Week 6 DFS Picks: Best Game and Team Stacks

Every Sunday in the weekly fantasy chats, I get asked about my favorite plays of the week or who is in my player pool that weekend for DFS.

This article series covers exactly that.

Every week, I will go through the players I am targeting to play in DFS for all games, tournaments, and game stacks.

The idea is that this will paint a clearer picture of framing lineups.

Week 6 DFS Content:

One of my favorite ways to play DFS from a tournament stance is small-field, single-to-five-max entry games with 5K or smaller fields.

Both sites even offer these games with fewer than 100 entries (albeit at a higher cost of entry) if you want to go after a small field.

In these contests, my approach is to go with full-game stacks.

You lose a lot of weeks, but if you get the game right, you gain a big advantage.

Cashing in one of these over an 18-week season can make your entire year.

With the reduced number of entries, you can also eat some chalky game stacks because we are going further in the overall game stack than our opponents likely will.

These are the games I am circling for those tournaments in Week 6, but you can also tie these games into your stacks for other tournaments.

I will analyze the player selections and game writeups, but for a detailed breakdown of the players and games, check out the Week 6 Worksheet.

Commanders at Ravens

This game has the highest total among the early-afternoon kickoffs at 51.5 points.

Baltimore games average 54.6 combined points, which is second in the NFL.

Washington games average 54.0 combined points, which is third.

Washington averages a league-high 5.8 scoring plays per game.

Baltimore averages 5.0 scoring plays per game, tied for second in the league.

Both defenses have had some moments of competency this season, but they are at the bottom of nearly every metric for defending the pass.

They will not come cheaply, but Lamar Jackson and Jayden Daniels are front-end options to build around.

Both are relatively easy to pair with, as well, looking at Terry McLaurin and Zay Flowers.

However, stacking Jackson requires catching the right game script and Baltimore having the requisite number of dropbacks to get Flowers there.

We have seen Baltimore adjust their approach based on the game environment and pushback from the opposition.

You can always play Jackson as a one-off since he uses his legs in a run-centric approach.

You can also play him with Derrick Henry as a costly attempt to cover all of the Baltimore touchdowns or lean into Henry at that lofty price point to bring back with Daniels and McLaurin.

Some cheaper ancillary pieces here could go along for the ride in this game, with Zach Ertz, Austin Ekeler, and Rashod Bateman carrying some back-end appeal if playing this game aggressively.