Sleeper Late-Round Stacks for Best Ball Tournaments

In large-field best ball competitions where we are competing with thousands of entrants, we want to maximize our chances of hitting a high-end outcome since the differences in payouts range from a hearty handshake to life-changing. And the simplest approach to building a 90th-percentile lineup is by betting on big-picture outcomes; i.e., reducing the number of situations we need to get right. That’s where stacking and correlation can help.

As Michael Leone pointed out in his Best Ball Manifesto, having 3-5 of your skill players stacked with your QB in the regular season is optimal. So there’s no pressing need to reach for a huge stack; 1-3 stacked players per QB is +EV. And that’s where we can help.

The following is an ETR aggregated list of stacks that are manageable in the last handful of rounds of large-field tournaments. This list will be updated weekly throughout the offseason as players gain steam and are no longer stackable at ADP.

1. Washington Commanders

Jayden Daniels
Austin Ekeler
Jahan Dotson
Ben Sinnott/Zach Ertz
Luke McCaffrey

Copy and paste the same argument for Anthony Richardson‘s year-one upside into any debates regarding Daniels’ outlook. Similar to how Kyler Murray was viewed in his first season under Kliff Kingsbury, ultimately finishing as the QB12 in per-game points, Daniels is universally being drafted in the QB2 range despite his career 9.7 weekly rushing points at LSU. Washington is also forecasted with a favorable schedule and fantasy-friendly environment assuming HC Dan Quinn continues to blunder his defensive