This piece will identify some of my favorite DFS stacks of the weekend. Be sure to use our Stacking tool found within our Player Models to find the highest projected stacks, the stacks that figure to be chalky, and more. Our Correlation Dashboard is also a great resource to find hidden edges in stacking positions and games.
Quarterback + Wide Receiver + Wide Receiver
- Dak Prescott ($6,700 DraftKings, $7,700 FanDuel)
- Amari Cooper ($6,000 DraftKings, $7,600 FanDuel)
- CeeDee Lamb ($6,700 DraftKings, $7,400 FanDuel)
Can we take a moment and appreciate what Dak Prescott has done in his last seven full regular-season games? Excluding the Week 5 game in 2020 that he left with a season-ending injury against than 2013 Peyton Manning, 73.5 more points than 2018 Patrick Mahomes, and 68.9 more points than 2019 Lamar Jackson.
In home games during that span? Those numbers jump to 395.3 passing yards, four total touchdowns, and an obscene 39.6 fantasy points per game.
This makes for a reasonable rationale for a Dallas Cowboys double-stack in Week 4, no?
Carolina ranks first in pass defense DVOA through three games per Football Outsiders but hasn’t faced a difficult slate of passing offenses. Their three opponents rank 14th (Houston), 15th (New Orleans), and 32nd (New York Jets) in pass offense DVOA. The Saints’ ranking is greatly boosted by their shocking 38-3 win over Green Bay in Week 1. The Panthers also just placed their cornerback Jaycee Horn on the injured reserve with a broken foot in Week 3.
Amari Cooper has been a fantastic DFS in home games with Dak Prescott.
Cooper’s price dropped to just $6,000 on DraftKings after just three catches and 26 yards in the Cowboys’ 41-21 blowout win over Philadelphia.
But the hidden value in this double-stack is CeeDee Lamb, who has been very productive in just four total home games with Prescott. In those four contests, Lamb has averaged 7.8 targets. 5.5 receptions and 93.6 yards. Using the Bales Model on FantasyLabs, we can see that Lamb has an equal or higher ceiling value to higher-priced wideouts such as Justin Jefferson ($7,300), Calvin Ridley ($7,000), and Stefon Diggs ($7,600).
This is a very affordable QB + WR + WR double-stack in a game with a high 51.5 over/under. Prescott is only the ninth highest-priced quarterback on DraftKings and seventh-highest on FanDuel despite his dominant statistical success over the past two seasons. I will have solid exposure to Prescott, Cooper, and Lamb on both sites.
Quarterback + Wide Receiver + Opposing Pass Catcher
- Jalen Hurts ($6.900 DraftKings, $7.900 FanDuel)
- Jalen Reagor ($4,700 DraftKings, $5,500 FanDuel)
- Travis Kelce ($8.100 DraftKings, $8.200 FanDuel)
With one of the highest game totals of Week 3, it’s very difficult to envision winning any sort of DFS tournament without representation in Chiefs-Eagles. Our choice? The Hurts-Reagor-Kelce (QB + WR + Opposing Pass Catcher) stack.
Kelce is such a dominant outlier at the tight end position; it’s difficult to keep him out of DFS stacks. His current 22.3 PPR fantasy points per game would place him the third-best wide receiver. His price is high, but Kelce is averaging 24.3 DraftKings fantasy points per week and has hit the 100-yard bonus in two of those three contests.
The Eagles are one of only seven teams that have allowed 20 or more receptions to opposing tight ends. Kelce and Tyreek Hill have combined for exactly 50% (52 of 104) of Kansas City’s targets and receptions (39 of 78). With cornerbacks Darius Slay and Avonte Maddox playing at elite levels this season, Hill should find more resistance to production than Kelce.
I have been critical of Hurts’s efficiency as a passer, but he is set up for a smash spot at home against Kansas City. In a game with a high total, Hurts is going to need to generate offensive production for Philadelphia to stay competitive in this game. Kansas City is coming off two consecutive losses and has never lost three consecutive games in the era of Patrick Mahomes. The Eagles just allowed five total touchdowns to Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott, providing a DFS floor for this very enticing game.
Hurts has battled his way to fantasy production even in games where his passing efficiency has faltered. His late-game surges are Blake Bortles-esque. Per PlayerProfiler, it’s easy to see that Hurts versatility has garnered three consecutive overall QB10 or better finishes regardless of passing efficiency:
Hurts will face a Kansas City defense that has allowed the second-most fantasy points to opposing signal-callers, including the most rushing yards to fantasy quarterbacks. In Week 2, Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson generated the overall QB2 performance with just 239 passing yards. Hurts has a similar skill set to Jackson, with improved offensive weaponry.
Hurts is our top-rated DFS quarterback on both DraftKings and FanDuel. He has the second and third-highest Ceiling Projections on each site per our FantasyLabs Models. Yet, Hurts is only the fifth-most expensive quarterback on FanDuel and seventh-most expensive on DraftKings for the Sunday main slate.
The Philadelphia player to stack with Hurts is second-year wideout Jalen Reagor, who leads the Eagles in receptions (13) and ranks second in targets (19). Reagor is cheaper than teammate Devonta Smith on both sites, including $1000 cheaper on DraftKings. On FanDuel, we project Smith’s ownership (4.2%) to be over eight times that of Reagor (0.5%).
Using the FantasyLabs Lineup Optimizer, I generated a lineup in FanDuel that perfectly combined the prior two stacks. Given the small price difference, you can choose to use either Hurts or Prescott at quarterback.
You need exposure to this Chiefs-Eagles game, and the Hurts-Reagor discount stack provides fantastic relief to add Kelce in one of the highest game totals on the Sunday slate.
Running Back + Defense
- David Montgomery ($5,800 DraftKings, $7,500 FanDuel)
- Chicago DEF/ST ($3,700 DraftKings, $4,500 FanDuel)
Chicago returns to the strong home-field advantage of Soldier Field to attempt to recover from a dismal performance at Cleveland. The Bears host division rival Detroit, a team they have beaten in five of the past six games.
The Bears are still getting to the quarterback, averaging 3.7 sacks per game (third-best in the NFL). Even in the 26-6 loss at Cleveland, the Bears registered five sacks. Chicago is also effective at limiting tight ends, holding the opposition to just five fantasy points per game, the sixth-best in the league. That should be critical in limiting a Detroit passing attack that relies heavily on T.J. Hockenson.
The key to this play is Chicago running back David Montgomery, who continues to see solid usage despite limited production the past two weeks. Montgomery ranks second at the position in rushing yards (203), sixth in carries (46), and fifth in snap share (71.9%). On PlayerProfiler, he holds the third-highest Dominator Rating (34.6%), which represents the percentage of total team’s touchdowns and yards generated on offense.
At this point? Montgomery is the Chicago offense.
Now he faces a Detroit defense that has allowed the fourth-most fantasy points to opposing running backs, with rookie quarterback Justin Fields potentially making his first start. Montgomery has the third-highest running back rating this week on our Bales Model.
Montgomery brings a reasonable price tag with a top-five DFS running back performance solidly within his range of outcomes. The Bears pass rush also brings a high sack total and turnover potential against the 0-3 Lions. If you need salary relief at running back to fit Kelce and other high-priced wide receivers in your lineup, look to this Montgomery + Chicago Defense stack.
