# The Great Best Ball Playoff Conundrum | How To Advance Low Tournament Winners

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Podcast: [Spike Week](https://stenobird.com/podcast/spike-week-4161358)
Published: 2026-04-08T18:59:13+00:00
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## Resource

Erik Beimfohr digs into the Great Best Ball Playoff Conundrum, including the balancing act between advancing from the regular season and winning in the Week 17 finals, as well as some possible ways we can set up our drafts to try to advance low owned, high upside players to the Week 17 finals. ⚙️ Get our tools like the new Draft Optimizer, the Draft Hacker overlays, DraftIQ (& more), plus all Rankings, Strategy content and Discord access for one LOW price - https://spikeweek.com/go-premium/ 💨 Sign up for FastDraft for a 100% Deposit Bonus up to $50 w/ code SPIKE - https://fastdraft.app/ 💥 Sign up for Drafters Fantasy for a 100% Deposit Bonus on any deposit up to $100 - http://drafters.com/refer/spike 🎶 Custom Music On Stream Provided By Jesse Wilkins- https://open.spotify.com/artist/6kzJrweZftGmxwlxDk3Qc9?si=S_gYHqH3SX6jHHquoVRz2w 👪 Join the Spike Week Discord Community - http://discord.gg/spikeweek Double Stacking Elite Offenses - https://spikeweek.com/double-stacking-expensive-offenses-for-playoff-leverage-in-best-ball/ The Great Playoff Conundrum of Best Ball https://spikeweek.com/the-great-playoff-conundrum-in-best-ball/ 0:00 Intro 2:00 The Great Best Ball Playoff Conundrum | History of Regular Season vs. Playoff Results 18:45 Stacking High Powered Offenses (Bengals Example) 26:00 Team Stacks (including Running Backs) 30:00 Secondary Stacks (Stacking w/o the QB) 32:30 Week 17 Correlation (low owned bring backs) 34:30 Handcuffing Running Backs / Buying A Backfield 42:30 Unique Player Combinations (like Davante Adams in 2023) 48:00 Contingent Value (at any position) 1:01:00 DraftKings Best Ball Draft (Testing out Playoff Strategies)

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