Sonic’s MME Pool 16.24
Sonic is a Milly Maker winner and large-field tournament mastermind who focuses on mass-multi-entry play
The Good, the Bad, and Dorian Thompson-Robinson
Some are elite, some are questionable, and others are just downright gross. If you decide to pay up for one of the “good” quarterbacks, your rosters will require some creative adjustments elsewhere. Yikes. To make competitive lineups, we’ll likely have to roster some chalk, but the key to unlocking upside is finding those lower-owned plays everyone else isn’t flocking to.
These are contrarian moves I’ll be mixing into my rosters to differentiate from the masses. Sometimes we’ll miss, but the ones that do hit will help us lap the field.
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.
Josh Allen/Rhamondre Stevenson
Momentum is a real thing. Josh Allen has been on fire for two weeks straight, and the field is betting it comes to a halt this week because the Patriots offense won’t push the game environment. But here’s the thing — if the Bills blow out the Patriots early, Stevenson’s receiving role will see a big boost as New England plays catch-up. Conversely, if the Patriots somehow surprise everyone with a positive performance, Stevenson will likely be a key part of that, serving as both a ground and air threat. At 1.3% pOWN and a $5900 price point, his presence will lead your roster away from the typical build.
Rome Odunze/Amon-Ra St.Brown
This is just too much teammate-related leverage to resist. It’s hard to run an optimizer this week without getting Jahmyr Gibbs and one of Keenan Allen or DJ Moore on your roster. The ownership on these three will be through the roof, and for good reason. But football is weird, and variance is a thing. What if Odunze’s high aDOT role delivers more value than his teammates’ high-volume short and intermediate routes, and touchdown variance swings his way? The Bears were stingy against the position early, but less so lately, and Amon-Ra St. Brown is no ordinary dude.
At around 4% ownership between them, there’s plenty of upside to steal a tournament here.
