank DellWR
15.10Nate S.Braelon AllenRB
15.11Todd
Zola
Dylan SampsonRB
15.12Andy
Richardson
Caleb DouglasWR

Favorite Picks:

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16th Round

PickTeamPlayerPosition
16.01Andy
Richardson
Kaytron AllenRB
16.02Todd
Zola
Tre HarrisWR
16.03Nate S.Malik WashingtonWR
16.04Bobby L.Daniel JonesQB
16.05Ian
Allan
Jason MyersK
16.06Luke
Wilson
BaltimoreDEF
16.07Ben
Prator
George HolaniRB
16.08Steven S.Cam LittleK
16.09Brent
Miles
16.10Andrew
Scuoler
16.11Pat
Fitzmaurice
16.12Viva
Murillo!

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