Week 13 of the NFL DFS season has arrived and it is time to win some big money using stacks.
While fantasy football stacks are becoming more prevalent in redraft leagues, the ability to stack players has always been one of the main strategic plays in daily fantasy.
This weekly article will focus on what are the best stack plays in a given week for DFS.
While these plays can be applicable to FanDuel and other daily fantasy sites, this article will focus primarily on DraftKings pricing.
What is stacking in DFS?
A fantasy football stack is when you take two or more players from the same team in order to double your points. This is a strategy that is especially useful in games with high over-unders.
While you are able to stack a quarterback with a running back and or a tight end, we’ll be focusing on the best stacks available between a quarterback and a wide receiver.
What is most important when stacking in DFS?
What is most important to pay attention to, with or without stacking, is a player's cost and their ultimate output of points.
For example: QB Jalen Hurts had an average cost of $6,700 last season and had five weeks in which he scored 4x his weekly cost.
Ultimately, factoring in the elements of stacking players along with a strong return on investment on players' costs will put you in the best position to cash in this season.
Week 13 NFL DFS Stacks & Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel
Without further ado, here are some of the best DFS stack options for Week 13 of the 2022 NFL season:
QB Mike White ($5,400) & WR Garrett Wilson ($5,300), Jets vs Vikings
- Combined Price: $10,700 – 21.4% of lineup salary
Mike White fever has swept the NFL, again. With that in mind, it is likely that the fever will bleed into DFS lineups. So with the disclaimer that exposure could be high, the stack of White and Garrett Wilson is one that I love for this week’s Jets and Vikings matchup.
Last week, the relief of Zach Wilson being benched was met with the euphoria of a big game out of Mike White. In spite of rainy weather conditions, White threw for 315 yards and three touchdowns.
That game resulted in White being fifth-highest scoring quarterback on the week with 27.8 points. Thes best part, that came off of the Jets signal caller being priced at $4,900.
White will cost $500 more this week but is still an ideal price with an equally ideal opponent.
The Vikings have been a fantasy football safe haven for opposing quarterbacks. The struggling defense has allowed 20 or more fantasy points to the position in five out of their last six games.
They even allowed Mac Jones to score 26.28 points last week, the young quarterback’s highest scoring week of his career.
Even with White having a strong performance in rainy conditions, it is still encouraging to hear that the Jets offense will be indoors this week.
Being out of the elements will allow White to exceed 30 pass attempts. While it is obvious that more attempts could lead to more production, it is also helpful to note that the Vikings defense is allowing the second-highest completion percentage to quarterbacks, 69.31%.
On the receiving end of the Jets’ offensive production will be Garrett Wilson. Last week marked Wilson’s third game of 20 or more points as he had 95 yards receiving with two touchdowns.
While touchdowns are difficult to count on, the targets Wilson had in Week 12 were eye-popping. White targeted Wilson eight times last week. That is more than the other four Jets wide receivers that were targeted, combined.
It should come as no surprise that the Vikings have struggled against wide receivers. The defense has allowed the third most points to wide receivers over the last three weeks. Roster percentages be damned, this is a great matchup.
QB Trevor Lawrence ($5,900) & WR Christian Kirk ($6,300), Jaguars vs Lions
- Combined Price: $12,200 – 24.4% of lineup salary
Quietly, Trevor Lawrence is 10th among quarterbacks in DraftKings scoring. Look for the Jaguars quarterback to build upon that in a promising matchup against the Detroit Lions.
Headed into Week 13, Lawrence has five games with 20 or more points. Three of those five games have come in the last five weeks.
What also bodes well for Lawrence and his DFS odds is that over the last three weeks, the Jaguars are 10th in pass attempts per game and eighth in passing yards per game.
This could all be a promising indicator that Lawrence is getting more comfortable in his offense and that the Jaguars coaching staff is getting equally comfortable with Lawrence.
Opposing the Jaguars this week will be a Detroit Lions defense that has allowed more points to quarterbacks than any other team in football.
Even recent trends do not bode well for the Lions. Over the last three weeks, their defense has allowed 104 fantasy points to the position. That is 26 more points than the next worse team.
This will serve as a home game for the Lions. When they play at home, the Lions are tied for third in passing touchdowns allowed per game.
The other sneaky stat to include in this game is that the Lions have allowed a league-high six rushing touchdowns to opposing quarterbacks.
That could work in Lawrence’s favor as he has three rushing touchdowns this season, tied with the likes of Lamar Jackson and Kyler Murray.
In spite of scoring just 8.1 points last week, Christian Kirk is my pass catcher to stack with Lawrence.
