Week 14 leaves only a few more weeks to dominate these DFS slates and take home some significant cash. We are here today to help you tackle a slate and gather extra holiday money to buy everyone fantastic gifts.
The way to take a slate down is with stacking. Today, we will show you some safe stacks and a few to build leverage to help you win in Week 14.
NFL DFS Week 14 Stacking Advice
Atlanta Falcons vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Is this stack a scary one to use? Absolutely! The Falcons love to piss fantasy managers off weekly, but this week, the matchup is too juicy to avoid it. The Buccaneers allowed the fourth-most passing yards for quarterbacks in 2023. The same defense allows the eighth-most fantasy points per game (FPPG).
Week 14 leaves only a few more weeks to dominate these DFS slates and take home some significant cash. We are here today to help you tackle a slate and gather extra holiday money to buy everyone fantastic gifts.
The way to take a slate down is with stacking. Today, we will show you some safe stacks and a few to build leverage to help you win in Week 14.
NFL DFS Week 14 Stacking Advice
Atlanta Falcons vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Is this stack a scary one to use? Absolutely! The Falcons love to piss fantasy managers off weekly, but this week, the matchup is too juicy to avoid it. The Buccaneers allowed the fourth-most passing yards for quarterbacks in 2023. The same defense allows the eighth-most fantasy points per game (FPPG).
Ridder loves to play at home. His three QB1 performances came at home. Playing in the dome helps during this slate due to the weather issues across the games in Week 14. It’s risky but Ridder does provide a small rushing upside to help you gather points against the skate this weekend.
Now, let’s talk about Pitts. Every time we want to use Kyle Pitts, Arthur Smith makes sure we regret it. However, this matchup should work perfectly for a Pitts explosion that allows you to build leverage on the field.
At the moment, Pitts sits at 12% rostership. Those numbers seem mind-boggling to us as the Buccaneers’ defense favors Cover 3 (used at a 39.7% rate), which is susceptible to players dominating down the seams. The Buccaneers allow .48 points per dropback in this coverage and we need to take advantage of Pitts within these stats against this pass funnel defense.
Considering the Buccaneers are a pass funnel defense, we head right back to Atlanta for London. London has all the talent in the world but this scheme in Atlanta on offense makes it challenging to trust him weekly. The Buccaneers’ defense could be a get-right game for this passing offense, as the defense allows the third most receiving yards in the NFL.
The same defense allows the sixth-highest receiving touchdowns, which correlates to the fourth-highest FPPG. London is appealing this week due to his low price within this matchup. He will enable you to build up elsewhere while getting steady targets at a low salary. London has seen seven or more targets in every game but three games. Week 14 should continue this pattern to let us thrive on the DFS slate.
San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks
We won’t waste much of your time with this stack. This combination of CMC and the defense will be pretty well-rostered in week 14. However, sometimes you have to eat the chalk. When you have a player like CMC who you can run to the bank and assure yourself 20 fantasy points, you have to do it.
The Seahawks’ defense has been one of the weakest running defenses in the league this season. Every week, you should target said Seattle Seahawks defense, especially when the running back is the offense’s focal point and the quarterback is throwing so efficiently to help him procure fantasy points through the air.
As for the 49ers defense, it is an expensive defense to use. However, this week, we received some news about Geno Smith suffering a groin injury. Facing the 49ers’ defense is challenging enough; however, it becomes damn near impossible when you’re unable to get away from this immense rush they bring on every down.
Remember our rule: the defense plus pressures equals turnovers. The 49ers defense was going to provide points anyway. Now Smith is struggling with injury, and we can see the turnover machine Drew Lock. It may behoove your lineups to pay up on defense for once.
Minnesota Vikings at Las Vegas Raiders
Mattison has been one of these players that I have used in multiple weeks. It is not because he excites me. However, it is because Marrison builds leverage while maintaining volume as a running back. Ty Chandler is a decent change of pace running back, but he needs to threaten the running-back position more to keep Mattison off the field.
Mattison will command the lead-back role in Minnesota while facing the weak Raiders’ run defense. The Raiders allow the ninth most rushing yards, the fourth most rushing touchdowns, the tenth most receptions to running backs and the fifth most receiving touchdowns to backs. Understandably, the Raiders allow the seventh most FPPG to running backs and you need to take advantage of the pricing/ opportunity of Mattison.
One of my favorite rules is pairing your running back to your defense. When you use a running back, you state you believe they will stay close and possibly low-scoring. This narrative is a viable outcome with Dobbs and O’Connell playing quarterback this weekend. O’Connell is the reason we lean into the Brian Flores defense in Minnesota. He has had six interceptions in the five games where he handled ten snaps or more. Remember, sacks and turnovers are how we gather the most points on defense in DFS; let’s lean into Minnesota and enjoy the opportunity for a possible DST TD.
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills
Isiah Pacheco will miss Week 14, which means we have reached the Twilight Zone section of the season. We have to consider using CEH within our lineups. There are multiple reasons why we must consider him. First, his salary is extremely low on these DFS slates due to the pricing coming out Monday. On DraftKings, he is $4,200. That low price allows us to pay and pair CEH with players like CMC, Kamara, and multiple wide receiver studs. In a press conference, Andy Reid also spoke out, stating that CEH would be the first back in with this injury. Keep him in mind when building you slate.
Finally, Watson is high-risk/ high-reward. The Bills allow the eighth-highest endzone touchdowns (10) to wide receivers. With Watson standing at 6’2/215lbs, producing a contested catch rate of 51.1%, he can use his 90th percentile catch radius to help you build leverage and dominate this slate. If you believe the Bills/Chiefs game becomes a shootout, you must use Watson this weekend.
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