Since 2014, JM has been one of the most respected voices in the NFL research and content space. He has taught at DFS events in Boston, New York, and Las Vegas and earned seats to live DFS finals in Canada, the Bahamas, and across the U.S. He specializes in game-level research and DFS strategy, with an emphasis on training OWS members to become “Masters of Process” who can bank on positive outcomes over time.
Discord :: JMToWin
Since 2013, CubsFan has been one of the most dominant figures in DFS, racking up more than 20 live DFS final appearances while notching double-digit six-figure cashes and a Millionaire Maker win. He is a developer and co-founder of One Week Season, where he and JM spend time each offseason brainstorming new developments, and where he serves as a general sounding board for the team. || Q&A :: Get inside CubsFan’s DFS mind
Discord :: CubsFan333
Since 2018, Xandamere has established himself as a Showdown legend: cashing in Showdown cash games at a 70%+ win rate while racking up over a dozen “top two” finishes in major Showdown tournaments. Inside the NFL Edge, he breaks down his Showdown thoughts for every island game, exploring not only the game itself but the strategy implications for that particular slate. || Q&A :: Get inside Xandamere’s DFS mind
Discord :: Xandamere
Hilow is a former Navy fighter pilot who has taken game theory courses at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and Northwestern, and who grinded up from a bankroll of $20 to become one of the sharpest “limited entry” tournament players in DFS, with over $200,000 in GPP earnings and as many as 80% profitable weeks in a single season playing solely GPP.
He joined OWS in 2020 as a core content provider. || Q&A :: Get inside Hilow’s DFS mind
Discord :: Hilow
Mike Johnson (MJohnson86) has racked up over $500,000 in DFS profit since 2013, with 40+ Top Five finishes in large-field tourneys. Mike has had at least one 5-figure score in six of the last seven NFL seasons, including multiple 6-figure weeks.
With a background in coaching and finance, he sees angles and market inefficiencies that others are missing, giving him a consistent, tangible edge on the field. He joined the OWS team in 2021 to provide game breakdowns and tourney analysis.
Discord :: mjohnson86
JM and Xandamere were having lunch together in 2019 when X mentioned Sonic (nhpain on DK) as the sharpest DFS player he knew. “It’s a matter of time until he wins the Millionaire Maker. He’s always near the top.” A few months later, Sonic took down the Milly Maker.
He joined OWS in 2020 to provide content focused on helping players improve their multi-entry, large-field approach. || Q&A :: Get inside Sonic’s DFS mind
Discord :: SonicLibrarian_nhpain
Justin Papariella (Papy324) is a full-time DFS player, with a focus on high-stakes tourneys, and with hundreds of thousands in lifetime profit. With a background in chess (several top five scholastic finishes) and college athletics (two years football // four years track and field), Papy blends strategy and game theory with next-level insight into the game on the field.
He joined the OWS team in 2021 to provide game breakdowns and tourney analysis.
StatATL has a math degree and a background as a financial analyst, and he has blended an analytical, numbers-driven approach with an “OWS mindset” toward strategy to rack up over $100,000 in lifetime DFS profit while maintaining low weekly buy-ins.
He focuses on limited-entry contests (single-entry to 20-max) and has dozens of four-figure wins in NFL and PGA (his exclusive DFS focuses), including a $50,000 NFL takedown. Follow his golf & bourbon journey on IG.
Discord :: statATL
Larejo123 is an OWS gem, with tens of thousands in lifetime DFS winnings in spite of never having more than a few hundred dollars at risk on a slate. Larejo’s unique ability to embrace overlooked plays that provide maximum leverage has allowed him to A) notch a sixth-place Milly Maker finish with only three rosters entered, and to B) consistently point the OWS Fam toward game-changing large-field tourney options.
Larejo writes a weekly staple in The Scroll, “Willing to Lose”
Discord :: larejo123
Matt brings a truly unique perspective to DFS. A student of biases (a passion sparked by JM’s podcast), Matt helps the OWS Fam sharpen their thinking and uncover hidden edges every week.
On the DFS side, Matt exploded onto the scene with $250K in winnings across three contests in a single week (Week 8 of the 2021 season). He now focuses on high-stakes single-entry and 3-max play, blending discipline with sharp reads.
Steven’s path to DFS is anything but ordinary. He’s the drummer for the rock band Further Seems Forever (@fsfofficial), a Guinness World Record holder on the classic arcade game Mario Bros., and a longtime grinder in both business and fantasy sports.
In DFS, Steven focuses on NFL, with many Top 10 finishes in FanDuel’s 5-entry max Touchdown tourney.
Tony has been playing fantasy football for over 25 years and focuses his DFS play on Fanduel SE/3max. He thrives in leagues with unique formats or positional quirks, always hunting for the edges others miss.
