Lineup Breakdown: Analysis of Week 12 Winning Lineups

Scoring was back up again this week for the big GPP winning lineups. After last week's FanDuel Sunday Million winner took the tourney down with a score of 173.10, this week's winner, "bigneo," won with a score of 208.90. At DraftKings, last week's Millionaire Maker won with a final score of 210.74, and this week, "keasy," won with a score of 256.7 points. Like last week, there were four overlapping players between the two big winning rosters. Let's throw both of these winning rosters under the microscope.

A staggering four players exceeded 30 fantasy points this week. The low scorer on the roster was the kicker, and he was the only player who posted a single-digit scoring output. Only two players on the roster were owned on more than 15% of FanDuel Sunday Million rosters, and five players were owned on less than 5% of rosters.

QB - Russel Wilson ($7,600) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (3.2% owned) - Cam Newton's streak of being the signal caller on the FanDuel Sunday Million roster was snapped last week, and now Wilson is on a back-to-back week run of being the quarterback on a FanDuel Sunday Million roster. Last week, he scored a ho-hum 25.4 fantasy points, and this week he bumped his scoring up to 35.2 fantasy points passing for 345 yards and five touchdowns while adding 14 yards rushing. He's a duel-threat quarterback, but he did the damage with his arm this week and he's in good form. Expect his ownership to get a bump this week.

RB - Adrian Peterson ($9,000) at Atlanta Falcons (13.2% owned) - Peterson isn't your normal running back and he's not aging like one. He made the most of a great matchup by rushing for 158 yards and a pair of scores while adding two receptions for 29 yards receiving for good measure. Gamers didn't completely sleep on him as he was owned on 13.2% of FanDuel Sunday Million teams, but he was under owned. Even with a tough draw against the Seahawks this week, it's hard to envision his ownership dropping coming off of a big game.

RB - Christopher Ivory ($7,000) vs Miami Dolphins (10.3% owned) - "bigneo" veered away from the chalk, Thomas Rawls, and they weren't burned thanks to a healthy 17.2 fantasy points from Ivory on 87 yards rushing with a touchdown and 15 yards receiving on a pair of receptions.

WR - Odell Beckham Jr. ($9,100) at Washington Redskins (35.8% owned) - OBJ was by far the chalkiest pick on this team, but he delivered with a 9-142-1 line. He made a hell of a touchdown grab, and while I won't be one of the fools who compares it to last year's unreal catch, it was quite the beauty in its own right.

WR - Doug Baldwin ($5,300) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (1% owned) - This pick was a game changer. Instead of stacking Wilson with his tight end, Jimmy Graham, "bigneo" paired him with his number-one receiver, and Baldwin played like a stud leading this team in scoring with 35.5 fantasy points. He caught three, yup three, touchdowns on six grabs while rattling off 145 yards receiving. What a monster showing.

WR - Sammy Watkins ($6,800) at Kansas City Chiefs (1.8% owned) - Wow, another receiver at under 2% ownership who bested 30 fantasy points. Watkins' big game was racked up in the first half, but what a first half it was. His final line was 6-158-2, and the Chiefs continue to be a team you want to target with wide receivers.

TE - Jordan Reed ($5,800) vs New York Giants (17.1% owned) - Reed was a popular pick this week thanks to a matchup with the Giants. The G-Men have been one of the most fantasy point giving squads to tight ends this year. Reed failed to reach the end zone, but he was plenty worth his $5,800 salary catching eight balls for 98 yards receiving.

K - Blair Walsh ($4,700) at Atlanta Falcons (4.3% owned) - Walsh failed to hit my sweet spot for fantasy scoring from a kicker, but his eight points was good enough to keep this team from tumbling out of first place in the FanDuel Sunday Million.

DST - Minnesota Vikings ($4,400) at Atlanta Falcons (1.1% owned) - The Vikings weren't a popular value play on defense in Week 12, but they turned in a nice bounce-back game after struggling with the Packers the week before. The Vikings allowed just 10 fantasy points while forcing three turnovers (two interceptions and a fumble recovery) with two sacks. When your fantasy defense reaches double-digit points, they've done their job.

