Starting this week, I will recommend a few stack plays for the remainder of the season. If you are new to DFS and are uncertain what a stack is, 4for4.com defines a stack as follows;

“A pairing of multiple players from the same team or in the same game. This can be done to increase lineup volatility or decrease lineup volatility.

To increase volatility, you would stack multiple players from the same team that are dependent on one another. The most common stack is a QB with at least one of his receivers; if the QB goes off, it’s likely his receivers will as well and vice versa.”

Matthew Stafford ($6,100) & Calvin Johnson (6,900)

In a Monday night showdown, the Lions will be traveling to New Orleans. Stafford has been playing well lately and he should have another solid game this week facing a Saints defense that ranks 32nd against the QB. Stafford has thrown for 9 TD’s over the past 3 weeks. Offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter assumed his role midseason and has really improved this Lions offense. Johnson is coming off a very disappointing game last week, but has otherwise been consistent since week 2. I expect him to bounce back in a big way against the Saints secondary. I love this stack in the Sun-Monday Prime time tourney.

Ben Roethlisberger ($6,400) and Heath Miller ($3,700)

This is a contrarian play. Here, I will stack these two to go against the grain with the thought being that they will not be highly owned. Therefore reaping the benefits if they do go off. A lot of people will probably shy away from this combination as they are going up against a very solid Denver defense.

Miller hauled in 10 passes last week, and I expect Big Ben to target him early and often. If you watched the Pats play Denver a few weeks back, you saw there game plan was to expose the linebackers in pass coverage. I see Miller taking advantage of the Denver’s LB corps and Ben should once again target him 10 plus times.

-DFS Pete