Stacking to Win It: NFL Week 14

Welcome back to Stacking to Win it. In this article I will give you my top stacks of the week. I will give you my top two stacks to consider, a value stack and a team that I feel is flying under the radar to consider.

With the Millionaire Maker on DraftKings only a $3 buy in this week, I am expecting some huge scores. You almost need to be perfect to take that down this week and you are going to need to hit on your stacks if you choose to go that route. Some stacks I love this week that didn't make the cut are Tampa Bay with Winston/Martin/Evans/ASJ and the 49ers stack of Gabbert/Draughn/Boldin.

Top Stack 1

Steelers @ Bengals- Team Total 26.0 & Bengals vs Steelers- Team Total 23.0

I am cheating this week and giving you two stacks in my top spot, but they both come from the same game. The Bengals/Steelers game has all the makings of a shootout with a projected total of 49 which is the second highest on the slate. Not only is the game projected to be high scoring, but it is also projected to be close with the Steelers as just three-point road dogs.

Let's talk about the Steelers first, even though by now you know how potent this offense is. With Big Ben back in the fold and fully healthy, they have been clicking on all cylinders. Over the past four games, the Steelers offense is averaging 38 points and 529 total yards. That, my friend, is a whole lot of offense to spread around. Roethlisberger has been great during this stretch scoring over 22 fantasy points in each game and having at least 330 yards passing. He has been spreading the wealth around, but Antonio Brown has been his main target like always and has been fantastic when Ben has been healthy this season. In those eight games, Brown is averaging 9.5 catches, 134.3 yards and just shy of a score each game. If you would spread those numbers out through a full season, Brown would set NFL records for catches (152) and receiving yards (2150). You can choose between either DeAngelo Williams, who is averaging 20.75 fantasy points during this four-game stretch, or Martavis Bryant, who has scored a touchdown in all four games and gone for over 100 yards twice.

On the Bengals side of things, Dalton has just been fantastic all season and has scored over 20 fantasy points in three straight games and four of his past five games. He should get his stud tight end back this week in Tyler Eifert, who has 12 receiving touchdowns this season. The Steelers struggle against tight ends allowing the sixth most fantasy points to the position at 12.74 and the most red-zone targets at 1.67 a game to the position. The red zone is where Eifert really excels, and I see him adding to his touchdown total this week. The third player to put in this stack is a player who should be in your lineup regardless if you stack the Bengals or not, and that is A.J. Green. Green is a Steeler killer who has at least eight receptions in five of his past six games against them and went for 11/118/1 against them earlier in the season. Green's targets in the past five games against the Steelers are 15,18,15,13 and 17. Green is also coming off two straight 21 point fantasy games.

Top Stack 2

Bills @ Eagles - Team Total 23.0

Away from the Pitt/Cincy game, I love the Bills this week maybe even more than the two teams I have already mentioned. The Bills are in a fantastic spot against the awful Eagles defense. The Eagles allow the second most fantasy points to quarterbacks (21.88), most to wide outs (35.40) over the season and the most fantasy points to running backs over the past three weeks with 36.03. The Bills trio of TYGOD, Shady and Watkins have also been on fire since all three players have gotten fully healthy. Taylor has back-to-back games of at least 26 fantasy points and has averaged 20 per game for the season. In those two games, Watkins has really shined with nine catches for 267 yards and three scores. He is averaging 24.6 fantasy points in that time frame. Now the elephant in the room in McCoy going against his old team that he has had nothing but bad things to say about and recently used a profanity laced statement to say Chip Kelly was not allowed to talk to him or shake his hand. Put the revenge factor aside, and McCoy would still be my top running back this week. I already talked about how the Eagles have allowed the most fantasy points to running backs over the past three weeks, but I want to expand on those numbers just a tad bit. In those three weeks, the Eagles have allowed 152.33 rushing yards per game and really struggled to stop the opposing team's running backs from catching the ball as well. They are allowing over seven catches and 91.33 yards to running backs during this time frame. Those numbers really bode well for a dual-threat back like McCoy. McCoy has also been great with six straight games of at least 100 total yards. All things are shaping up for a big game for this trio.

Value Stack

Seahawks @ Ravens - Team Total 26.75

My value stack this week is going to be a little different in that I am giving you a running back to pair with a defense. I have briefly mentioned these types of stacks before, and this week is a perfect week to roll it out especially when pairing it with one of the stacks I mentioned earlier. I love pairing Thomas Rawls with the Seahawks defense this week. Stacking the whole offense with the way they are playing is perfectly fine, but I will not be investing heavy in the passing attack as the Seahawks are huge 10.5 road favorites and all signs point to them just running out the clock. The matchup for Rawls, on paper, does not look great as the Ravens only allow 16.8 fantasy points to running backs, but Rawls is special and has shown he is matchup proof. Rawls has been great as a Beast Mode replacement and has 712 yards rushing and 67 yards receiving for five total scores as a starter. The number that really jumps out at me is his numbers in games that the Hawks win by 15 or more, which I expect they do this week. In those four games, Rawls has 71 carries for 446 yards and two scores. He has also added 77 yards and a score through the air. Some of those games also had Lynch in them for a portion of them. I am going to pair Rawls with the Seahawks defense against the Ravens offense that has been decimated by injuries for a great one-two punch.

Contrarian Stack

Dolphins vs Giants - Team Total 22.75

I am high on the Dolphins as a contrarian stack once again this week, even though they let me down last week. The Dolphins really wanted to be more balanced last week and focus on the run, and in the process they totally forgot about the pass. They only attempted 19 total passes, but this week against the Giants that number should increase. The Giants allow the most passing yards per game at 315 and allow the fourth most fantasy points to quarterbacks with 20.96. They have been especially bad against the pass in the past five weeks allowing 12 scores and 1,778 passing yards. With those numbers, the Dolphins should try to attack the Giants through the air which will likely mean Tannehill attempts closer to the 38 passes he has averaged this season than the 19 he threw last week. His main target, of course, is Jarvis Landry who has 78 catches on the season and is great for sites that give you a full point per reception like DraftKings. The second wide out to pair in this trio is the first-round pick DeVante Parker. Parker has finally been unleashed and has two straight games with a score and over 13 fantasy points. As a low-owned group that has the potential to put up great numbers, I love the Dolphins this week. Be forewarned, though, that they could put up another stinker and this is not the stack to have a ton of exposure to.