As previously stated, last week was a lackluster one for Kirk. While he only had 46 yards receiving, he was the second-most targeted Jaguars receiver with nine. The opportunity was there, the result just failed to follow.
Kirk still sits as the most targeted Jaguars pass catcher this season with 91. He is also tied with A.J. Brown and Amari Cooper for third among wide receivers in touchdowns with seven.
The Lions secondary has been a liability all season long. While the defense is allowing an average of 41.5 points on a per game basis to the position, they have allowed the fourth most points to the position over the last three weeks.
In three out of the last five weeks, the Lions have allowed 50 or more points to the wide receiver position. Two of those games came at home. Look for a high-scoring affair on both sides of the board in this matchup.
QB Joe Burrow ($6,900) & WR Tee Higgins ($7,200), Bengals vs Chiefs
- Combined Price: $14,100 – 28.1% of lineup salary
This is the third week in a row in which I have nominated the Joe Burrow and Tee Higgins stack and it is with good reason.
In the previous two weeks, the connection between Burrow and Higgins has combined for an average of 51.95 fantasy points scored.
Even with the likelihood of a Ja’Marr Chase return, my belief is that the Bengals will look to ease Chase into the offense and thus continue production for Higgins against a poor Chiefs defense.
Getting back to Burrow, this is a prime opportunity for the Bengals signal caller to have another 20 point outing.
Over the Bengals’ three-game winning streak, passing has been what works.
In their last three games played, the Bengals rank fifth in passing yards on a per game basis. During that time, Burrow has thrown six touchdown passes.
The Chiefs defense has had seven weeks in which they have allowed 20 points or more to an opposing quarterback.
Most recently, two of those games have come in the last four weeks. If you look at the other two weeks in which Chiefs did not give up 20 or more points, they went up against Malik Willis and Bryce Perkins.
The defensive inefficiencies for the Chiefs go beyond the quarterback position. Their defense is tied for first with 15 touchdowns allowed to wide receivers.
In terms of fantasy points allowed, the Chiefs have had four weeks in which they have allowed 50 or more points to a team’s wide receiver corps.
As mentioned, even with Chase’s likely return, my belief is that Higgins will still be the play. Chase play in the first seven weeks did not dwarf Higgins’ opportunities.
In the seven weeks that Chase did play this year, Higgins had seven or more targets five times.
Speaking of opportunity, the Chiefs have the highest implied point total this week with 27.5. That is more than enough points for Higgins to play a pivotal role in this offense.
Not to mention, Higgins has had 262 receiving yards in the last two weeks. His connection with Burrow will not immediately deteriorate and is $500 cheaper than Chase on DraftKings.
QB Jalen Hurts ($8,000) & WR A.J. Brown ($7,800), Eagles vs Titans
- Combined Price: $15,800 – 31.6% of lineup salary
This week, the connection of Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown will take on the Titans. If you are asking yourself if the revenge game scenario for Brown played a small role in this recommendation, you would be correct.
All kidding aside, there is more to it than the revenge game narrative. Hurts himself is an MVP candidate who has had nine games this season with 20 or more points scored.
More notably, Hurts has had a five-game streak of scoring more than 20 points. During that five-game streak, the Eagles quarterback has thrown 64.7% of his 17 touchdowns.
Let’s not forget about his ability to rush. During that five-game streak, Hurts has rushed for 304 yards. That is more than D’Andre Swift has had all season.
As if all of this is not enough, there are Hurts home and road splits. 11 of his 17 passing touchdowns this season have come during home games.
During those home games, Hurts has the ninth-highest passer rating.
All of this bodes well for Hurts as he goes up against a Titans defense that has allowed the seventh most points to the quarterback position.
In road games this season, the Titans allow an average of 289.5 passing yards per game, the highest mark in the league.
Included in the road game woes, the Titans are allowing an average of two passing touchdowns per road game.
While the Titans are allowing the 12th-fewest rushing yards to quarterbacks, the expectation is that Hurts will truly put that number to the test.
Even if the Titans can contain Hurts on the ground, we have already illustrated the points that Hurts can score through the air and the Titans won’t be able to stop it.
Then there is A.J. Brown which prompts the revenge game narrative. While Brown has seven touchdowns on the season, he surprisingly has just two games with 20 or more points scored.
On top of the Titans allowing the fourth-most points to the wide receiver position, they are also one of six teams to allow over 2,000 receiving yards to the position.
Brown has played two other teams this season that are in the top five in most points allowed to the position. In those games, Brown averaged 35.5 points scored.
Look for the tandem of Hurts and Brown to fly high in the city of brotherly love this weekend.
