We’re getting closer and closer to the start of Week 2, so now’s a great time to dive into Stokastic’s top NFL DFS top stacks tool to see what we can uncover. Let’s see which NFL team stacks are standing out above the rest for the big-money contests on DraftKings and FanDuel.
As a general reminder, it’s critically important to keep up with all relevant player news and updates, as a minor change to NFL projections could end up shifting the best values for daily fantasy football. Stokastic has you covered there and will be tweaking the data as needed before lineups lock. Additionally, we’ll throw up an update to this article on Sunday morning when we have a clearer picture of who will and will not play.
NFL DFS Stacks – Team Stackability Ratings for Week 2 on DraftKings & FanDuel
Firstly, let’s refresh our memories with a short legend overviewing the data points that may be referenced below, all of which can be found on Stokastic’s top NFL DFS stacks resource for DraftKings and FanDuel.
Top Stack: The probability that the QB + receiver combo will be the highest scoring of the week (averaged the probabilities for top-scoring with one receiver and two receivers together).
QB Own: Projected ownership of starting quarterback for the given team.
Avg Sal: Average salary of skill position players weighted for ownership.
Top Value: Top stack % points per dollar of salary spent.
Rush %:Â How often the team is expected to rush on any given play during the game. A lower Rush % means the quarterback will be throwing more often!
Overall Rating: Stokastic’s rating of the quality of the stack, taking into consideration key variables like top stack probability, top value probability, and ownership.
The Stokastic data team will update NFL DFS player projections continuously through the weekend up until lineups lock on DraftKings and FanDuel, so keep checking back to the tool for the most updated data.
NFL DFS Week 2 Team Stacks – Sunday Final Update
Lock on DraftKings and FanDuel is almost here!
Here’s the 12:15 PM ET update on the NFL DFS top stacks ratings for Week 2:
DraftKings Top Stack Probability Leaders: Buffalo (14.4%), Cincinnati (13.4%), Kansas City (10.9%)
FanDuel Top Stack Probability Leaders: Kansas City (15.4%), Cincinnati (10.1%), Buffalo (9.6%)
DraftKings Top 5 in Overall Rating Metric: Cincinnati (26), Buffalo (23), San Francisco (23), Tampa Bay (21), Kansas City/LA Rams (16)
FanDuel Top 5 in Overall Rating Metric: Cincinnati (32), San Francisco (21), LA Rams (21), Kansas City (20), Buffalo (16)
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Good luck in Week 2!
NFL DFS Week 2 Team Stacks – Sunday AM Update #2
10:30 AM ET: With more player availability news coming out, projections have been updated again, and we’ve seen a big shift on FanDuel. The Bengals are now at the top in Overall Rating with a score of 32 and there’s a large gap between them and the 49ers/Rams in the second and third spots (21). The Chiefs are up to fourth overall on FanDuel and the Bills are fifth. The top three overall team stackability ratings — Bills, Bengals and 49ers — remain the same on DraftKings, while the Buccaneers, Chiefs and Rams round out the top six.
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We’ll add a final update to this space before lineups lock.
NFL DFS Week 2 Team Stacks – Sunday AM Update #1
As of Sunday at 9:30 AM ET, the Bills are ahead of the pack with a 31 Overall Rating in Stokastic’s DraftKings Week 2 NFL DFS team stack ratings. They’re trailed by the Bengals (23) and 49ers (23) in the top three.
On FanDuel, right now it’s the Jets in the top spot with an Overall Rating of 29, followed by the Ravens (26) and Packers (21). This numerical metric combines key variables like top stack probability, top value probability, and projected ownership. Baltimore (9.8%), Green Bay (9.0%), Buffalo (7.8%) and San Francisco (7.8%) own the highest Top Stack probability ratings on the board.
Week 2 NFL DFS projections will continue to be updated up until kickoff, so keep checking back to our various tools as the numbers are sure to fluctuate.
We’ll return to this space shortly with a final look at the NFL DFS team stack numbers on DraftKings and FanDuel.
Top Week 2 NFL DFS Team Stack: Buffalo Bills
When we look over the top projected team stacks for the Week 2 main slate, we see the Bills in the top spot on DraftKings and tied for fifth on FanDuel in Overall team stackability rating as of Friday afternoon. They have an overall score of 29 and have a 16.5 percent chance of finishing as the top team stack on DK, with only Cincinnati (12.1 percent) and Kansas City (11.5 percent) anywhere close in that regard.
The Bills will take on the Raiders at home as big-time favorites in the NFL odds and are currently rocking the slate’s highest implied team total at 27.75 points. Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs are both rating well individually in boom probability and are top options at their respective positions for Week 2 NFL DFS, and unsurprisingly the pair also makes for a strong stack this weekend. If you’re interested in mixing other pieces into your Buffalo stacks, Gabe Davis, Dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox all saw at least 80 percent of the snaps in Week 1.
