Best NFL DFS Stacks, Week 9: Lineup Picks for DraftKings & FanDuel

Week 9 of the NFL DFS season has arrived, and it is time to win some big money using stacks.

While fantasy football stacks are becoming more prevalent in redraft leagues, the ability to stack players has always been one of the main strategic plays in daily fantasy. 

This weekly article will focus on the best stack plays in a given week for DFS.

While these plays can apply to FanDuel and other daily fantasy sites, this article will focus primarily on DraftKings pricing.

What is stacking in DFS?

A fantasy football stack is when you take two or more players from the same team to double your chances of a big score if that team does well. This is a strategy that is especially useful in games with high over unders. 

While you can stack a quarterback with a running back and or a tight end, we’ll be focusing on the best stacks available between a quarterback and his pass catchers. 

What is most important when stacking in DFS?

What is most important to pay attention to, with or without stacking, is a player's cost and their ultimate output of points.

Ultimately, factoring in the elements of stacking players along with a strong return on investment on players' costs will put you in the best position to cash in this season.

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Week 9 NFL DFS Stacks & Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel

Without further ado, here are some of the best DFS stack options for Week 9 of the 2025 NFL season:

QB Daniel Jones ($6,200) & WR Michael Pittman ($5,900)

• Combined Price: $12,100 – 24.2% of lineup salary

While Jones has been one of the biggest surprises in the NFL this season, he has also excelled in daily fantasy.

Entering this week, Jones is sixth among quarterbacks in points scored and has had four straight games with multiple touchdown passes.

In three of those four games, Jones has scored 3X his DraftKings price tag, making him a worthwhile investment.

Even with that production, Jones’ Week 9 price is $6,200, only $100 more than the previous week.

Considering Jones is playing the Steelers this week, the expectation is that his productive run should continue.

The Steelers defense has been a liability all season.

Along with allowing the fifth-most points to the position, opposing quarterbacks have scored 20 or more points 71.4% of the time.

On the receiving end, Pittman has been dominating the receiving game for the Colts.

So far this season, Pittman has had a 23% target share and is accounting for 46% of the team’s touchdown receptions.

More recently, the Colts receiver has had back-to-back games with 20 points scored.

While the Steelers have only allowed 6 touchdowns to wide receivers, they are still allowing the sixth-most points to the position.

QB Mac Jones ($5,000) & WR Jauan Jennings ($4,300)

• Combined Price: $9,300 – 18.6% of lineup salary

The main disclaimer is that, as of this writing, Brock Purdy’s status has yet to be determined.

If he plays, he is worth rostering at $5,500.

That said, do not be surprised if the MetLife turf pushes Kyle Shanahan to sit his quarterback for one more week.

If Shanahan decides to sit Purdy, Jones is a nice pivot option at $5,000.

Following a tough outing against the Texans, Jones’ price has dropped by $300, and is the lowest it has been since Week 5.

It is worth noting that while the Texans defense is allowing a league-low 11.7 points per game to quarterbacks, Jones scored 19 points.

In a much better matchup, the 49ers will take on a Giants team allowing 22.2 points per game.

The Giants' defensive struggles have been on full display as of late.

While they have had five games with 20 points allowed to quarterbacks, three of those have come in the last three weeks.

In terms of a pass catcher to go along with Jones, Jennings is who I’m projecting to be the best option.

While Jennings has not had a double-digit game since the second game of the season, he has had a 26% target share over the last two weeks.

That percentage is especially intriguing when he's set to take on a Giants team that is top three in most receptions and yards allowed to wide receivers.

QB Jaxson Dart ($5,200) & WR Darius Slayton ($4,100)

• Combined Price: $9,300 – 23.7% of lineup salary

Since taking over as the Giants' starter, Dart has been the sixth-highest scoring quarterback.

Providing rushing upside, Dart has had a rushing touchdown in four of his five games played.

While Tyrone Tracy is a solid option for Brian Daboll in the running game, do not be surprised if Dart uses his legs more than usual to account for the loss of Cam Skattebo.

This is also a good opportunity for Dart to exceed 200 yards passing for the third time this season.

In the last three weeks, the 49ers have allowed 265.3 passing yards per game, the third most in the league.

The yards allowed are due in large part to the 49ers being one of two teams with fewer than 10 sacks this season.

As previously mentioned, Dart is missing some big targets due to injury.

While the projected ownership for Wan’Dale Robinson ($5,100) is sitting at 13.2%, Slayton, being owned in 4.8% of DFS formats and costing $1,000 less, feels like the more appealing option.

While Robinson had the more productive outing last week, it was Slayton who had the team’s higher share of targets.

Much like the Giants, the Texans last week were dealing with several injuries on offense, mainly at wide receiver.

Even with that, the 49ers allowed a league-high 55.4 points to Texans wide receivers.