NFL DFS Stacking Tips: Week 10
Each week, with the help of our premium DFS Stacking Page, we’ll be diving into the main DFS slates for DraftKings, FanDuel, and Yahoo to give you the quarterback-wide receiver stacks that represent the best value on the board.
When possible, we’ll look to avoid throwing out the obvious names. However, just because a player is well known, that doesn’t mean they’re the easy pick when filling out your roster — and it also doesn’t mean that their price tag accurately matches their potential production.
In Week 9, the Jalen Hurts-DeVonta Smith and Teddy Bridgewater-Jerry Jeudy combinations each came through for daily fantasy players. Hurts threw for 162 yards and a touchdown against the Chargers, while also rushing for 62 yards and not turning the ball over. Smith hauled in five catches for 116 of those yards and found the end zone. Meanwhile, Bridgewater threw for 249 yards and a touchdown, and he also added a rushing touchdown. Jeudy wasn’t anything spectacular, but he did have six catches for 69 yards. That was plenty considering how effective Bridgewater was.
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With that out of the way, let’s now take a look at five combinations we like for Week 10 of the NFL regular season:
New York Jets (vs. Buffalo Bills)
- QB – Mike White (DraftKings: $5,100 / FanDuel: $6,700 / Yahoo: $24)
- WR – Elijah Moore (DraftKings: $4,700 / FanDuel: $5,700 / Yahoo: $16)
If you’re looking to go extremely cheap at the quarterback position, you’re not going to do much better than White. The Bills have the top passing defense in the entire league this season, so White isn’t going to be on a whole lot of rosters this week. However, New York’s offense has looked wildly competent in recent weeks, and it’s not like this game will be played in front of the Bills Mafia.
White threw for 405 yards with three touchdowns and two picks against a solid Cincinnati Bengals defense back on October 31. That was yet another home game for the Jets, and it was one in which White became something of a legend to Jets fans. Now, with the entire fanbase behind him, White will look to turn in another solid performance. It surely won’t be another 400-yard outing against a team like this, but don’t be surprised if White throws for at least 200 yards with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Moore has really come alive for the Jets over the last two weeks. Moore has hauled in 13 catches for 151 yards and two touchdowns in that time, and he has also received a total of 14 targets in that span. In a game in which the Jets will need to throw, he should once again have a big role.
Dallas Cowboys (vs. Atlanta Falcons)
- QB – Dak Prescott (DraftKings: $6,900 / FanDuel: $8,100 / Yahoo: $40)
- WR – Amari Cooper (DraftKings: $6,200 / FanDuel: $7,300 / Yahoo: $23)
It almost feels like cheating to include Prescott in a value column, but DraftKings has five quarterbacks priced higher than him this week. That is absolutely insane and isn’t at all what you’ll find on either FanDuel or Yahoo. However, for those of you that are playing on DraftKings, you aren’t going to want to pass up on the opportunity to get one of the best quarterbacks in the game at a discount.
Prescott struggled in his return to the field against the Denver Broncos last week, throwing for 232 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Those numbers were actually better than they should have been, with Prescott doing some real damage in garbage time. However, it’s important to remember that the Broncos have an elite secondary and Prescott has been special the rest of the year.
Prescott has had at least 20 fantasy points in six of the seven games he’s played in this season, and he can easily be the highest-scoring quarterback in any given week. Don’t be surprised if that’s this week against a Falcons team that has given up the fourth-most fantasy points to quarterbacks this season. And when looking for somebody to pair him with, don’t shy away from Cooper. We’re just a few weeks removed from a game in which Cooper had eight catches for 122 yards and a touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings. With stud corner A.J. Terrell likely to be covering CeeDee Lamb in this game, Cooper will be a mismatch on the other side of the field. Prescott targets Coopers frequently and that won’t change this week.
