Sonic’s MME Player Pool 6.25
Sonic is a Milly Maker winner and large-field tournament mastermind who focuses on mass-multi-entry play
Pick the Game, Win the Prize
This feels like a bet-on-game-environment week. I’ll be correlating my rosters even more than usual — the goal is simple: identify two games that go over their Vegas totals, then build lineups that tell that story through every piece.
Some of these are not for the faint of heart. These are players I’ll be mixing into my rosters to differentiate from the masses while adding correlation. Keep this stuff out of your cash games for god’s sake.
*Ownership projections are subject to change before lock. Check OWS projections on Sunday morning.
Offset the Chalk
We’re always looking to spin the field’s favorite pieces into something a little more interesting — ideally something that tells a story the rest of the lobby isn’t writing.
Trey McBride / Josh Downs (Alec Pierce)
McBride’s chalk is deserved, but this is where we can get a little weird. Downs makes sense in correlated builds, while Pierce is the galaxy-brain version — fewer targets but only needs a couple to smash. Most Daniel Jones rosters will have Michael Pittman and/or Tyler Warren. Adding one or both of these cheaper contrarian options will be enough to differentiate, so you won’t feel like a donkey playing the chalk elsewhere.
McBride (17%), Downs (3.8%), Pierce (1.5%)
Jaxon Smith-Njigba / Travis Etienne Jr.
Bet on this game environment taking off, with targets and touchdowns tilting in this direction.
Smith-Njigba (22%), Etienne (7.4%)
Puka Nacua / Zay Flowers
Cooper Rush gets a bad rap, but he contributed to some decent WR outings in his Dallas days. Flowers may get squeezed further if his Q tag lingers into Sunday. He functions as a YAC-heavy safety valve, and if Puka’s going to pay off his inflated tag, he probably needs to play the entire game — meaning the Ravens likely found success.
Nacua (28.8%), Flowers (6.3%)
