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Welcome to the first edition of the FanDuel DFS mail bag. Every week I'll take questions on Twitter pertaining to daily fantasy strategy and particular players on FanDuel. If you'd like to have your question featured, just shoot it to me on twitter (), and it may just find its way into the mailbag. what combo do u like better? Romo/Dez or Stafford/Calvin Kevin Curry (@CurryKev) The concept we're exploring here is "stacking," wherein you play both a quarterback and at least one of his pa s catchers in the same daily lineup. The objective is to exploit good matchups and favorable pa sing game scripts and maximize the points scored. Jorge Soler Jersey If a quarterback projects to score a high amount of fantasy points against a poor secondary in a shootout-type game, his receivers (especially the No. 1 target) will be the mutual beneficiary. Finding the optimal stack for a given week can vault you to the ranks of top scoring lineups. We'll take this exploration in every edition of the weekly Friday FanDuel DFS Roundup column here on NFL .As for this particular question, I prefer a / stack for Week 1 DFS. Romo is the superior quarterback to , both in fantasy and reality, and when stacking you always want to side with the superior pa ser when the values are close. The matchups and projected point totals only serve to tilt the scales further in the favor of the ' players. Romo and Bryant will face the , whose already average defense was decimated by injuries and other personnel lo ses in the offseason. The signed and in the last few weeks, and both may be forced into big-time contributions in Week 1, due to a litany of injuries at the safety position. To put the final nail in the coffin of this debate, the and matchup projects to be one of the highest scoring games of Week 1. You always want to default to pa sing-game players in shootouts when making your DFS lineups. Would you consider doing a Bengals stack of Dalton, Green & Eifert for WK 1? Michael Stepney (@MStepney71) We just covered stacking, and now Michael is taking it to the next level with the rare "triple-stack." In matchups where you imagine the offense is truly going to barnstorm an opposing defense, or in shootouts, you want to stack a team's quarterbacks with more than one of his weapons. Gamers who stacked // or // won a number of weeks last year. The challenge is squeezing all of those players into your lineup, and managing where you have to sacrifice in order to make it happen. While I do think you can manage getting all these into your lineup, I'm going to tell you to go elsewhere. The should secure a win in this game early on, and while these three players will be a part of the effort, the biggest factor is . The allowed the most fantasy points to running backs last year, and have not done much to improve. When Cincinnati moves ahead early, they'll salt the game away with a big dose of Hill. I like using the triple stack if you're shooting for the stars in DFS, but this is not one I'll look to use much in Week 1. Instead, I'll anchor plenty of lineups with . allen robinson, davante adams, amari cooper a good start for week one? Chris (@Ashes2Nirvana) My love for 's ability is well-known, and I am a big fan of as well. Both players should receive a healthy amount of targets Chipper Jones Jersey all season, but especially in Week 1 as their squads play catchup against superior teams. However, I prefer on FanDuel for Week 1, because he's the best value. His target share of the offense will likely go up by more than 50 percent in the wake of 's injury. He has the best matchup out of the three facing the , whom the are projected to beat handedly in Week 1. Most importantly, Adams plays with clearly the best quarterback among this trio, which is always important in a daily game. Even if you believe Adams will be a volatile season-long a set, as I do, the stark difference in the values of these three players makes this Kurt Suzuki Jersey a no brainer. Which TE outside of Graham are you targeting in Week 1? Steve Ziomek (@stevez80) is the top tight end on FanDuel for the Sunday slate, and as such, I actually won't be playing him in any of my Week 1 lineups. The / tilt will be one of the lowest scoring games of the weekend. My favorite tight ends for Week 1 are , and way down the line. Olsen is the only game in town there in Carolina, at the moment, and faces a favorable matchup playing Jacksonville at home. Witten should see plenty of targets in that aforementioned vs. shoot out. Rodgers should see an uptick in targets with Nelson out of the picture, and is a sneaky option to score a touchdown in a game where the should firestorm the . When you can't play Gronk and are looking for value play outside of the Olsen/Witten tier, you're e sentially just looking for a random touchdown from your streamer. It's what drives the fluky tight end scoring from week to week. There's no reason to go with Graham when there are far better values out there. Bradford good value or spend more on a qb? code3583 (@code3583) is one of my favorite quarterback plays of the weekend. I've been a since his St. Louis days, even when his career was in the pits. Back then, everything about his situation was a disaster, and now he's in quarterback heaven, also known as the offense. Bradford's ball placement and still lively skill set were on display in the ' third preseason game. We no longer need to question whether Bradford is going to be a good fantasy play, from a performance standpoint. For Week 1, FanDuel has him listed in the same neighborhood as players like and the rookie quarterbacks, making him quite the value play. The and game could be the highest scoring game of Week 1, so you want Brandon McCarthy Jersey players in that contest. Matt, cooks and gurley or Evans and abdullah ? David Baker (@bakerdbj) I'm not a big fan for season-long leagues, but I love him for Week 1 DFS. He's a decent value and the and will trade points all day. However, if this is your choice, you cannot play in Week 1. We do not have the clarity needed to play him, and the have insisted he's unlikely to be a big factor early. I like at his value, and does carry week-winning upside. Tenne see's pa s defense struggled last season, and they head into this game undermanned. Evans is not one of my top wide receiver plays for the week, but I like that combo much better.Adams versus is an interesting debate. I think Adams is the favorite for more targets, but Brown can do more with his opportunities. Adams is the slightly better value on FanDuel, but its close enough that you could fit Brown over him into a lineup with only making a slight sacrifice somewhere else. Both of their games project to be high scoring contests, but the and matchup will be the closer one. With Brown in the game that features more "trading blows," I'd give him the slight nod. If you can fit him in your lineup, over the Ozzie Albies Jersey better value in Adams, I like that. However, either choice works. John Brown or Allen Robinson for week 1 flex?! Kenneth Clark (@_kennethclark) and are both favorites of mine, but I prefer Brown as the upside player for Week 1 DFS. Both are similar values, but Brown faces the better matchup. The ranked 27th in terms of allowing fantasy points to wide receivers last season, and now their top corner, , is on the shelf for the start of the season. Tyrod Taylor or Tyrod Taylor? Pizza with little pizzas as toppings (@StickToPizza) We'll talk more about this next week in the first edition of the weekly FanDuel DFS Round up, but if you're not playing in the near majority of your lineups, you're doing this wrong. Is it true that if you're not starting Charcandrick West, you're not living your best DFS life? M.G. (@MarcasG) It depends on the nature of the life you want to live. One that involves winning daily fantasy? Probably not. One that's filled with Sundays concluding with throwing up in the toilet and crying yourself to sleep? Certainly. Remember, folks, daily fantasy is not for the faint of heart. Side note: I see now why I'm the one writing the DFS columns for NFL Media.Matt Harmon is an a sociate fantasy writer/editor for NFL.com, and the creator of , who you can follow on Twitter __. He's going to be tilting with you all year in DFS, and couldn't be happier about it -- until about November, that is.