Fantasy Insanity Drew Loftis The promising fantasy football solutions to help the unexpected Brock Bowers dilemma By Drew Loftis Published Sep. 11, 2026, 6:19 p.m. ET Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers (89) prepares to enter the field against the Arizona Cardinals at Allegiant Stadium. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect You don’t play dozens of fantasy football leagues every season over a span of multiple decades without learning a few things along the way.
Like, never draft a kicker early. Don’t put a player name in your team name until after the draft, lest someone else pick that player. Never trust an Arthur Blank-coached running back corps.
And back up all your position players. Before some of you grab your pitchforks or cast stones our way, the Madman will offer some exceptions: 1) if there are no reasonable circumstances in which you would ever bench that player, and 2) that player is either a quarterback or tight end.
Granted, these are more guidelines than rules, but based on those criteria, there are two players we didn’t actively seek to back up during drafts: Josh Allen and Brock Bowers.
