We’re getting down to it. With training camps mere weeks away, Best Ball seasons are really about to kick it into high gear. You’ve been doing your research, gathering data — including using our FREE Best Ball rankings — to make sure you’re in position to kill your drafts this year, and for that we give you props. BUT unless you have a plan to build out great stacks at every point of the draft, you aren’t going to be maximizing your Best Ball potential. That’s where we come in: Here we will break down optimal Best Ball draft strategy for getting great stacks from the No. 1 pick for each round in 2024.
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Best Ball Draft Strategy: Building Stacks from First Pick
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Best Ball Stacks for Pick No. 1
Zero RBers may be tempted to forgo Christian McCaffrey here and grab CeeDee Lamb. If so, the Dak Prescott stack has a strong likelihood of completion at the Round 8/9 turn with Prescott’s ADP at 97. Jake Ferguson may also be there, though he would need to drop 10 spots.
From there, you can add Brandin Cooks at 120 – right at his ADP.
Best Ball Stacks for Rounds 2/3
There are some easy stacks to start off here like Tampa Bay, Seattle and Chicago where you can get huge chunks of the offense as the draft progresses without much stress.
Chicago is a really easy one to complete, with Keenan Allen almost always available in Round 4/5 and Rome Odunze often falling to Round 6/7
For the Texans, you can reach and grab Tank Dell and Stefon Diggs 8 and 10 spots ahead of ADP and then hope C.J. Stroud drops six spots so you can complete the stack. That won’t be a popular build because no one likes to reach that far, and the mid-round slots will have trouble completing the stack.
Best Ball Stacks for Rounds 4/5
If Lamar Jackson slides to 48 — which doesn’t happen very often — you’re nicely set up with a Mark Andrews stack. From there you can add a plethora of Ravens receivers in the later rounds, should you so desire.
Chiefs Patrick Mahomes and Hollywood Brown are both sitting there right at ADP. After starting off with those two, Rounds 6/7 have the potential to land Rashee Rice and/or Xavier Worthy.
Scary Terry McLaurin’s ADP is right in line with a Pick No. 1 of Round 4 draft position; to get the Commanders stack you just need to reach a few spots for Jayden Daniels at the Round 8/9 turn. Assuming he’s still there, run-first QBs are always a bit of a wild card in these drafts.
You could reach a bit here and start a Green Bay stack with Jayden Reed, grabbing Christian Watson a round later. The nice thing about Packers stacks is there are so many pieces to the offense; if you miss out on one or two, you’re still in decent shape.
For Cleveland, if Amari Cooper falls, the David Njoku (8/9), Jerry Jeudy (9/10) and Deshaun Watson (14/15) stack is very completable.
Best Ball Stacks for Rounds 6/7
There is not a lot here. You can double-stack with Jaguars Brian Thomas and Evan Engram, adding Trevor Lawrence at the 10/11 turn.
Ladd McConkey could be the WR1 for the Chargers. Both he and Justin Herbert often fall in drafts, so there’s a strong likelihood you’ll be able to get both without reaching.
Best Ball Stacks for Rounds 8/9
Ending off the running back dead zone here, this is the spot to complete your Packers and Commanders stacks if you have them. We’re starting to get into secondary stacks if you haven’t completed your top options.
The Saints’ Rashid Shaheed is easy to pair with Derek Carr and Juwan Johnson, then add A.T. Perry in the last round.
Later Half of the Draft Best Ball Stacks
Secondary stacks are much easier to complete in the later rounds if you’re willing to reach a bit more.
It’s easy to get a good chuck of the Patriots offense if you start in Round 13/14 with Ja’Lynn Polk and DeMario Douglas. Javon Baker and Drake Maye are sitting right at ADP at the 16/17 turn. Hunter Henry is also an easy addition.
There are roughly 15 Giants receivers at the end of the draft that you could pair with a Round 17 selection of Daniel Jones. Jalin Hyatt probably has the highest upside in this range, with Wan’Dale Robinson not far behind. Darius Slayton offers spike week upside.
