Lineup Breakdown: Analysis of Week 10 Winning Lineups

Week 10 was a wonky week, and the big tournament winning scores this week paled in comparison to those posted last week. Remarkably, only two players were featured on both of the big winning rosters this week. Your winner of FanDuel's $3M Sunday Million didn't just pocket the $500K prize for first place, they also nabbed second ($150K) by entering the same roster twice. Kudos, "jtppick6." The winner of the DraftKings Millionaire Maker, "Tiewia," moved into first during the Monday Night Football game, sweating it out as the second place finisher had their own, different piece of the game. Let's see which players pushed these winning rosters to the top of the standings.

Holy low ownership, Batman! The highest owned player on "jtppick6's" roster checked in at 12.8% ownership. Six of the nine players were owned on under 10% of rosters in the $3M FanDuel Million. There were a few standout performances, but by and large, it was a full-team effort that took home the top (and second) spot in this GPP.

QB - Cam Newton ($8,200) at Tennessee Titans (7.6% owned) - We have a repeat visitor from last week's FanDuel winning roster, and that's Cam Newton. The Titans may have their panties in a bunch as a result of Newton celebrating his touchdown run, but I have a sinking suspicion "jtppick6" isn't complaining about it. In fact, I don't have official confirmation, but "jtppick6" might just be working on the Dab dance. Newton showed off his versatility rushing for one score and passing for another. Cam's ability to beat teams with his arm and his legs makes him a weekly high-ceiling GPP option.

RB - Mark Ingram ($7,500) at Washington Redskins (12.8% owned) - Well, the game wasn't the close shootout oddsmakers projected, but even with the Saints getting drubbed by 33 points, Ingram was still able to total 98 yards from scrimmage while reeling in three receptions. The 11.3 fantasy points from Ingram were the low mark on this team, but it wasn't a complete clunker, and avoiding stink bombs is necessary to topping a monstrous GPP field like this one.

RB - Jeremy Langford ($6,200) at St. Louis Rams (3.7% owned) - Langford had a tough matchup with the Rams, but apparently he didn't get the memo as he shredded them on the ground and through the air. Langford churned out 73 yards and a touchdown on the ground, but he truly shined in the passing game with seven receptions on nine targets for 109 yards and a score. In all, it resulted in this squad's leading fantasy scoring output of 33,7 fantasy points. At just 3.7% ownership, Langford was a game-changer.

WR - Antonio Brown ($8,700) vs Cleveland Browns (7.1% owned) - Antonio Brown had never caught a touchdown pass from a quarterback other than Ben Roethlisberger before Sunday, when Landry Jones entered the game as the starter. Brown still hasn't caught a touchdown pass from another quarterback in his NFL career. Much to the delight of the 7.1% of gamers in this contest, and those who used Brown in other contests, Big Ben relieved an injured Jones and torched the Browns. The diminutive receiver exploded for 10-139-2 on 14 targets, and he and Roethlisberger remain arguably the most potent QB-WR stack in the business.

WR - Brandin Cooks ($7,200) at Washington Redskins (7.9% owned) - Like Ingram, Cooks wasn't burned by the game going off the rails and far from according to script. Unlike Ingram, Cooks did more than merely avoid a total clunker as he hauled in five of eight targets for 98 yards receiving and a pair of touchdown grabs. The logic of grabbing from the high total this game featured and the high over/under total sported by the Saints was correct, but in this case, it's better to be lucky than good as things didn't play out according to plan and Cooks still piled up 25.4 fantasy points.

WR - Martavis Bryant ($6,500) vs Cleveland Browns (5.9% owned) - Whelp, suffice to say, the Big Ben relief appearance was a big moneymaker for "jtppick6." Not only did they use Brown, they double-dipped and nabbed Bryant, too. Brown bested the second-year receiver in receptions and touchdown grabs, but the Clemson product led the way with 178 yards receiving on six receptions including a touchdown. Bryant is a big-play machine, and after the Steelers' bye week in Week 11, I'd expect much of the DFS community to flock to him down the stretch in GPPs.

TE - Greg Olsen ($6,300) at Tennessee Titans (12% owned) - Stacking's certainly not uncommon, and Olsen is clearly the number-one threat in the passing game for Cam to air it out to. Olsen failed to reach the end zone, but he turned in a workman-like line of 8-80 and a respectable 12 fantasy points.

K - Chandler Catanzaro ($4,700) at Seattle Seahawks (1.7% owned) - Per the usual, I'll cite my golden rule of sorts and say that anytime you can net 12-18 points from your kicker, you'll take it. Cantanzaro wasn't busy kicking a ton of field goals, but he banged in two from 50+ yards and another from under 40 yards while nailing four PATs.

