Sonic’s MME Pool 2.24
Sonic is a Milly Maker winner and large-field tournament mastermind who focuses on mass-multi-entry play
Football Is Weird
The results of last weekend’s games provided us with more useful data than the previous seven months combined, yet the sample size is still ridiculously small. Was last week’s player usage a result of an opponent-specific game plan? Game script? Or are these snap/target counts a dependable sign of things to come?
Money can be made this week for those who successfully separate the signal from the noise. I’ll be trying to leverage against Week 1 overreactions because this truly is a One Week Season.
Some of these are not for the faint of heart. These are players I will 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.
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.
Justin Jefferson/Brandon Aiyuk
Show me an elite wideout on a team that will likely need to be aggressive, and I’ll be above the field every time. JJ’s ceiling at 7% ownership is an auto-click already and pairing him with a 49ers piece tells a viable story of a back-and-forth affair.
What do you win when you win?
Deebo Samuel will be heavily featured in my tournament portfolio but as a secondary stack, I’m intrigued by the ceiling/ownership of Brandon Aiyuk. At roughly 6%, Aiyuk will exist on only a quarter of the rosters as Deebs and less than one-tenth of the rosters of teammate Mason Jordan. I’m also fine going with George Kittle. He’s projected for ownership in the 4% range but at a TE position that yielded little spike scores in Week 1. George can give you three points or 33 points depending on the game plan and script. The risk here is that he stays in to block more often against Minnesota’s blitz-happy defense. Classic large field-only tournament play. Bonus that Aiyuk and Kittle provide leverage against multiple chalky teammates as well.
I bet you didn’t even notice I inverted Jordan Mason’s name up there, huh?
Editor’s note: I did and thought Sonic didn’t know his name
Ja’Marr Chase/Xavier Worthy
Leaning further into the “gotta play elite wideouts at low ownership” mantra, Chase and his 5% projected ownership make for an interesting price point tournament play. At $7800, he’s sandwiched between the highly owned Amon Ra St. Brown and Cooper Kupp, so there’s little chance of Chase getting steamed. If this game shoots out, I can see Xavier Worthy being a catalyst. His silly speed at 2% ownership is boom/bust MME goodness.
I’ll be paring these two and some Rams/Cardinals players in some cheaper QB stacks like Daniel Jones, Justin Fields, Sam Darnold and Deshaun (eek!) Watson.
Jameson Williams/Mike Evans (or Jalen McMillan)
I’m praying that Jamo is healthy but that his questionable tag remains until Sunday. If his ownership can remain in the single digits, he’s a potential smash play in this game environment. For correlation on the Buccaneers side, I’m always a fan of Mike Evans when his ownership hovers around the current number (5%). If scraping for some salary savings, try Williams paired with Jalen McMillian ($3600 and 5.6% pOWN). McMillan’s price and popularity would be higher had he connected with Baker Mayfield last week on one or two of their near misses.
