Ranking All Week 17 Game Stacks for Best Ball 2024

The 2024 NFL schedule dropped (#overrated, but it’s May so I’ll take it), which means us best ball nerds can finally get that sweet, sweet correlation for our Week 17 dreams.

Last year, the Detroit-Dallas game was the Week 17 stack everyone targeted. Such stacks even drive ADP – like CeeDee Lamb and Amon-Ra St. Brown going at the Round 1-2 turn last year. Since the schedule for this year was just released, ADPs are still settling, so expect more changes in the next week.

The premise of this article is very simple: We’re going to rank all Week 17 games for their best ball game stack appeal. I used our NFL Projections to come up with a fantasy value for every player on every team, then ranked the games. Let’s get to it.

16. Chargers @ Patriots

• A lot of players (11) but no studs
• Potential weather concerns

15. Colts @ Giants

• Could do naked Daniel Jones with Jonathan Taylor and Michael Pittman

14. Panthers @ Buccaneers

• Could be sneaky good if Bryce Young and Diontae Johnson click

13. Broncos @ Bengals

• The Broncos are highly unlikely to be able to hang with the Bengals

12. Titans @ Jaguars

• Calvin Ridley revenge game?
• Not enough firepower in Tennessee

11. Raiders @ Saints

• Derek Carr revenge game?
• In a dome
• Players with high spike week potential (Davante Adams, Chris Olave, Alvin Kamara, Zamir White)

10. Jets @ Bills

• Much lower than I expected
• Potential weather concerns
• Hard to stack the two best Jets (Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson due to ADP)

9. Falcons @ Commanders

• Not a ton of names (only 8), but most are high-quality to make up for it
• Very cheap stack

8. Seahawks @ Bears

• Potential weather concerns
• Tons of WRs and RBs to choose from
• Very cheap QBs

7. Chiefs @ Steelers

• Potential weather concerns
• KC is still easy to stack
• PIT targets more condensed with Diontae Johnson gone

6. Packers @ Vikings

• Indoor game
• Tons of offensive weapons – just a question mark if JJ McCarthy will be legit

5. Ravens @ Texans

• Indoor game
• Houston loaded with offensive weapons
• Lamar Jackson + cheap passing options make for lots of stacking options
• Derrick Henry a bringback to a Houston onslaught

4. Cardinals @ Rams

• Indoor game
• Huge spike week potential from all positions (QB, RB, WR, TE)

3.  Dolphins @ Browns

• Miami is always a fantasy cheat code in 2024
• Amari Cooper fantasy playoff eruption part 2?
• Potential weather problems

2. Cowboys @ Eagles

• Potential weather problems
• Dallas has a narrow tree (if you don’t get CeeDee, you can’t really stack this game. Okay, obviously you can as a contrarian, but you know what I mean)

1. Lions @ 49ers

• As “The Lego Movie” says: “Everything is awesome!!!!”
• Hard (probably impossible) to get both Jahmyr Gibbs and Amon-Ra St. Brown