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Why Stacking is Critical in Best Ball

NFL Offseason - Daily fantasy and best ball formats both heavily reward top finishers with their typical tournament payouts. It's little wonder that players of both games rely on a common strategy of stacking, loading up on quarterbacks and receivers from the same NFL team. But the daily and best ball similarities can obscure a subtle difference that provides an extra incentive to stack in best ball and points managers to specific stacking targets. Best ball stacks offer players a chance to turn one correct quarterback sleeper call into wins at multiple different positions.

At first blush, quarterback sleepers seem just as enticing in daily fantasy as they are in best ball.