It starts with what I perceive as this myth: "Don't Stack your QB/WR in cash games".
I have always scratched my head with that one. That's exactly what you do when you would like to score the most points and win a GPP. And when a matchup is great and We expect a QB to shred it, why wouldn't we double up on that situation if the WR was reasonably priced as well.
Not only do I stack in nearly all of my cash game submits, I also look to get the best WR or TE on the opposing team in my lineup (sometimes there is not someone I like enough to warrant this). In my cash games this week, I started with these pairings:
Cam Newton / Olsen Olsen stack only
Carson Palmer / Larry Fitzgerald stack only
Andrew Luck / T.Y. Hilton stack and Kendall Wright
Tom Brady / Julian Edelman stack and Allen Hurns
Tom Brady / Rob Gronkowski stack and Allen Hurns
Russell Wilson / Jimmy Graham stack only
Marcus Mariota / Kendall Wright stack and T.Y. Hilton
Eli Manning / Odell Beckham Jr, stack and Jordan Reed (Thu)
Matt Ryan / Julio Jones stack only
Ben Roethlisberger / Antonio Brown stack and Kenny Britt
Nick Foles / Kenny Britt stack and Antonio Brown
Blake Bortles / Allen Hurns and Julian Edelman
Aaron Rodgers / Randall Cobb stack and Travis Kelce
Alex Smith / Travis Kelce stack and Randall Cobb
I am set to win heavily with 12 of these 14 this week. But forget the results for awhile. I will tell you why I favor this approach:
- When your quarterback is awful (or gets hurt), your lineup is in deep trouble anyway. Suffice it to say the Ben Roethlisberger roster above is not going to win. But would any Roethlisberger roster you created this week have won? If so it did it with everyone else.
- By starting with different bases of 2-3 players, you end up with a wider range of dollars left. This forces you into choosing slightly different players and limiting being over-exposed to any one guy.
- These same lineups can be used in 2X, 3X, 5X, and smaller GPPs. They are high variance plays that can get way above the cutline when all three parts of the stack work. In fact this is what I like the most about this particular strategy). Let's say you are going to allocate $100 to a 3 part stacked lineup.
I would allocate it like this:
$50 (50%) in 2X and 50/50s
$30 (30%) in 3X
$20 (20%) in 5X and smaller GPP
You get the benefit of a major hit when it all goes well.
I realize that 14 starting stack combos can be a bit extreme for people (me included). In most weeks, I am looking to play 4-6 such combos. This week had a lot of games where I thought a shoot was definitely possible and wanted these extra lineups in play to minimize variance on the players I really liked.
