Sonic’s MME Pool 16.23
Sonic is a Milly Maker winner and large-field tournament mastermind who focuses on mass-multi-entry play
Caution
As you have likely gathered by now, I don’t use this space to tell you the best plays. My gig is to suggest some players and correlations that will help you utilize the best projected players without having a roster with nine chunky pieces of chalk.
Crazy how a nine-game slate feels so much smaller than even a 10-gamer, right? As the slate size shrinks, it becomes increasingly difficult to find sub 5% players with reasonable upside. For example, if you want a contrarian play on a three-game slate, you’re going to end up rostering the long snapper’s second cousin or some shit.
This slate is still manageable though, so let’s dig in and see if we can find some spots that will help us differentiate.
I must alert you though, some of these are not for the faint of heart. Also, if you are pregnant or may become pregnant, congrats on the sex.
Secondary Core-Relations
We’re always hunting for those high-ceiling combinations to add to our existing game stacks. It’s better to aim at getting four things right instead of trying to hit a nine-way parlay. I’ll lean on a handful of core secondary stacks that will be finessed into lineups whenever feasible.
Mike Evans/Calvin Ridley
These guys are both coming with some ownership but I’m dropping them in here anyway because I’ll be running this combination in a silly number of lineups this week. Both are in great spots where they should add ample volume to their existing big play upside. Both guys can get there on four catches but could approach double that number if this game starts volleying back and forth.
I think Parker Washington is going to get steamed unless some other value opens up before lock. I’ve been hearing his name out there quite a bit. But if something close to his current projection of 1.2% holds, I like him as a salary-saving option across from Buccaneers pieces. Jamal Agnew gets thrown into that bucket as well. All of this is obviously better if Trevor Lawrence plays.
Jaylen Waddle/Brandin Cooks
Buffalo steamrolled the Dallas Cowboys last week with their run game, but Miami’s offensive line is not currently functioning anywhere near as well as the Bills. Given the importance of this game, I think Tyreek Hill will take the field even if he isn’t at full strength. But if Tyreek Hill is on a football field, he must be accounted for. There is a chance that we get the perfect storm for Waddle. The presence of Reek soaks up the defense’s attention, but he doesn’t get his usual allotment of targets, creating space and additional opportunity for the other Miami weapons.
Brandin Cooks’ matchup here is less than great but he is one of those players that can score from anywhere on field. With an average aDOT of 14.35 over the last four games and a 32% share of Dak Prescott’s play action targets this season, Cooks should have opportunities regardless of whether Dallas finds themselves in positive, neutral, or negative game script.
Will these two both hit for ceiling on Sunday? Not probable, but at 2.5% and 1.4% respectively, it’s worth a few shots on these two pieces emerging from Week 16’s highest total game.
WHAT IF this game catches fire and Tyreek is mostly in decoy mode? Confidence and momentum are huge factors in all sports. Waddle may be on the right side of these after his strong performance last week.
I can’t resist playing Justin Fields stacks this week. It saddens me that he’ll be the highest owned QB. I’ll offset his ownership but correlating some low owned pieces with tournament-winning upside around him, like so:
Jordan Addison/Sam LaPorta (or Jahmyr Gibbs)
Addison 4%. LaPorta 1.8%. Gibbs 4.9%
These players all smashed last week. We’d be donkeys to chase this. No player has ever had two or three great games in a row. Nothing to see here.
Adam Thielen/Romeo Doubs
Don’t do this. It’ll never work. Let me take the L for you.