DST - Pittsburgh Steelers ($4,600) vs Cleveland Browns (10% owned) - The Steelers defense allowed yardage aplenty to Johnny Football through the air, but they held their division rivals to just nine points and the running game for the Browns was non-existent. They forced three turnovers (one interception and two fumble recoveries), and they planted the aforementioned Manziel on his rear end six times. Add it all up and you've got a more than respectable 16 fantasy points.

Three players (or positions, since one is the DST), failed to crack 20 fantasy points, but others picked up the slack for "Tlewia." There was one chalky player who checked in with a 44.1% ownership rate, but no one else surpassed even the 18% ownership rate. In fact, five players checked in with sub-10% ownership rates. The diamonds in the rough delivered, and "Tlewia" became the latest DFS millionaire.

QB - Kirk Cousins ($5,200) vs New Orleans Saints (12.2% owned) - Cousins was understandably a semi-trendy GPP pick in Week 10. That's what happens when you face a Rob Ryan coached defense that's had no answers. Ryan's since been canned, and Cousins had a hand in hammering home the nail in his coffin by tossing four touchdown passes and ripping them for 324 yards passing. No team scored more points than the 47 the Redskins hung on the Saints. You like that? I'm guessing "Tlewia" does.

RB - Jeremy Langford ($4,800) at St. Louis Rams (4.7% owned) - Langford is one of two carryovers from the other winning roster. His receiving exploits were especially valuable on DraftKings, though, as he received a full point per reception for each of his seven grabs, and his 109 yards receiving resulted in a three-point bonus for besting the 100-yard receiving threshold. His ownership rate in the Millionaire Maker was only 1% higher than in the $3M FanDuel Million, and at under 5% ownership, he was a contrarian pick who helped catapult this roster to the top of the heap.

RB - Adrian Peterson ($7,100) at Oakland Raiders (9.9% owned) - AD moves into a first-place tie with O.J. Simpson with six games rushing for at least 200 yards in his career. Yes, 203 rushing yards is quite good. Along with the 100+ yard rushing bonus, Peterson rushed for a touchdown and caught two passes for 13 yards receiving. Peterson was the second highest scoring player on this squad, and one of the cornerstone players who powered the big cash.

WR - Kamar Aiken ($4,500) vs Jacksonville Jaguars (10.3% owned) - Aiken was a popular value play entering the week with Steve Smith Sr. lost for the remainder of the year, and he delivered in the lead role in the passing game. Joe Flacco bested 300 yards passing in large part thanks to Aiken ripping off 73 yards receiving on seven receptions. A lack of a touchdown held his scoring in check somewhat, but at $4,500, 14.3 points is a fine effort and did nothing to prevent this team from winning the Millionaire Maker.

WR - Martavis Bryant ($5,500) vs Cleveland Browns (6.6% owned) - Here's the other carryover from the FanDuel winning roster. Bryant was brilliant, and his yardage and receptions were even more valuable at DraftKings than at FanDuel as a result of the full-point PPR scoring and the 100+ yard receiving bonus.

WR - Allen Robinson ($6,700) at Baltimore Ravens (44.1% owned) - Robinson was a super chalky play this week, and nearly half of gamers in the Millionaire Maker used him. He didn't live up to the hype. A touchdown grab saved his otherwise disappointing line of five receptions for 51 yards receiving.

TE - Rob Gronkowski ($8,000) at New York Giants (17.6% owned) - Gronk's day wasn't going according to plan most of the game as it was Scott Chandler who was the tight end that reached the end zone first for the Patriots. Everything changed late in the game, though, as Gronk made a 76-yard house call to start the fourth quarter. The touchdown grab was a 17.6 point play when factoring in the fact it resulted in a 100+ yard receiving bonus.

FLEX - Charcandrick West ($4,800) at Denver Broncos (1.9% owned) - Jamaal Charles, who? West had to work for every yard he got on the ground rushing for just 69 on 24 carries, but he reached the end zone as a runner, and he was a beast in the passing game with three receptions for 92 yards and a touchdown. West made it five players on this roster that surpassed 30 fantasy points. It was a team effort winning the Millionaire Maker, and West was one of the key contributors, and a low-owned one at that with a sub-2% ownership rate.

DST - Cincinnati Bengals ($3,300) vs Houston Texans (4.5% owned) - The margin of victory for "Tlewia" was less than nine points, and with the second-place finisher featuring both Tyler Eifert and Marvin Jones, the sweat for first place in the Millionaire Maker was real this week. Despite the Bengals' loss, the defense played well tallying three sacks and one interception while holding the Texans to just 10 points.