Washington Football Team (vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
- QB – Tyler Heinicke (DraftKings: $5,400 / FanDuel: $6,900 / Yahoo: $23)
- WR – Terry McLaurin (DraftKings: $7,600 / FanDuel: $7,100 / Yahoo: $22)
Heinicke hasn’t thrown for more than one touchdown in a game since October 3, when he threw for 290 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions in a 34-30 victory over the Falcons. With that in mind, a lot of fantasy players aren’t going to come close to touching him this week, which could give you a huge advantage if you put him in your lineup and he turns in a nice performance.
While Heinicke isn’t playing well right now, it isn’t because of a lack of opportunities. In fact, he has thrown at least 37 times in each of the last four weeks, and this meeting with the Buccaneers will likely bring another pass-heavy game. Tampa Bay can easily be playing in front in this game, and that would mean that Heinicke would be throwing the ball regularly. And even if the results haven’t been great recently, he’s due to have a bit more luck eventually. Don’t forget that Heinicke threw for 306 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for a score against the Buccaneers in the playoffs last year. Also, those legs could be a factor once again in this one.
As for McLaurin, the stud wideout is just extremely affordable for a player of his caliber. He has had three 100-yard games this season and that number is going to rise in the second half of the year. This could very well be a week in which he goes off.
Seattle Seahawks (vs. Green Bay Packers)
- QB – Russell Wilson (DraftKings: $6,700 / FanDuel: $7,500 / Yahoo: $31)
- WR – Tyler Lockett (DraftKings: $6,500 / FanDuel: $7,100 / Yahoo: $20)
Wilson remarkably cut his injury timeline in half and is set to return against the Packers this week. Green Bay isn’t the easiest matchup in the world for this Seattle offense, but the Seahawks should be somewhat amped up with Wilson back in the lineup.
The last time Wilson faced the Packers was in the 2019 playoffs when the former Wisconsin Badger threw for 277 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for another 64 yards and a score. This game should feature plenty of Wilson’s acrobatic playmaking, as Seattle will look to get him on the move where he can either throw on the run or use his legs to pick up some first downs. After multiple weeks of having Geno Smith under center, the full playbook will be open and this should be a completely different football team.
Smith being gone should also mean the return of Lockett to fantasy relevance. In that previously mentioned playoff game against Green Bay, Lockett hauled in nine catches for 136 yards and a touchdown. Against a disciplined defense like this one, Lockett’s precise route-running ability will be more important than D.K. Metcalf’s straight-line speed and physical traits. And if you don’t want to draw back on a game from two seasons ago, it’s understandable. But Lockett is also eighth in the league in target share this season and there’s no denying his chemistry with Wilson.
Overall, Wilson and Lockett are generally too good to be on a list like this, but the interesting circumstances of the last few weeks could mean that they’ll be overlooked by fantasy players.
Denver Broncos (vs. Philadelphia Eagles)
- QB – Teddy Bridgewater (DraftKings: $5,500 / FanDuel: $7,200 / Yahoo: $21)
- WR – Jerry Jeudy (DraftKings: $5,300 / FanDuel: $6,200 / Yahoo: $16)
With the Broncos coming off a dominant performance against the Cowboys, there’s no reason not to go back to Bridgewater and Jeudy in what is yet another winnable game against the Eagles.
Philadelphia hasn’t been awful against the pass this year or anything, but the team’s defense has been middle of the pack against fantasy quarterbacks, at best. In a game that Denver is favored to win, it should be expected that Bridgewater will find a way to put up some decent numbers again. At the very least, his usage has been rather encouraging as of late. Bridgewater doesn’t always take aggressive shots down the field, but he has attempted an average of 34.8 passes per game over the last five weeks. If he throws another 30 or so passes in this one, he’ll likely make his fantasy backers very happy.
Jeudy, meanwhile, is yet to completely break out this season. However, the important thing is that he’s definitely fully healthy after injuring his ankle earlier in the year, and he has an extremely high floor. Bridgewater looks in Jeudy’s direction rather often and the young wideout is one of the best in the game at creating separation for himself. With that, it’s hard to envision Jeudy not having a couple of big receptions in this one, but he’ll eventually find the end zone at some point this year. Perhaps this will be the week for him.
