Field Yates is a fantasy football expert and NFL draft analyst for ESPN. You can find him on Fantasy Football Now on Sunday mornings and regularly on NFL Live throughout the week, as well as the Fantasy Focus and First Draft podcasts. A graduate of Wesleyan University (CT) and native of [ADDRESS], [ADDRESS], Yates has previous experience interning with the New England Patriots on both their coaching and scouting staffs.

I go into my fantasy football drafts every year with two things: a plan and a list. The plan is how I approach each draft I'm in, and the list is the players I'm most bullish on who I'm willing to "overpay" for relative to where they are being ranked and projected by our ESPN analysts. We've coined the list "Field's Favorites" for several years now, and it's time to unveil the 2026 version.

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