Most fantasy football leagues begin their playoffs in Week 15 of the NFL regular season. That means we are officially halfway through the 2026 fantasy football season.

If you drafted Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Josh Allen , Jahmyr Gibbs, or Bijan Robinson you are probably sitting pretty atop your league’s standings right now. If you drafted one of the fantasy football busts we underscore below, you’re probably sitting near the basement of your league.

There is nothing worse in fantasy than wasting a first, second, or third round draft pick on a player that does not produce.

Injuries, poor quarterback play, and poor coaching can all contribute to a typical fantasy stud putting up underwhelming numbers.

There is still plenty of time, of course, for some of these dudes to turn things around. All of the players looked at here have the talent to put up big numbers on any given Sunday.

It takes just one week to turn things around, as we saw this past Sunday with the Titans’ Tony Pollard.…