# 2026 Fantasy Football RB Rankings: Tiers, Sleepers, Busts & Dead Zone Strategy: Part 2

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/pat-mayo-experience-200424/2026-fantasy-football-rb-rankings-tiers-sleepers-busts-dead-zone-strategy-part-2
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/pat-mayo-experience-200424/2026-fantasy-football-rb-rankings-tiers-sleepers-busts-dead-zone-strategy-part-2.md
Podcast: [Pat Mayo Experience](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pat-mayo-experience-200424)
Published: 2026-07-16T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJrBgtSiXKOdpoyvVqqhWww
Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/256/pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/bluewire.simplecastaudio.com/d6926717-6780-4c28-b843-15f0aee59d9c/episodes/666e2a59-fc61-4dde-b0b0-11cfce4748fe/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=d6926717-6780-4c28-b843-15f0aee59d9c&awEpisodeId=666e2a59-fc61-4dde-b0b0-11cfce4748fe&feed=09AxY7vG
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pat-mayo-experience-200424/episodes/2026-fantasy-football-rb-rankings-tiers-sleepers-busts-dead-zone-strategy-part-2
Duration seconds: 5298

## Resource

⁠Pat Mayo⁠ is joined by Jake Ciely (The Athletic) and Ian Hartitz (RotoWire) to wrap up their 2026 fantasy football running back rankings! In Part 2, the guys dive deep into the highly contested mid-round "dead zone" running backs, debate their favorite late-round sleepers, and call out the players carrying major risk. They breakdown why they are fading "Bad Vibes" Bucky Irving, whether Bhayshul Tuten (aka King Tuten) has a top-10 ceiling, and how to value backfield splits in Seattle, Carolina, Pittsburgh, and Washington.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pat-mayo-experience-200424/episodes/2026-fantasy-football-rb-rankings-tiers-sleepers-busts-dead-zone-strategy-part-2/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/pat-mayo-experience-200424/2026-fantasy-football-rb-rankings-tiers-sleepers-busts-dead-zone-strategy-part-2.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.