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Best Ball: Using the Schedule to Your Advantage
Jun 3, 2026Stephen Hoopes4for4 Fantasy Football Articles

The NFL’s extended schedule release: a true “this could’ve been an email” moment on the offseason calendar. But the schedule is crucial for best ball for both playoff game stacking and bye week strategy. Let’s dig into both, starting off with some motivation for why we should care about each. Playoff Game Stacking The motivation is clear for playoff game stacking: nearly all of the money is won in Week 17. In Best Ball Mania VII (BBMVII), about 84% of the total prize pool is doled out in...