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What wide receivers and tight ends are some of your favorite stacks for Week 5?
PHIL ALEXANDER
- The best place to attack Washington's defense is on the perimeter, especially if cornerback Fabian Moreau's knee injury knocks him out this week. Bill Belichick gets his jollies by exploiting his opponents' biggest weakness, which makes it an ideal week to stack Tom Brady with Josh Gordon, Phillip Dorsett, or both.
- Marquise Brown has turned 258 air-yards into just 71 actual yards over the last two weeks. It wouldn't be surprising if those numbers normalized a bit against a suspect Pittsburgh secondary and you want exposure to Lamar Jackson's ceiling every week in tournaments.
JUSTIN BONNEMA
Kirk Cousins-Stefon Diggs-Adam Thielen is one of my favorite tournament stacks. It shouldn’t draw much ownership and the matchup has all the makings of a get right game for Cousins. Of course, he brings tons of risks considering the low volume and otherwise terrible play on the season.
BJ VANDERWOUDE
I may be on my own on this one, but I do like the Chase Daniel-Allen Robinson stack. They showed great chemistry in last week's game and Daniel is able to push the ball downfield and take advantage of Robinson’s ball skills.
JAMES BRIMACOMBE
For tournaments, I want to have some exposure to the Vikings stack with both Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs with Kirk Cousins. The Vikings have been all-in on the running game with Dalvin Cook but they have also invested a lot of money into their passing game and this could be a game against the Giants where they open up the passing game and give Cook fewer touches.
JASON WOOD
My favorite stack of the week -- Zach Ertz and Carson Wentz -- wasn't mentioned. The Eagles found their footing last week in Green Bay and will look to get off to a quick start at home against a lowly Jets team. The Jets only asset is LeVeon Bell and the Eagles strength is defending the run. If there's an opponent on the schedule that shouldn't expose the Eagles broken secondary, it's the Jets. As a result, I think the Eagles will be able to move the ball at will and that will allow Pederson and the coaches to iron out the kinks; which also means getting Ertz reestablished as the team's best weapon.
I'll have plenty of super-stacks with Cousins/Thielen/Diggs in tournaments this week for the reasons I articulated earlier. The Giants aren't as good as their record suggests, and their secondary is easily exploited. The Vikings passing attack is MUCH better than we've seen and the squeaky wheels this week will be a cure-all; at least for this game.
DAN HINDERY
Larry Fitzgerald stacked with Kyler Murray stands out as a top stacking option on this slate. With Christian Kirk out, Arizona looks set to use the recently signed Pharoh Cooper as the other slot receiver opposite of Fitzgerald. The Kliff Kingsbury offense funnels targets to the slot receivers, so Fitzgerald should get a bunch of looks. He will also have a favorable matchup. Bengals slot cornerback B.W. Webb has been shaky even when healthy and is currently playing with a cast on one arm.
The other side of the Arizona matchup also features an interesting low-cost stacking option with Auden Tate ($3,500 on DraftKings) and Andy Dalton ($5,700). With John Ross now on injured reserve and A.J. Green still a few weeks away from a return, Tate is the clear top outside receiver for the Bengals. He saw 10 targets in Week 3 and 6 last week (though it was really 8 as he drew a pair of pass interference penalties). In a high-paced potential shootout, the cheap Bengals stack makes sense. With the way Arizona has been abused by opposing tight ends, the crowd is likely to gravitate to Tyler Eifert instead of Tate so this should be a contrarian play that comes in at relatively low ownership.
Will Fuller stacked with Deshaun Watson is also an intriguing option. Fuller has just missed some long completions in recent weeks. He was open for what should have been a long touchdown but Watson just missed him. The two should be able to connect for a big play soon. Prior to this season, Fuller was on the receiving end of a bunch of touchdown passes from Watson. With Fuller’s slow start, his price tag has fallen all the way down to $4,500. The matchup against Atlanta looks good. The Falcons allowed both A.J. Brown and Corey Davis to pick up 90+ receiving yards and a combined three touchdowns last week.
JUSTIN HOWE
Like James, I love the idea of piling on Eagles, particularly Zach Ertz. Sam Darnold’s status is key - he’s no world-beater, but he keeps the game closer than Luke Falk does. Ertz doesn’t necessarily need that script to succeed, as his role is rock-solid. But if the Eagles find the need to approach 30 points, Ertz can pair dependable volume with real touchdown opportunity.
