Week 17 is the final boss of best ball.

If you’ve made it this far, you’ve returned your buy-in and
then some. (Often by the magnitude of hundreds.) You’ve outscored two random 12-person
groups in two straight weeks. You likely share many of the same stars as the others
who’ve advanced to the finals.

This is where Week 17 game-stacking comes into play.

It’s as simple as this: Look at the Week 17 schedule and
target players from the games that project to be the highest-scoring. (Vegas
odds will be your friend in that regard.) If you snag one of those players with
an early-round pick, look to get someone from his Week 17 opponent if it’s
within reasonable ADP range. If that game does devolve into a shootout, the
winning lineup will likely feature multiple players from it.

In 2024, the Baltimore Ravens at Houston Texans on Christmas
Day screams out as a chalk play. Lamar Jackson, C.J. Stroud, Stefon Diggs, Nico
Collins, Tank Dell, Mark Andrews and Joe Mixon will all be popular picks this
year, but it should be fairly easy to assemble game stacks with some
combination of those players.