Fantasy Football Stacks: Top QB-WR Pairings for Week 6
The concept behind stacking a QB with his WR is simple: both players benefit from each completion, doubling the benefit of that play for your fantasy lineup. As Adam Levitan pointed out this offseason, 79 percent of the lineups that won DraftKings’ Fantasy Football Millionaire contests used a QB stack in their lineup. With the significance of stacking in mind, this article aims to highlight the best stacking options for Sunday’s main slate.
5. Russell Wilson ($5,700)/Doug Baldwin ($5,300), SEA at OAK

4. Deshaun Watson ($6,400)/DeAndre Hopkins ($7,700), HOU vs. BUF

3. Joe Flacco ($5,200)/John Brown ($5,500), BAL at TEN

Brown has become a target machine, averaging 10 per week since Week 2. He sees more than 40% of the Ravens’ total air yards, which says that they are trying to get the speedster the ball often and on big plays. His high volume makes for a solid floor, and his high targets and air yards implies a monstrous ceiling. Sometimes, as in Week 5, he’ll be closer to the floor than the ceiling, but that shouldn’t mean we start ignoring him. Brown saw 14 targets last week, but many were inaccurate, in large part because the Browns defense was so effective. The Titans defense is good, but they are not nearly as good as the Browns (yeah, that sentence felt as weird to type as it probably was to read, but the Browns are second in the NFL in defensive DVOA, per Football Outsiders – that’s really, really good; the Titans are 12th). Meanwhile, Flacco is second in the league in pass attempts and ninth in yards. He’s one of the cheapest QBs available. The Titans’ strong secondary is a concern, but these salaries are tiny.
2. Matt Ryan ($6,800)/Julio Jones ($7,900), ATL vs. TB

Beyond the near-ideal matchup, Ryan and Jones have been good in their own right, too. Though Jones still does not have a TD, he’s third in receiving yards and seventh in targets. His salary is his second-lowest of the season. Last season he averaged 31.1 DKFP against the Bucs. Ryan has three games of at least 31 DKFP this season, and has 11 passing TDs over the last four games. If Jones is too expensive, or if you want a double-stack to take extra advantage of this matchup, consider Calvin Ridley ($6,300). Jones seems like the better bargain and has a much larger role, but Ridley still grades out as a slight discount and he has the biggest red-zone role of any Falcons’ pass-catcher by a significant margin. Since Week 1, Ridley has only one fewer red-zone target than the combination of Jones, Mohamed Sanu (4,800), Devonta Freeman ($6,000), Tevin Coleman ($5,400) and Ito Smith ($3,100).
1. Jameis Winston ($5,800)/Chris Godwin ($4,400), TB at ATL

Since Week 1, every QB to face the Falcons has finished inside the top 12 for the week. Winston missed one game against Atlanta in 2017, and he scored 25.8 DKFP in the other. Godwin is clearly behind Mike Evans ($8,100) on the Bucs’ WR chart, and, at least for the start of the season, he was behind DeSean Jackson ($5,900). But Godwin saw increased usage over the final four weeks of 2017 with Winston at QB, while Jackson’s workload was falling over that same period. Ryan Fitzpatrick has shown more affinity for Jackson over the last two seasons, while Winston has tended to prioritize other WRs. Godwin’s price is very low, especially considering he might be the second-most targeted WR in an excellent matchup.
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