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

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
16	LAC @ NE	11	57%

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

15. Colts @ Giants

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
15	IND @ NYG	6	66%

Could do naked Daniel Jones with Jonathan Taylor and Michael Pittman

14. Panthers @ Buccaneers

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
14	CAR @ TB	11	73%

Could be sneaky good if Bryce Young and Diontae Johnson click

13. Broncos @ Bengals

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
13	DEN @ CIN	9	83%

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

12. Titans @ Jaguars

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
12	TEN @ JAX	12	84%

Calvin Ridley revenge game?
Not enough firepower in Tennessee

11. Raiders @ Saints

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
11	LV @ NO	13	85%

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

10. Jets @ Bills

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
10	NYJ @ BUF	11	90%

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

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
9	ATL @ WAS	8	94%

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

8. Seahawks @ Bears

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
8	SEA @ CHI	12	102%

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

7. Chiefs @ Steelers

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
7	KC @ PIT	11	107%

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

6. Packers @ Vikings

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
6	GB @ MIN	14	109%

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

5. Ravens @ Texans

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
5	BAL @ HOU	12	112%

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

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
4	ARI @ LAR	9	112%

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

3. Dolphins @ Browns

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
3	MIA @ CLE	12	123%

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

2. Cowboys @ Eagles

Rank	Game	# of Players	Fantasy Value Index
2	DAL @ PHI	10	126%

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)