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Lions Top Fantasy Players
These are the top fantasy football players of the Detroit Lions as ranked by Average Draft Position (ADP) in PPR-format mock drafts.
Data as of July 13, 2026.
| # | Name | Pos | Team | ADP | Bye |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jahmyr Gibbs | RB | DET | 1.02 | 6 |
| 2 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | WR | DET | 1.08 | 6 |
| 3 | Jameson Williams | WR | DET | 4.11 | 6 |
| 4 | Sam LaPorta | TE | DET | 6.10 | 6 |
| 5 | Jared Goff | QB | DET | 8.08 | 6 |
| 6 | Jake Bates | PK | DET | 12.11 | 6 |
| 7 | Detroit Defense | DEF | DET | 12.12 | 6 |
| 8 | Isiah Pacheco | RB | DET | 13.09 | 6 |
| 9 | Isaac TeSlaa | WR | DET | 15.07 | 6 |
Jahmyr Gibbs
Jahmyr Gibbs's current ADP is 1.02, which is the 2nd pick of the 1st round, and 1st selection overall.
Amon-Ra St. Brown
Amon-Ra St. Brown's current ADP is 1.08, which is the 8th pick of the 1st round, and 7th selection overall.
Jameson Williams
Jameson Williams's current ADP is 4.11, which is the 11th pick of the 4th round, and 47th selection overall.
Sam LaPorta
Sam LaPorta's current ADP is 6.10, which is the 10th pick of the 6th round, and 69th selection overall.
Jared Goff
Jared Goff's current ADP is 8.08, which is the 8th pick of the 8th round, and 91st selection overall.
Jake Bates
Jake Bates's current ADP is 12.11, which is the 11th pick of the 12th round, and 142nd selection overall.
Detroit Defense
Detroit Defense's current ADP is 12.12, which is the 12th pick of the 12th round, and 143rd selection overall.
Isiah Pacheco
Isiah Pacheco's current ADP is 13.09, which is the 9th pick of the 13th round, and 152nd selection overall.
Isaac TeSlaa
Isaac TeSlaa's current ADP is 15.07, which is the 7th pick of the 15th round, and 175th selection overall.
Detroit Lions 2025 Schedule
| Week | Home/Away | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Away | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | Home | Chicago Bears |
| 3 | Away | Baltimore Ravens |
| 4 | Home | Cleveland Browns |
| 5 | Away | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 6 | Away | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 7 | Home | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 9 | Home | Minnesota Vikings |
| 10 | Away | Washington Commanders |
| 11 | Away | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 12 | Home | New York Giants |
| 13 | Home | Green Bay Packers |
| 14 | Home | Dallas Cowboys |
| 15 | Away | Los Angeles Rams |
| 16 | Home | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 17 | Away | Minnesota Vikings |
| 18 | Away | Chicago Bears |
Detroit Lions News
Isaac TeSlaa, Isaac TeSlaa Emerging as a Late-Round Redraft Sleeper
The Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa did not see much of the ball as a rookie, but he made his limited chances count. Six of his 16 catches went for touchdowns, and Detroit started leaning on him more late in the year. TeSlaa caught 12 passes for 174 yards and four scores from Weeks 13 through 18 after opening the season as the fourth receiver. He now enters camp behind Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams, with Dan Campbell saying the coaching staff grew more comfortable with him as 2025 went along. The 6-foot-4, 214-pound wideout also drew praise for his work this spring. Targets will be the issue. St. Brown, Williams, Sam LaPorta, and Jahmyr Gibbs are all going to be featured, and TeSlaa will not keep scoring on nearly a quarter of his opportunities. Detroit does expect his role to grow in Drew Petzing's offense, though. With TeSlaa sitting at WR70 in RotoBaller's rankings and carrying an ADP of 255, he is a cheap swing on size, red-zone work, and a possible second-year jump.
July 12, 2026 10:29 AM EST
Jared Goff, Can Jared Goff Help to Win Leagues in 2026?
Since the start of the 2022 season, Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff has led the NFL in passing yards and touchdowns. In four fully healthy seasons with the Lions, he has never finished outside the top 10 for fantasy, and despite expected improvements to both the team's offensive line and play calling ahead of the 2026 season, he is currently being drafted as the QB16. The Lions return both 1,000-yard receivers from a year ago, and with tight end Sam LaPorta expected back at full health and three-time Pro Bowl running back Jahmyr Gibbs ready to inherit a true bell cow role, an easy argument could be made for Goff's supporting cast as the strongest in the league. The former first overall pick has topped 4,400 passing yards and 29 touchdowns in each of the past four seasons, and with the Lions boasting what is on paper one of the league's most fantasy-friendly schedules, there is no reason to expect that streak should end in 2026. In a season where the third, or even fourth tier of fantasy quarterbacks is deep and flat, Goff may be the poster child for punting at the position and is capable of delivering a league-winning performance from the closing rounds of drafts.
