Joel Bartilotta 
Welcome to the Week 15 edition of QB’s and Stacks. I’m Jared and I’ll be filling in for A Through Z. With Covid making its way virtually through every locker room, it’s going to be a weird week. We’ll want to make sure that we are keeping as close of an eye to injury reports as ever. My goal here will be to walk you through my top quarterbacks and who to pair them up with.
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Let’s dig in and see if we can find some QB’s and Stacks to take us to the top
Quarterback 1
Living in Baltimore I can tell you firsthand that the Ravens are attackable. Especially by quarterbacks as their defense will be without Marlon Humphrey and potentially Chuck Clark. If Clark should miss, the Ravens would be completely without the secondary that they put on the field in Week 1. Aaron Rodgers ($7,500 DK/$7,600 FD) is in a smash spot this week and I’ll want to make sure that I use him in at least one of my lineups. While the Ravens secondary hasn’t been awful over the last few weeks, the mounting injuries are going to take away their top guys.
The Ravens have also given up some big games to quarterbacks this season. They’ve given up over 400 yards passing 3 times and over 300 yards 5. On the year, only the Seahawks have given up more passing yards than the Ravens. Despite a nagging toe injury, Rodgers is coming into this game in peak form. He’s thrown for at least 290 yards in 4 straight games. With Rodgers we also know that we’re going to get a ton of volume from our QB. On the year he’s thrown less than 30 passes just 3 times, with 2 of those being weeks 1 and 2.
Aaron Rodgers’ Stack
Now that we have one of our top 3 quarterbacks out of the way let’s take a look to see who we should pair Rodgers with. The obvious play here is Davante Adams. Over the last 3 weeks Rodgers has thrown 110 passes. 30 of those have gone to Adams and he’s caught 25 of them for 340 yards and 4 touchdowns. There may be no more dynamic duo than Rodgers and Adams in the league. While Adams is the obvious the play here, another guy we can look to is Marquez Valdes-Scantling (MVS).
While MVS isn’t quite up to Adams’ level yet, he’s trying his hardest to get there. He’s been targeted 24 times over the last 3 games. While he’s only caught 11 of them, the volume for MVS is there. If a handful of those drops get caught, we’d be talking about a guy with elite numbers. While the 193 yards over the last 3 games is nothing to sneeze at, there’s more for MVS out there with the volume of looks he’s getting.
Another intriguing name to through into the fire is AJ Dillon. Aaron Jones missed practice with an illness on Thursday and should he miss I love the spot for Dillon. Dillon plays a more prevalent role in the passing game than Jones. In weeks 11 and 12 Dillon was targeted 11 times and caught all 11 balls. It’s an intriguing spot should Jones miss.
Quarterback 2
Dak Prescott ($6,500 DK/$7,500 FD) is one of the most frustrating quarterbacks to roster. I get it. He has multiple weeks this year with over 400 yards passing, so we know we have a huge ceiling with him. But he also has multiple weeks of around just 200 yards passing or below. This week, well this week I’m chasing that ceiling against an awful Giants team. Is there a chance this game is over after the first Cowboys possession? Absolutely.
The game last week should have been over early too but because the Cowboys took their foot off the pedal they let Washington right back into the game. I just don’t see them doing it again this week. The last time Prescott faced the Giants he threw for over 300 yards and had 3 touchdown passes. I’m looking for a repeat of that this weekend against a team that is very susceptible to quarterbacks as they just gave up 275 yards passing and 3 touchdowns to Justin Herbert.
Dak Prescott’s Stack
The path for who we should pair Prescott with is nowhere near as clear as it was for Rodgers. Prescott has thrown the ball 168 times over the past 4 weeks. We know there’s a ton of volume to be had. Of those 168 passes, 4 of his pass catchers have been targeted at least 23 times. The guy I love the most here is Cee Dee Lamb. Lamb has a ton of upside this week. Over his last 3 games he’s been targeted 27 times, with 24 of those coming in his last 2 games. This combo should eat up a Giants secondary that has given up 16 passing touchdowns this year.
The other 2 guys I love here are Michael Gallupand Amari Cooper. Both guys are heavily involved in the passing game. While my preference is a Dak/Lamb stack, a Dak/Gallup or Dak/Cooper stack should also do well. Dalton Schultz name should also be thrown into the fray. That said, I’m not overly high on him this week. The Giants, while historically awful against tight ends, have been somewhat improved against them in 2021. Tight Ends have been targeted a ton against them this year with little success as they have just a 67% catch %.
Quarterback 3
I’d love to put Matt Stafford here due to a cake matchup vs. the Seahawks, but I just don’t know who they’re going to field this week as half the team has COVID. So we’ll turn to another great matchup. Jimmy Garoppolo ($5,800 DK/$6,700 FD) vs. Atlanta Falcons. The 49ers have a projected total of 27.75 going into Sunday. It’s one of the highest on the board. IF they’re going to get there on Sunday, it’s going to be due to the play of Jimmy G and his arm.
Only Washington has given up more passing touchdowns than the Falcons this year. Falcons have given up 26 passing touchdowns this year compared to just 8 INT’s. They’re easy to throw against and that’s what we should plan on doing. Garoppolo is in a nice stretch of football. Over the past 6 weeks he’s thrown multiple touchdown passes 5 times. Against a weak Falcons’ secondary I just don’t see how he doesn’t make it 6 out of 7. He’s thrown the ball 71 times over this last 2 games and I think he continues to throw the ball this weekend. Look for Garoppolo to have another solid week.
Jimmy Garoppolo’s Stack
With Garoppolo we have a more condensed passing scheme. His main guys are isolated to Brandon Aiyuk and George Kittle. Any Garoppolo stack has to start with Kittle. He has been lights out over the last few weeks. In his last 4 games he’s been targeted 33 times. That’s the most out of any pass catcher for San Francisco. Of those 33 targets, he’s caught an unreal 27 of them for 379 yards and 4 touchdowns. He’s a tight end in a wide receiver’s body.
If you want to pass on Kittle (I wouldn’t, that’s why I’m writing him up) the next guy in line would Aiyuk who’s also been solid, just not as solid as Kittle. Aiyuk has been targeted 29 times over the last 4 weeks and has corralled 19 of them for 293 yards and 2 touchdowns. While the Aiyuk/Garoppolo stack costs $1,200 less on DK this week, there’s going to be so much value to go around due to COVID this week I don’t think you’ll need the savings.
Other QB’s I love this week are Tua Tagovailoa vs. the Jets and of course Matt Stafford vs. Seahawks. As we get closer to Sunday and have more of a solid look on who’s actually playing this week, those 2 guys may jump the line and fall into my top 3.
Good luck and hope to see you in the green this week!
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