Welcome back to the NFL TOP ONSLAUGHT STACKS article here at DFS Army. Each week I will dive into a few teams that I think will be some of the best stacks of the week. My goal here will be to narrow down the list of teams I feel we can use and gain an edge with vs the field in Large Field Tournaments, but lesser versions of these stacks can easily be used in single entry tourneys, small league play, and even hybrid lineups in head-to-head competition. My hope is that we can have the same success here with the NFL TOP STACKS article that we had all season in MLB with the MLB TOP STACKS article.
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What Is an “Onslaught Stack?”
If you have read our tournament strategy pieces this year, NFL Shark Autopsy Report and NFL Showdown Breakdown, you are already aware that we have reverse-engineered the Milly Maker and many of the single-game Showdowns going back several years in search of winning trends. If you haven’t read these two articles, I highly suggest you check them out.
A few interesting tidbits stood out.
- Game Stacking Mattered – any combination of a QB with his same team, then coupled with a skill player on the opposing team
- Casual Players Don’t Stack Enough – Most of us know about stacking a QB/WR combo, but people still aren’t doing it frequently enough across all entries of tournament play. We still have a leveraged edge by using even a small stack of some sort.
- Secondary Stacks Yield Even Better Finishes – The common combo of QB/WR + Opposing WR can be coupled with a completely different game stack, or secondary stack, using perhaps the second game’s RB on the favored team + WR on the underdog. Secondary stacks serve to differentiate your lineup further while still focusing on correlation and leveraging fantasy production.
When it comes to stacking your lineups, we also found a lot of room to exploit the competition by going way overboard. We don’t need to simply use a QB/WR combo + an opposing WR. We can ramp it up more! QB/WR/TE + opposing WR/WR is an example of a 3+2 “onslaught stack.” We can run 4+2, or 2+2, or even 3+1… literally anything that has more than 3 total players from a game can be called an “onslaught stack.” And, these onslaughts are proving to capitalize on extreme leverage. The casual and even intermediate player just doesn’t go that overboard in games that will possibly shoot out on both sides. THIS IS OUR EDGE!!! When people back off, we step on the gas!
Caveat – Now, onslaughts still don’t pan out with great frequency. You are simply taking advantage of the times they do pan out. You have the uniqueness and access to the points that drive you well into the top 0.1% of the payouts (where the money starts to happen). The goal is not to finish with a 2x or 3x multiplier to our money. The goal is to finish with 20x or 100x or more. Onslaughts definitely do that for you. But, they still shouldn’t be 50% of what you do in your MME or multi-entering structures. Keep it toned down some. But, plan to use them at least some when opportunity arises.
🇺🇸 Operation Onslaught NFL Top Stacks Week 5 🇺🇸
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In the chart above I have eliminated all players with a Protected Market Share of Team Targets under 10%. As a rule of thumb, these will be the only receivers included in my Stack Groups in the NFL Domination Station (more on that at a later date).
Now that we have a solid Macro view of the slate, let’s dive into a couple of teams and discuss our onslaught players.
Falcons @ Texans – 49 total
Highest game total on the slate at 49, so, it’s obvious that we want to start here when looking at Games to stack up this week. The stacks in this game will not be cheap so if we’re going here, we will need to find some value elsewhere. On the Falcons side of the ball, Julio Jones, Austin Hooper and Mohamed Sanu take up 83% of team market share of targets. Despite being 4th on the team in targets with 23, Calvin Ridley is 2nd on the team averaging 1.42 fantasy points per target, so, he still has big-play upside each week.
For the Texans passing attack, everything begins and ends with DeAndre Hopkins, as he has 36 targets this season so far and a 39% target market share. Will Fuller is 2nd on the team, but it’s a pretty substantial drop down to just 23 targets and 25% market share. Kenny Stills and TE Jordan Atkins round out the top 4 but, I would only use them in very large field GPPs
Review and Stack Options
Ryan+Julio+Hooper — bring back — Hopkins+Fuller
Watson+Hopkins+Fuller — bring back — Julio+Hooper/Sanu
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Bucs @ Saints – 46.5 total
If Drew Brees was healthy this game would have a 55 point total in the Dome in New Orleans. With Teddy Bridgewater under center however, the Sants offense loses a lot of explosiveness as he simply doesn’t force anything down the field. Alvin Kamara and Michael Thomas can still rack up a ton of points based simply on volume but their ceilings are limited with Bridgewater at QB. That being said, they are still a viable onslaught stack candidate against a god awful Bucs defense.
The Bucs offense is clicking again after a rough start to the season. Mike Evans and Chris Godwin are a nasty 1,2 combo and Jamies Winston is finding them both with regularity. Evans accounts for a 36% market share of the team’s targets while Godwin is right behind him with 34%. Nobody else is above 15% so these are your 2 guys to stack with Winston.
Review and Stack Options
Bridgewater+Thomas+Kamara — bring back — Evans+Godwin
Winston+Evans+Godwin — bring back — Thomas+Kamara
for Large Field GPP’s you can use Ginn and Cook on the Saints side with either Thomas or Kamara – and On the Bucs side you can mix in some OJ Howard. None of these guys have high floors but they can all blow up for big games from time to time.
Lets Talk about Stacks Baby!!!
If you want some more in-depth tips on how to use the Domination Station to set up your NFL Stacks, I would highly suggest you check out Kevin’s full Training Video. He digs deeper into how/why to stack, and some of the methodology behind it. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT STACKS BABY! <<
Cardinals @ Bengals – 46.5 total
Every week it seems like the Cardinals make my list, and this week, their offense will be even more condensed with Christian Kirk likely out. I’m expecting him to be out even though I haven’t heard anything official just yet. With Kirk out, Larry Fitzgerald and David Johnson will be tasked with carrying the offensive load vs a pretty bad Bengals defense. We should see some more of Keesean Johnson and maybe even a few targets for Damier Byrd who had zero targets last week.
For the Bengals, AJ Green is still out and now John Ross is out as well. That leaves Tyler Boyd, Auden Tate and Tyler Eifert as the likely leading target options this week. All 3 are likely going to be chalky going against a Cardinals defense that doesn’t really stop anyone. I will be going underweight myself on them, simply because I don’t like eating chalk in tourneys. That doesn’t mean the spot is not great for them, I’m just confident we can find other places to go to get an edge vs the field.
Review and Stack Options
Murray+Fitzgerald+Johnson — bring back — Boyd+Tate or Eifert
Dalton+Boyd+Tate or Eifert — bring back — Fitzgerald+Johnson
Broncos @ Chargers – 44.5 total
This one is more of a price play than anything else for me with the Broncos. We can lock in Joe Flacco, Emmanuel Sanders, and Courtland Sutton for just $14.7k and if we need 4x to stay on pace for 200 fantasy points we just need 58.8 from the 3 of them. If you wanna add Philip Lindsay to the mix you will pay a total of $19.6k and need 78.4 points to stay on track for 200. I don’t think that’s too much to ask of them against the Chargers, and, stacking them could allow us to get some bigger studs in our lineup in other spots.
The Chargers get Melvin Gordon back this week, so, we’ll have to see what that does to the Value of Austin Ekeler. One thing that it likely won’t change is the volume we’re seeing for Keenan Allen so far this year. Allen has a ridiculous 40% target market share this year and should be in line for another big game this weekend.
Review and Stack Options
Flacco+Sanders+Sutton+Lindsay — bring back — Allen
Rivers+Allen — bring back — Sanders+Sutton+Lindsay
That’s all I’ve got for today 🤟❤💯
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