Top Stack Probability on DraftKings: 16.5%
Top Stack Probability on FanDuel:Â 6.6%
Top Value Probability on DraftKings: 10.4%
Top Value Probability on FanDuel:Â 7.6%
Expected Rush Percentage: 37.5%
Top Week 2 NFL DFS Team Stack: Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs, who have an implied team total of 27.5 points heading into Sunday, are infinitely more appealing of a team stack now that Travis Kelce is set to return to action in Week 2. Kelce has one of the highest boom probabilities at any position on both DraftKings and FanDuel and the field won’t be shy about pairing him with star quarterback Patrick Mahomes in DFS lineups. It’s when you start thinking about adding more players to KC stacks that things get murky in a hurry, considering the rest of the pass-catching group has left a lot to be desired.
Mahomes may have been disappointing by his lofty standards in the season opener, completing 21 of 39 passes for 226 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in a loss to Detroit, but he and Kelce are in plus spots on the road against Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars. In a game that has the highest over/under of the week at 51.5 points, it wouldn’t really surprise anyone to see Mahomes and Kelce put up slate-winning scores.
Top Stack Probability on DraftKings: 11.5%
Top Stack Probability on FanDuel: 2.5%
Top Value Probability on DraftKings: 7.1%
Top Value Probability on FanDuel: 4.5%
Expected Rush Percentage: 36.9%
Other Week 2 NFL DFS Team Stacks to Consider
Stokastic’s top stacks data is a useful guide for getting a bird’s eye feel for the best and worst stacking spots across different metrics.
For NFL Week 2, we’ve scoured over the DraftKings and FanDuel numbers and found a couple more teams to consider honing in on while building out your daily fantasy football lineups, and it just so happens they’ll be playing each other.
Cincinnati Bengals
This is more geared towards DraftKings, as the Bengals are not ranking nearly as well over on FanDuel. As of Friday afternoon, Cincinnati is ranked as the second-best overall stack on DK with an overall score of 25, behind only the Bills. The Bengals also have one of the highest Top Value marks on DraftKings at 8.4 percent and the lowest expected rush percentage at 33.5 percent.
Joe Burrow ($6,900 on DK) will look to link up with the usual suspects in Ja’Marr Chase ($7,900), Tee Higgins ($6,400), and Tyler Boyd ($3,800) in hopes of righting the ship back on his home turf. There is no doubt Week 1 was an utter disaster for Burrow and the rest of the Cincinnati offense, but we have to have short memories in DFS, and the early DraftKings stacking data is on the side of the Bengals in this Week 2 battle versus the Ravens.
Top Stack Probability on DraftKings: 12.1%
Top Stack Probability on FanDuel: 2.1%
Top Value Probability on DraftKings: 8.4%
Top Value Probability on FanDuel: <0.1%
Expected Rush Percentage: 33.5%
Baltimore Ravens
The Bengals are making some noise in Stokastic’s DraftKings top stack ratings, but it’s their opponents that are projecting better stack-wise on FanDuel. The Ravens, who are expected to run a higher-tempo offense this season, are number one in overall team stackability ratings on FD, with a 12.3 percent chance of being the top stack and a 13.1 percent chance of being the top value. They drop off significantly when we shift over to DK.
Lamar Jackson ($7,600 on FD) has no shortage of weapons at his disposal in 2023. Zay Flowers ($6,600), Rashod Bateman ($5,700), and Odell Beckham Jr. ($5,300) are all involved, and it looks like Mark Andrews ($8,000) has a good chance to return in Week 2 too. This game against Cincinnati should be a fun one in general, particularly from a DFS stacking perspective as we try to figure out which pieces may boom and which may bust.
Top Stack Probability on DraftKings: 2.7%
Top Stack Probability on FanDuel: 12.3%
Top Value Probability on DraftKings: 2.2%
Top Value Probability on FanDuel: 13.1%
Expected Rush Percentage: 49.3%
Of course, these are only a handful of possible team stacking options and there are some other interesting spots to examine for Week 2. Make sure you’re fully utilizing the top stacks tool for both sites, along with the rest of Stokastic’s data, before you finalize your teams.
As a reminder, player projections are only one part of successful lineup building on DraftKings and FanDuel. As you get your Week 2 lineups locked in, Stokastic is here to help. We have more free NFL DFS content on the NFL homepage, roster construction aids like projected ownership, premium DFS software including NFL Sims and the Lineup Generator, and the best live shows and videos from your favorite analysts on our YouTube channel.
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Good luck and enjoy Week 2!
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