This piece will identify some of my favorite NFL DFS stacks of the weekend. Be sure to use our Stacking tool within our Player Models to find the highest projected stacks, the stacks that figure to be chalky, and more. Our Correlation Dashboard is also an excellent resource for finding hidden edges in stacking positions and games.
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Week 9 NFL DFS Stacks and Picks
Dak Prescott + CeeDee Lamb + Jake Ferguson + Drake London
- Dak Prescott ($6,300 DraftKings, $8,100 FanDuel)
- CeeDee Lamb ($8,800 DraftKings, $9,100 FanDuel)
- Jake Ferguson ($5,100 DraftKings, $6,500 FanDuel)
- Drake London ($6,700 DraftKings, $7,900 FanDuel)
The only game with a total above 50 points in Week 9 is this NFC battle between the Dallas Cowboys and Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons are three-point home favorites, but we are stacking the road team.
Playing at home in Jerry World has been a nightmare for the Cowboys. They are 0-3 at home and 3-1 on the road. The Cowboys suffered their first road loss last week against the 49ers after leading at halftime.
Sitting at 3-4 in a wide-open NFC conference, the Cowboys need to start kicking it into high gear. They displayed signs of a ceiling last week after getting down by 17 points. Their late flurry fell short, but Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb connected for two second-half touchdowns. It was Lamb’s first touchdown reception since Week 4 and his first 100-yard receiving game of the season.
It has been a rough start to the season for Prescott. He currently has a career-low in QBR and is on pace for a career-high in interceptions. Simply put, Prescott has been a boom-or-bust fantasy producer. He has only two games, throwing over 300 yards and 22+ DraftKings points. Due to his inconsistency, Prescott is a fantastic tournament option, but steer clear in cash games.
The Cowboys have the worst rushing attack in the league. They are averaging a league-low 74.1 rushing yards per game, which has forced even more pressure on Prescott. Through Week 8, Prescott ranks third in the league in dropbacks per game with 40.86. Those are the types of numbers we want to see from a stacking perspective. Keep airing it out Cowboys!
Similar to Prescott, Lamb has seen his production spike and plummet throughout the year. However, in his last two games, the star wide receiver has been peppered with 31 targets. He has caught 20 of those 31 targets for 235 yards. Being the highest-priced skill position player on the slate, Lamb will need to put numbers similar to last week. With a 38% target share in his last two games, Lamb has a huge ceiling.
The Cowboys’ lack of wide receiver weapons has been beneficial to tight end Jake Ferguson. He is second on the team with a 19% target share and has caught 31 passes for 263 yards. Ferguson has yet to hit paydirt, but it feels only a matter of time until he does. The tight end position has been flourishing lately, which puts more pressure on your roster selection. In this type of game environment and being the second option for a pass-heavy offense, Ferguson is a fantastic mid-range tight end option this week.
Due to the high total and the efficiency of the Falcons offense, I would bring this Cowboys stack back with a Falcons player. There are several strong options on the Falcons, but Drake London is my favorite. He had a disappointing Week 8, recording under double-digit DraftKings points for just the second time all season. Expect a bounceback this week, with the Cowboys allowing 28.3 points per game, which is the second-highest in the league. London leads the Falcons with a 27% target share this season.
Both the Cowboys and Falcons defense ranks in the bottom half of defensive DVOA. The Falcons will score plenty of points to force the Cowboys into another pass-heavy game script. The only downside of this game stack is the prices. Despite being an expensive stack, there is plenty of ceiling in these four players to climb the leaderboards in tournaments.
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Daniel Jones + Malik Nabers + Theo Johnson + Terry McLaurin
- Daniel Jones ($5,200 DraftKings, $6,600 FanDuel)
- Malik Nabers ($7,500 DraftKings, $8,400 FanDuel)
- Theo Johnson ($2,700 DraftKings, $4,900 FanDuel)
- Terry McLaurin ($7,100 DraftKings, $7,400 FanDuel)
From an expensive game stack to one that is very affordable. Sitting at 2-6, the Giants are eyeing up another lost season. However, if they want to get back into the NFC mix, it starts this week in a home matchup against the Commanders, who rank 24th in defensive DVOA this season.
Leading the slate with the highest projected ownership at the quarterback position is none other than Daniel Jones. Priced at $5,200, it won’t take much for Jones to exceed his salary-based expectations. As previously mentioned with Prescott, getting a quarterback who drops back to pass is valuable in tournaments. Jones ranks fourth in the league with 39.75 dropbacks per game.
Getting Malik Nabers back is a major boost to Jones’ ceiling. The standout rookie leads the league in target share (36%) and ranks second in air yards (53%) and end-zone target share (67%). Outside of the season opener and the game he got hurt, Nabers has at least 12 targets in every other game. He is Jones’ security blanket and a player with massive upside, even at his elevated salary.
Nabers is currently second on the slate in projected ownership at the wide receiver position behind another rookie, Ladd McConkey. Now that Nabers is fully healthy, he should thrive in this matchup against the Commanders in a trailing game script. The Commanders have been susceptible to opposing wide receivers, making this a strong matchup for Nabers and the passing attack.
Another promising rookie who is coming into his own is tight end Theo Johnson. Over the last four weeks, Johnson has operated as the lead tight end for the Giants. During that time, he is running 82% of the routes and has a 10% target share. Johnson has hauled at least three receptions in three of his last four games. The best part is that Johnson is only $2,700.
Pairing Jones, Nabers, and Johnson is a very cheap team stack. It provides flexibility to add a high-priced option for the Commanders, which we will do to complete this game stack with Terry McLaurin. With Jayden Daniels healthy, McLaurin has seemingly been better each and every week. Their chemistry is clicking, and McLaurin has caught several deep bombs from the rookie Daniels.
McLaurin is tied for the fourth-highest air yards share in the league at 47% and also has a 41% end zone share. Over the last six games, McLaurin is averaging 19.7 DraftKings points per game. During that stretch, he has four receiving touchdowns and three games with 100+ receiving yards. Projected for less than 10% ownership, McLaurin is a phenomenal bring-back in this Giants stack.
Divisional games have shown a tendency to have massive scoring outputs, and that is the hope here with the Giants and Commanders. Take the cheaper side of this game with a Giants stack to provide flexibility for the rest of your lineup with so many other studs on this 12-game slate.
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