Stacking is one of the most efficient ways to separate yourself from the field in FanDrill tournaments.
When an offense has a big day, your team benefits. When a quarterback throws for 300 yards and three touchdowns, there’s a large chance at least one of his pass catchers is putting up tournament-winning numbers right alongside him.
That’s why stacks matter: we are looking to build lineups with the highest ceiling to help you win a tournament.
This week, we are identifying the highest-upside game environments on the Week 3 slate and the best stacks to pair with those matchups.
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#1 Patrick Mahomes (QB – KC) & Travis Kelce (TE – KC)
We traveled back in time Sunday night as we saw these two connect nine times for 101 yards and a touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts. Their matchup Sunday against the Miami Dolphins looks just as good.
Miami is allowing the highest passing EPA per play in the NFL through two weeks (+0.48) and has the sixth-lowest pressure rate at 28.6%. If you’re a defense that allows Patrick Mahomes to sit back in the pocket untouched, good luck.
Mahomes has looked amazing since returning from his ACL injury. The Denver defense held him in check through the air, but he had three total touchdowns, and then he went rampant on the Colts’ defense, throwing for 382 yards and three passing touchdowns. It seems as though Patrick Mahomes is fully healthy. Also having Eric Bieniemy back as the offensive coordinator and finally having a run game with Kenneth Walker coming in, the offense seems complete. Mahomes can work off Walker in the play-action game against this putrid Miami defense, and Kelce could be the main beneficiary.
The Kansas City wide receivers have not looked good to start the year, while Travis Kelce has found his way back to being Patrick’s No. 1 target. Going up against a Jeff Hafley defense, zone coverage will be run at a very high rate. We all know Travis Kelce is one of the best players of all time at finding the soft spot in zone and getting yards after the catch. Another 70- to 100-yard game is in store, and don’t be shocked if he finds the end zone.
#2 The Seahawks QB & Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR – SEA)
You’re going to have to pay a premium for JSN, but it will be worth it. We just saw him carve up the Cardinals’ secondary, posting nine catches for 155 yards and three scores. Drew Lock also looked very good in that game, and he may have played himself into a starting job in 2027. Seattle does not have to rush Sam Darnold back from this injury. Let Lock play against a Jayden Daniels-less Commanders team, which allows Darnold to heal even longer.
Washington’s defense is one of the worst against the pass. They find themselves in the bottom five in EPA per pass allowed (+0.24) while allowing the 10th-most fantasy points per game to wide receivers (23.0) and the second-most fantasy points per game to quarterbacks (31.0).
Drew Lock had 235 yards and three touchdowns against Arizona. He is not like Jameis Winston, who stunk it up on Monday night. He can come into a game and fit perfectly into the offense and get his guys the ball downfield. The stats show that he wants to find Smith-Njigba on almost every play, with him having a 44%—yes, you read that correctly—target share. A 30% mark is an elite target share for a receiver, usually meaning they are a WR1 for the season, but 44%? That is historic. It is only two games, but new offensive coordinator Brian Fleury has made the offense simple for Lock, and it’s to find JSN every single play.
This matchup is a shoo-in for dominance. Drew Lock or Sam Darnold will be cheap, that’s why I am perfectly okay taking JSN in Round 1 of my FanDrill drafts. I want to attach myself to good offenses with great matchups every week, and this one is the best on the board.
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#3 C.J. Stroud (QB – HOU) & Nico Collins (WR – HOU) OR Dalton Schultz (TE – HOU)
I know the name C.J. Stroud is disgusting for fantasy football, but the matchup is too good to ignore. Indianapolis allows the most passing yards per game (337.5) and the fourth-highest EPA per pass (+0.27), and Stroud can take advantage of a bad defense. He is quietly third in the NFL in passing yards with 627; the team just struggled to score against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 2.
Nico Collins is questionable for the game, but if he plays, he could be the WR1 overall for the week. Indianapolis allows the most fantasy points per game to wide receivers (30) and the second-most yards (214.5). Nico is an elite wide receiver when healthy; he just has not been healthy as he has dealt with constant hamstring issues. In Week 1, we saw Collins take advantage of a Bills defense that has had similar misfortunes when it comes to defending wide receivers, finishing as the WR9 in half-PPR. In five games against the Colts since becoming a full-time starter in 2023, Collins averaged 16.22 PPG in those matchups. He truly is an elite play if healthy, but if not, Dalton Schultz is a great value pick.
Schultz immediately becomes Stroud’s No. 1 target in games that Collins is not active for, and we saw that in Week 2. Against the Bengals, Schultz caught 12 of 14 targets for 140 yards, finishing as the TE2 on the week. I don’t know what it is, but when Collins plays, Schultz does not get the ball. When he doesn’t, he plays like prime Tony Gonzalez. The Colts defense is also allowing the fifth-most PPG to tight ends, so Schultz is in line for an elite matchup. Seriously, just target whoever plays the Colts every week.
I know it’s the Texans offense, and it is ugly to think about, but these guys all have a chance at finishing top 12 for their positions in Week 3.
Joe Shea is a Fantasy Analyst for FanDrill. Follow him on Instagram @JoeSheaFootball and TikTok @JoeSheaFootball for more fantasy football content.
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