In fantasy football NFL DFS, stacking lineups means picking players from one team to get more points. This works because when a team does well, many players from that team get points, making NFL DFS Stacks very profitable.
For example, when a quarterback throws a touchdown, both the quarterback and the receiver get points. So, if you choose a quarterback and his wide receiver together, you can get double points when they score a touchdown.
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It’s also smart to pick a quarterback and his tight end because tight ends are good at catching passes near the opponent’s goal line. Another good idea is to pick a quarterback and his running back because they often work together on running plays and screen passes. When you choose players from the same team like this, you have a better chance of getting a lot of points and winning your fantasy football league.
But remember, there are risks. If the team doesn’t play well or if the quarterback gets hurt, you might not get many points. So, you have to think about the good and bad things when you stack players in NFL DFS.
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Best NFL DFS Stacks Week 9: GPP Lineup Picks for DraftKings & FanDuel
Best Quarterback-Wide Receiver NFL DFS Stacks
QB Lamar Jackson ($8200 on DK, $8600 on FD) and WR Zay Flowers ($5700 on DK, $6100 on FD)
Lamar Jackson and the passing offense had a rough go of it last week, but the fantasy numbers certainly would have looked better if Gus Edwards hadn’t scored three touchdowns at the goal line.
The box score doesn’t look appetizing in terms of pressure (12) and sack (4) counts, but six and three respective pressures and sacks were attributed to Jackson himself, which will occasionally happen with a play-making quarterback of his ilk.
This week, they will take on a Seahawks defense that leads the league in sacks per game (3.7) but is middle of the pack in adjusted sack rate (8.3% – 14th), and ranks 28th in schedule-adjusted fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks.
With Ronnie Stanley, Tyler Linderbaum, and the rest of the line enjoying a stretch of good health, the passing attack is on track to have a bounce-back game, and they currently hold the second-highest implied team total (24.5) on Sunday’s main slate of action.
Beyond Jackson and Mark Andrews, fantasy managers should feel comfortable going back to Zay Flowers after his ghastly 5-19-0 Week 8 performance, as he still ranks 12th among all WR/TEs with his 26.3% target share.
The Seahawks have allowed the ninth-most receiving yards to opposing wide receivers (134.7), even after facing off against P.J. Walker and Joshua Dobbs over these last two weeks.
Best Quarterback-Tight End NFL DFS Stacks
QB Baker Mayfield ($5200 on DK, $6800 on FD) and TE Cade Otton ($3000 on DK, $4900 on FD)
Desmond Ridder has shown signs of life over these last three weeks. Though head coach Arthur Smith continues to do unspeakably goofy things—like benching an unwell Bijan Robinson just to plug him into the game with 33 seconds left—it’s encouraging to see the team’s neutral-script pass rate notch up from 50.4% (Weeks 1-4, 31st) to 52.1% (26th) in this three-game sample.
That has led to the sophomore quarterback gaining 886 yards through the air, with three touchdowns and 58.15 fantasy points, good enough for 18.7 per game and a QB7 slot.
He has also been more consistent on the ground, rushing the ball 12 times for 66 yards and two touchdowns since Week 5. What would have been an even bigger game last week was sadly derailed by not one, not two, but three fumbles within the red zone, crushing what could have been a very successful fantasy performance.
As mentioned in SharpClarke’s Week 9 NFL Bets article, Ridder’s unfortunate turnover variance threw cold water on what would have been thought of as a sort of coming-out party after the quarterback had strung together back-to-back 300+ yard performances.
Ridder is available in 86% of Yahoo leagues ahead of his matchup against a Titans defense that just traded away Kevin Byard, arguably their best player on that side of the ball.
Best Running Back-Defense NFL DFS Stacks
RB Josh Jacobs ($6900 on DK, $7500 on FD) and DEF Las Vegas Raiders ($3600 on DK, $4800 on FD)
It looks as though the Giants will be welcoming back Daniel Jones for Week 9, but that’s not necessarily great news for their offense, and it’s certainly not bad news for opposing fantasy defenses.
Over Jones’ 198 dropbacks this year, he holds the league’s worth pressure-to-sack rate (31.5%), far beyond the 19.3% league average.
Though the Giants’ offensive line looked better in Week 8 without replacements rotating in for injury purposes, they still rank at or near league-worst in almost every metric.
Those include adjusted sack rate (13.5% – 32nd), pressure rate allowed (45.5% – 32nd), blown block percentage (3.82% – 31st), adjusted line yards (3.26 – t-32nd), and running back yards before contact (1.25 – 28th).
The Raiders D/ST should be prioritized wherever possible.
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Best NFL DFS Stacks Week 9: Cash Game Lineup Picks for DraftKings & FanDuel
Best Quarterback-Tight End NFL DFS Stacks
QB Aidan O’Connell ($4500 on DK, $6200 on FD) and TE Michael Mayer ($2800 on DK, $4900 on FD)
It was a poor showing for the Raiders offense as a whole, and Jimmy Garoppolo in particular on Monday Night Football.
Completely out of sync with his receivers for the entire game, taking sacks from unidentified blitzers and making very questionable throws, Garoppolo looked like the antithesis of a 10-year veteran.
Though Michael Mayer will play third-fiddle more often than not behind Davante Adams and Jakobi Meyers, he’s not going to benefit in the boxscore if those first two can’t move the ball down the field in the first place.
With all of that said, the rookie tight end has been eased gradually along in the offense over veteran Austin Hooper, as their snap shares and route participation have grown further apart since Week 4.
Through those first four weeks of the season, Hooper held a 54.4% route participation (fourth-highest on the team) to Mayer’s 30.2% (seventh-highest).
Over these last four games, that usage has flipped, with Hooper notching a 28.7% mark (seventh-highest) and Mayer running a route on 55.2% of dropbacks (third-highest).
Best Running Back-Defense NFL DFS Stacks
RB Jerome Ford ($5300 on DK, $7000 on FD) and DEF Cleveland Browns ($4200 on DK, $4700 on FD)
The Browns weren’t able to overcome a questionable performance from quarterback P.J. Walker (248-1-2, 48.4%) last week, but that doesn’t mean their defense wasn’t terrorizing Geno Smith all day long.
Accruing 26 pressures in Week 8, Cleveland now ranks fourth in pressure rate (40.5%) and third in adjusted sack rate (9.6%) heading into this matchup against a Cardinals team that has a lowly 15-point implied team total in Clayton Tune’s first (and presumably only) start of the 2023 season.
Last week was the first of the year in which the Browns didn’t have a multi-sack game. Expect them to start a new streak on Sunday.
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