By day, Tony works in finance — a background that fuels his disciplined, numbers-driven approach to the game.
Juan Carlos has been in the fantasy game for decades — season-long since 1997 and DFS since 2014. He’s also built a 10+ year career in fantasy and sports betting content, with his work featured at RotoWire, RotoBaller, The Lines, The Game Day, Pro Football Network, CBS Sports, Yahoo, NBA.com, and more.
Find him in DFS lobbies industry-wide and in the OWS Discord as jcblanco22.
One of the core messages of One Week Season is that there are edges available to everyone…but not everyone’s edge is the same. Josh Reason (Jreas11 on DraftKings) is an ideal example of this truth, as he has leveraged the NFL Edge game writeups to focus on profitable prop betting in lieu of DFS cash games. Josh joined the OWS team in 2021 to as part of the early development of our Props Insider team.
Discord :: Jreasy
Airwave has been crushing NBA DFS since 2021, posting double-digit ROI every year he’s played. He added NBA player props to his arsenal in 2022 — consistently profitable, including a 15.5% ROI during the 2025 NBA Playoffs with OWS.
Beyond basketball, Airwave is part of our EPL package, where he delivered 21+ units of profit on a 23% ROI in corner kick markets during the 2024–2025 season. #COYS
In the early 2010s (before he knew that DFS existed), JM started a season-long keeper league with the goal of collecting some of the best season-long fantasy players in one space. This is how JM and Josh Marrano met, as Josh was one of the most dominant forces in that league. Since 2020, Josh and Mike Ford have contributed weekly Edge Audio readings for OWS members who consume the Edge on the go.
Tom Purvis (AKA Thesystem12 on DraftKings // AKA Cheesehead120 on FanDuel) is a video producer and sports broadcaster in North Carolina who joined the OWS team in 2021 as an editor and site manager. Tom has been an avid DFS player since 2015, where he has been a consistent grinder in NFL and NBA.
Discord :: 777cheeseman777
Ben brings over a decade of experience as a video editor and audio engineer to the OWS Fam. Based in Akron, OH, he’s toured the country as a guitarist and singer in indie/alt-rock bands while building a career in media production and content strategy.
In DFS, Ben has been grinding since 2015, racking up over $100,000 in profit from mostly low-stakes GPPs.
Brian Pitts (AKA oakzoo on DraftKings // AKA pittpanthers on FanDuel) is a big Philly sports fan who joined the OWS team in 2021 as an editor and site manager.
Brian has been an avid DFS player since 2011(!!!), and was a FanDuel NBA Championship finalist in 2017.
Alec Mundle (AKA AmundDFS on DraftKings) has been playing DFS since before he was old enough to play DFS: working with his dad and brother on their rosters every week to attack the top of the leaderboards.
In 2020 (now “of DFS age”), Alec notched multiple top-1% finishes. He joined the OWS team in 2021 as an editor and site manager.
A true OWS original, Brandon has been grinding DFS since 2015. While he enjoys all things sports and sports betting.
Over the years, he’s tested multiple optimizers, but found his greatest success with the Bink Machine, including several contest wins since its release. Having been part of OWS since day one, Brandon now brings that experience and long-term perspective to the OWS Fam each week.
John — better known as Slo — is a former professional touring musician turned DFS grinder, crypto enthusiast, and all-around sports fan.
An OWS For Life member, he first connected with JM back in the RotoGrinders days, and in 2023 he started contributing behind the scenes as a second set of eyes on the site.
In 2019, Aaron Adler (AKA RotoMaven) reached out to JM to say, ‘You sometimes mention on podcasts that you would do X if you had more time. I feel like I could give you more time.’ Aaron has since become indispensable to OWS, helping to make everything on the site function at the highest level possible. JM often describes Aaron as a “second brain” for him. If you love OWS even more than when you first joined, you can thank Aaron. || Q&A :: Get inside RotoMaven’s Business mind
Discord :: RotoMaven
During my first several years in the NFL research and content space — in fact, from the moment I first started playing DFS in 2013 (and first started looking for ways to sharpen my game) — I noticed that there was a lack of training/education resources available for individuals who wanted to “learn how to fish.” DFS is a strategy game — a unique puzzle that, in the case of NFL, we get to solve each week — yet content is often geared toward the likelihood (or lack thereof) of a particular team or player doing well on a particular, isolated slate. This would be like telling a poker player which hands are good and which hands are bad without any deeper level of insight or knowledge. One Week Season was launched in 2018 with a cohesive vision of making you better at DFS, sports betting, fantasy, and life. Our goal is to give you thousands of dollars worth of training within each NFL season: not only equipping you for the slate ahead, but also sharpening your knowledge and understanding of the NFL and the ins and outs of profitable thinking and approaches so you can consistently bank on profit over time.