Only one "player," in this case the defense, failed to reach double digits in fantasy points on the winning Millionaire Maker roster. There was a blend of chalk (three players owned on 23% or more of Millionaire Maker rosters) and hidden gems (five players owned on 5.1% of rosters or less). There were big scorers aplenty with five players besting 32 fantasy points and another pair of players besting 21 fantasy points for giggles.

QB - Russell Wilson ($6,000) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (3.3% owned) - Wilson is the first of the four carryover players from the FanDuel Sunday Million winning roster. His fantasy point output was a bit higher at DraftKings thanks to picking up a 300+ yard passing bonus.

RB - Adrian Peterson ($7,300) at Atlanta Falcons (23.6% owned) - Peterson is the second carryover from the FanDuel Sunday Million roster, and thanks to a more cap-friendly salary and FLEX spot, he was owned on a higher percentage of rosters. That said, he was on less than a quarter of rosters. Yes, he was semi-chalky, but at his price point he should have been higher owned.

RB - Thomas Rawls ($4,500) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (28.4% owned) - Rawls was the second chalkiest selection on this team, and I'm a bit surprised to see he failed to surpass the 30% ownership threshold. I actually expected him to best 40% ownership. His encore to his big Week 11 showing was a bit disappointing, but 14.1 fantasy points at $4,500 isn't too shabby.

WR - Doug Baldwin ($3,800) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (2.7% owned) - Like "bigneo," "Keasy" nailed it with a Wilson-Baldwin stack. Suffice to say his top-five Cafe Value at wide receiver in DraftKings games proved to be correct, and he blew the projection out of the park just for giggles.

WR - Odell Beckham Jr. ($8,700) at Washington Redskins (39.2% owned) - OBJ was the final carryover player from the FanDuel Sunday Million roster, and like the other three carryovers, his scoring got a further boost at DraftKings thanks to the yardage bonuses at DraftKings. He torched the Redskins in a losing effort and remains one of the best receivers in the game.

WR - Jarvis Landry ($6,600) at New York Jets (2.5% owned) - Landry was a garbage-time hero for me on a season-long team, but it's safe to say "Keasy" probably appreciated his work a tiny bit more than me. The second-year wide receiver bested his fellow second-year wide out and former LSU teammate OBJ in fantasy scoring by torching the Jets for 13-165-1 on 16 targets. At 2.5% ownership, this was one of the hidden gems who powered the team to the top.

TE - Julius Thomas ($3,400) vs San Diego Chargers (4.4% owned) - The Jaguars expected Thomas to be a dynamic playmaker in their offense, and he finally balled out in Week 12 catching nine balls, including one touchdown, for 116 receiving yards. His schedule is favorable down the stretch, so expect to see his ownership on the rise in the final weeks of the regular season. Throw in injuries to Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski, and the days of getting Thomas at sub-5% ownership are a thing of the past.

FLEX - Amari Cooper ($6,800) at Tennessee Titans (5.1% owned) - Cooper was coming off of a nightmare one grab for four reception showing against the Lions the week before. He bounced back like the burgeoning stud he is, and totaled 115 yards receiving on seven grabs. It was his fourth 100+ yard receiving effort of the year, but his first since Week 7. By and large, Cooper has been good this year, and "Keasy's" faith in him in Week 12 paid off.

DST - Kansas City Chiefs ($2,800) vs Buffalo Bills (20.3% owned) - The Chiefs have been on quite the roll, and the defense played a huge role in their recent run of success. That helped fuel their ownership at a perceived bargain price, but ultimately they turned in a disappointing five fantasy points on two fumble recoveries and one sack while allowing 22 points to the Bills. The lackluster showing wasn't enough to knock this team off its perch as the Millionaire Maker winning roster in Week 12.