JMToWin is a high-stakes tournament champion (Thunderdome, Luxury Box, Game Changer, Wildcat, King of the Hill/Beach, Spy, etc.) who focuses on the DraftKings Main Slate
This is, instead, a look at the player pool I’ll be fishing
:: covered in-depth in the Angles Pod (it’s highly recommended that you listen to the breakdown of the roster in order to see the thinking behind it, and in order to understand what we’re talking about when we look at a “bottom-up build”)
:: my “Tier 1” plays: the plays I feel confident leaning into across different types of builds; these players have a high ceiling and a low likelihood of price-considered failure
:: games, offenses, situations, or scenarios I’ll be looking to build around across my rosters
:: unique player pairings that can be used as foundational building blocks for tournament rosters
:: players who don’t fit into the categories above — either Upside pieces who don’t have the floor to be Blue Chips (and are not being focused on within my game-focused builds) or players who may not have a strong shot at ceiling, but are worth keeping in mind from a “role” perspective
Full breakdown (of what this is, and what the thinking is behind these players) can (and should) be found in the Angles Pod (on the One Week Season podcast feed).
Kyler Murray
Tony Pollard
Devin Singletary
Hollywood Brown
Tank Dell
Jayden Reed
Trey McBride
Tyler Conklin
Jaguars
Free
Build with a salary cap of $44k or below!
1st Place = 250 Edge Points + Rare Blue Name Tag in Discord
2nd Place = 100 Edge Points
3rd Place = 75 Edge Points
4th Place = 50 Edge Points
5th Place = 25 Edge Points
*1 Edge Point = $1 in DFS courses on OWS
*must use an OWS avatar (found on your profile page) to be eligible to win
Not unusual at this point in the season, with pricing getting tighter, but no Blue Chips on my end this week.
It’s also a unique week in that my approach is HEAVILY skewed toward “build-arounds” (see more below).
With such a heavy “stacks” focus for me this week (both in the Player Grid and in my expected builds), I wanted to use this week’s Building Blocks to focus primarily on some interesting strategical player pairings
“Both guys hit”
If Pollard is, indeed, putting up a tourney-winning score, it’s likely that CeeDee Lamb is NOT putting up a tourney-winning score. A nice way to double up on this edge, then, is to include a high-upside player that CeeDee Lamb rosters will not have. You could replace Tyreek with any other high-priced wide receiver or running back and the strategy angle on this block would remain the same.
If this block hits, you’ll not only have something unique, but will also be separating from the field in terms of raw points. More than likely, you won’t have to worry too much about strategy on the rest of these rosters.
The story plays out differently, and you don’t get first place — which is really all that matters.
A look at some of the rules I’ll be applying in the Bink Machine this week.
I’m going to hold off on posting Bink Machine rules until Sunday morning, when I’ll have a clearer sense of some of the rules I’ll be rolling out there.
This is my narrowest pool, which means it’s the pool likeliest to change a bit as I move deeper into builds. If it changes throughout Saturday night, I’ll add an update in this space.
If I were building for single-entry // three-entry Max, my tightened-up player pool would be:
Stroud || Fields || Goff || Howell || Kyler || Purdy || Love
I’ll see you at the top of the leaderboards this weekend!
-JM
