Shawn Siegele said grabbing Kyler Murray at the 8/12 turn is the cleanest way to super-charge a Bengals Week 17 game stack in FFPC Best Ball. Murray routinely lasts into that range because drafters still worry about his 2023 ACL recovery, yet Siegele reminded listeners that mobile QBs regain rushing explosiveness a full year removed from surgery. He is counting on Murray’s scrambling ability to create one- or two-score, 40-plus-yard TDs that force Cincinnati to keep its foot on the gas. Pairing Murray with already-rostered Ja’Marr Chase and late-round RB Chase Brown forms a correlated bet on a shoot-out that can decide the tournament final. Because ADP rarely lets you pair Joe Burrow with Chase, Siegele views Murray as the affordable back-door access point to that same ceiling.

Erik Beimfohr laid out a Week 17 correlation hack: start teams with Ja’Marr Chase, then build the stack from the cheaper Arizona side instead of forcing the chalky Bengals combination. By adding Marvin Harrison Jr. at the 2/3 turn and Trey McBride a round later, drafters secure the same game environment while leaving Joe Burrow for someone else. If Burrow slides, great—grab him; if not, Kyler Murray is almost always available several rounds after the Cincinnati quarterback, giving the lineup a unique Chase-Cardinals construction that avoids duplicate builds. The strategy keeps exposure to an elite game total, saves early-round capital, and sidesteps having to spend premium draft slots to complete the traditional Bengals stack that every UnderDog room is chasing this summer.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound admitted he has "zero" Kyler-Murray/Tee-Higgins pairings in his Best Ball Mania portfolio and called that oversight "such a mistake." He said Murray is the ideal late-round bring-back when you already have Higgins because those two face each other and the game script could easily turn into a back-and-forth shoot-out. Pat stressed that stacking them juices advance-rate upside without costing serious capital: Higgins still goes in the third while Murray often drifts well past ADP. Going forward he plans to attach Murray to every new Higgins build to capture that correlation edge rather than leaving points on the table in a potentially high-scoring matchup.

Best Ball Guy called Mike Gesicki a priority punt-tight-end target in Superflex drafts. Gesicki routinely lasts into the 18th-19th round but provides multiple outs to spike-week relevance: he is an above-average athlete (92nd-percentile SPARQ) who could siphon red-zone work from Tanner Hudson if the Bengals lean heavier on 12 personnel, and he creates Week-17 correlation with Kyler Murray stacks thanks to the Cardinals matchup. BBG likes pairing Gesicki with a mid-range TE such as Juwan Johnson and then stopping at two, freeing extra roster spots for late-round running-back darts. Because most drafters are paying up for rookie tight ends or double-tapping the position early, sliding Gesicki in as the second tight end saves 70-plus ADP slots while still capturing contingent upside and playoff correlation.

Davis Mattek called Mike Gesicki his favorite "second tight end" when he already has an elite starter. The Bengals’ new move tight end carries a near-zero weekly floor, but Mattek loves the ceiling scenario: Cincinnati historically loses Tee Higgins for roughly three games per season, and in those weeks Gesicki would slide into a big-slot role that turns red-zone fades into 15-point spike weeks. Mattek added that a Week-17 Bengals–Cardinals matchup gives Gesicki natural correlation with Trey McBride for playoff finals. Because late-round wide receivers seldom crack lineups, Mattek prefers using the pick on Gesicki’s boom-bust profile, arguing that one 20-burger at the tight-end spot can swing advance rates far more than a WR8 who posts 9-for-92 once all year.