Best ball drafts can be chaos. We all know the feeling of getting sniped on the QB you needed to complete your stack. As tilting as that is, it shouldn't ruin the team if you're well-prepared and ready to pivot to your favorite late-round stacks. 

The criteria I used for this list are offenses who have a QB and multiple viable stacking options going after the 10th round (pick 120) in best ball drafts on Underdog Fantasy. By that point in the draft, you should have a good idea of which stacks you are setting up, and if the ones you were initially targeting didn't end up working out, it is time to figure out which late-round options are best for that particular roster.

I've outlined three of my favorite teams to turn to for late-round stacks, but even if you don't agree with my team/player takes, it is worth having your own list so that you can be prepared for when the inevitable snipe turns your draft upside down.

Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are one of the cheapest overall offenses in best ball drafts with Courtland Sutton (96.6) barely cracking the top 100 as the highest-drafted player on the team. Behind Sutton, there is a lot of uncertainty about how targets will be distributed among a group of unproven pass catchers. That seems like a scary proposition for fantasy football, but in best ball, we have to be willing to embrace uncertainty to find overlooked league winners.

I like to target Troy Franklin and Marvin Mims as the stacking partners to set up a Bo Nix pick in the last couple of rounds. If I'm not able to get one or both of them, there are still viable options at the very end of drafts in Audric Estime, Josh Reynolds, and Greg Dulcich, who all have the opportunity to earn a real role in this offense. 

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It's fair to have a healthy amount of skepticism regarding this Denver offense, but I like the upside it provides with such late picks. Initially I wasn't very high on Bo Nix as a prospect, but there are a few reasons I have come around on him for fantasy football purposes. He's very accurate at all levels of the field, doesn't turn the ball over often, and already has a ton of experience. More importantly, he provides sneaky rushing upside as evidenced by his 20 rushing TDs over his final two seasons at Oregon.

I still think his ceiling is quite a bit lower than some of the other rookie QBs, but I'm increasingly confident that Nix can step in and run a functional NFL offense right out of the gate. With Sean Payton scheming things up, we could see multiple fantasy relevant pieces emerge in Denver. The uncertainty about who will earn targets behind Courtland Sutton has kept the prices of all the ancillary pieces suppressed, which won't make it too hard for one or more of these late round picks to outperform their ADP. 

New Orleans Saints

  • QB - Derek Carr (199.1)
  • RB - Kendre Miller (142.9)
  • WR - A.T. Perry (213.2), Bub Means (215.9)
  • TE - Juwan Johnson (172.5)

The Saints are another offense that isn't generating a ton of buzz but should provide some solid fantasy value. They have more high-priced options with Chris Olave (17.4), Alvin Kamara (68.0), and Rashid Shaheed (113.9) being drafted too early to qualify for this article. I'm taking a lot of Olave and Shaheed, so I am often able to pivot to a Saints stack when I wasn't initially planning on it, but I also like New Orleans as a pure late-round stack. 

Juwan Johnson is one of my favorite late TE targets, so he is the player I am stacking with Derek Carr the most, but I was also a big KenDre Miller fan coming into last season, so I'm willing to give him one more shot in 2024 after his injury-plagued rookie campaign. 

Johnson and Miller are my preferred players to set up a Derek Carr stack, but if you need to grab an 18th-round WR, there are a couple of Saints players worth taking a flier on now that many of my favorite last-round picks have risen up draft boards. You probably won't find a lot of Bub Means hype at this point of the offseason, but he is an athletic rookie with good size (and a sick name) who I believe has a shot at winning the job as the third WR in New Orleans. 

A.T. Perry had a fake impressive rookie season thanks to four receiving TDs, but he drew just 18 targets all season despite running more than 200 routes. I expect these two to compete for snaps so I'm willing to take shots on both of them, but I lean toward the rookie having the bigger role late in the season when it matters most for best ball.

Lastly, I like the Saints' schedule in the fantasy playoffs with home games against Washington (Week 15) and Las Vegas (Week 17) offering shootout potential. I also expect the Saints to be competing for a playoff spot late in the season since the NFC South is widely expected to be the worst division in football. This should ensure they are giving maximum effort down the stretch and limit the risk of Carr being benched. 

Pittsburgh Steelers

  • QB - Justin Fields (205.2), Russell Wilson (211.6)
  • WR - Roman Wilson (155.1), Van Jefferson (215.9)
  • TE - Pat Freiermuth (140.1)

The Steelers are somewhat unique in that they are the only team with QB uncertainty that I actually like stacking. I've generally avoided drafting the likes of Jacoby Brissett and Drake Maye due to the uncertainty of how many games each QB will start and the overall lack of upside in that offense.

To be clear, I'm not really drafting Russell Wilson right now either, but I think there is more of a case to be made for him than a guy like Brissett. Whether you think Wilson still has something left in the tank or just think Justin Fields is not an NFL caliber QB, I could see Wilson starting all 17 games as a realistic outcome. It's not the one I'm betting on, but I wouldn't be shocked if it happened.

On the other hand, we know Fields can deliver huge fantasy performances both through the air and on the ground. If my team is lacking a weekly ceiling at the QB position, I like taking a chance on him in 3QB builds. Whether through injury or incompetence ahead of him, I think it is likely he plays significant snaps for the Steelers this season, and an Arthur Smith offense could be the ideal environment for him. Fields can turbo-charge a roster during the playoff weeks in a way that no other QB going that late can, so he makes a ton of sense to rescue a team where other stacks don't work out.

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For the pass-catchers, I've been into Roman Wilson since before the NFL Draft and expect him to ascend the WR depth chart quickly. George Pickens is locked in as the top WR and Pat Freiermuth should see a healthy workload at the TE position, but behind those two there should still be a decent amount of targets to go around and I view Wilson as the most talented pass catcher of the remaining group. The only real concern is whether or not he can secure a role in two WR sets. I think he can, and Arthur Smith has already been hinting at that possibility.  

If you aren't as high on Wilson as I am, then Van Jefferson is a decent 18th-round stacking option with either of the Pittsburgh QBs. Lastly, for the schedule bros (and gals), Pittsburgh faces a gauntlet of good offenses at the end of the season with the Eagles, Ravens, and Chiefs on the docket for Weeks 15-17. If Justin Fields is starting at QB during that stretch, he is likely going to project for a ton of fantasy points while trying to keep pace with those offenses.