July 9, 2026 5:49 AM EST
Jameson Williams, Jameson Williams a Strong Bet to Outperform ADP
Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams finished as the fantasy WR5 over the final 10 weeks of the 2025 season, and while many are quick to point to the absence of tight end Sam LaPorta as the driving factor behind his late-season breakout, there's evidence of his leveling up even before LaPorta was placed on injured reserve with a herniated disc. The two games following Detroit's Week 8 bye proved to be LaPorta's final two outings of the season, but they were also arguably his most productive two-game stretch of 2025, totaling 150 yards on 11 catches while reeling in one of his three touchdown grabs on the year. In those two games, the start of his end-of-season run of dominance, Williams caught 10 passes for 185 yards and two scores, finishing as the WR14 and WR3. With LaPorta expected to be healthy again for 2026, the Lions are likely to deploy more of the two-receiver sets from which Williams has proven to be a dynamic weapon. If Williams can find more consistency in his fifth season, an expectation expressed publicly by wide receiver coach Scottie Montgomery in one of his final media sessions of minicamp, the 2022 first-round pick could pick right back up on the 82-catch, 1,400-yard, and nine-touchdown pace with which he ended 2025, and he should have little trouble outproducing his current ADP as WR26.
July 3, 2026 5:25 AM EST
Sam LaPorta, Will the Lions Consider Trading Sam LaPorta?
ESPN's Ben Solak thinks the Detroit Lions should trade tight end Sam LaPorta as they stare at upcoming big contract extensions for him, star running back Jahmyr Gibbs, and safety Brian Branch. The Lions are also carrying sizable second contracts at quarterback (Jared Goff), wide receiver (Amon-Ra St. Brown), edge rusher (Aidan Hutchinson), and offensive tackle (Penei Sewell). Gibbs is probably untouchable as one of the best dual-threat backs in the NFL. LaPorta had an eye-popping rookie season with 86 catches, 889 yards, and 10 touchdowns, but he's lost some volume in Detroit's passing attack as receiver Jameson Williams has developed into the team's WR2. In the last two years, LaPorta's 25% target per route fell to 19.7%, and Williams has produced more yards per target, yards per route, and explosive receptions per target. The 25-year-old former second-rounder is now the clear fourth target in an explosive Lions offense, which makes him somewhat expendable. Additionally, LaPorta isn't a very strong blocker. Solak predicts that the Carolina Panthers, a team that hasn't had a difference-making pass-catching tight end since Greg Olsen, could come calling if the Lions are willing to listen.
July 1, 2026 7:31 PM EST
Jahmyr Gibbs, Does an Expanded Role Make Jahmyr Gibbs the No-Brainer 1.01 Pick in 2026 Drafts?
In case the Detroit Lions' trading of David Montgomery to the Texans was not signal enough that fourth-year running back Jahmyr Gibbs was going to be the team's bell cow back for the 2026 season, head coach Dan Campbell said the words clear as day in one of his first media sessions of organized team activities, telling reporters, "He's going to be our bell cow now," and then later, "We're going to hang our hat on him quite a bit. We're going to do a lot of things we feel like he does well." Running backs coach Tashard Choice, who has known Gibbs since he was a high school recruit, has since expressed belief that the 2023 first-round pick is in the best shape of his life, and having already finished as the RB4 and the RB2 in his past two seasons (while Montgomery was still averaging more than 200 touches of his own), expectations are through the roof for 2026. The Lions signed former Chief Isiah Pacheco to a one-year deal in free agency, but after averaging more than 1,000 yards from scrimmage over his first two years in the league, the 2022 seventh-round pick has struggled through injuries and has been held to only 952 yards and three touchdowns across the past two seasons. While he will undoubtedly play a role in keeping Gibbs fresh, all the rhetoric out of Detroit suggests that the backfield is ready to be fully handed over to one of the most explosive playmakers in the league. As such, Gibbs has earned the top overall spot in RotoBaller's 2026 single-quarterback fantasy rankings.
June 28, 2026 6:00 AM EST
