Stacking is a term used in fantasy when you try to double up on points, or piggy back player production off one another. It's a concept most popularly used in baseball, where you might roster the 2-4 hitters on the roster of a team facing a bad pitcher, figuring that if player 1 hits a single, then player two hits a single, then player two clears the bases you get the RBI's, plus the runs, plus the original hits, etc as opposed to just taking the clean up hitter and only getting the RBI's and one hit.
In NFL, stacking is used more selectively. You need to find not only good players/parts of the team on the same team, but they also need to be complimentary of one another. Often just by game flow, one position doesn't always compliment the other. Like, you typically would not play a QB and RB from the same team together, as there are only so many snaps, and one position having a great game typically takes away from the potential of the other to have a great game. In my eyes, there are really three combinations that compliment one another well enough to be stacked:
QB and WR
QB and TE
RB and Defense
Now, the first two are obvious to almost everyone: QB's pass to WR's and TE's. If a QB is having a good day, chances are his favorite target(s) are also. But the third might not be as obvious to everyone. If a team is winning, they're more likely to run the ball, to run the clock down. If they're winning, their defense is probably playing well. Thus, they're a good combo to stack. If one is doing well it drives the other to do well, and having two positions on your team having a good or great game can lead you to a win.
Good luck out there folks!
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