Lineup Breakdown: Analysis of Week 14 Winning Lineups

The QB and WR combo will look familiar when you move from the winning roster of "wakely" in FanDuel's NFL Sunday Million to the winning roster of "TheBrewster" in the Millionaire Maker at DraftKings. That quartet of players laid the foundation for winning each GPP, but they were aided by some diamonds in the rough on each roster. Let's move on to the winning rosters and see who carried each team to glory.

The winning roster of the FanDuel NFL Sunday Million in Week 14 scored almost 20 fewer points than last week's winning lineup. Unlike last week's big winning lineup that featured three members of the Steelers, no team was represented by more than two players on this GPP winner.

QB - Russell Wilson ($8,500) at Baltimore Ravens (9.1% owned) - At this point, it's starting to feel like Wilson is playing Madden on rookie level against the competition. In Week 14, he tossed another five touchdown passes and added 292 yards passing and six yards rushing. The duel-threat QB is doing the bulk of his damage with his arm of late for the hot Seahawks, and with Thomas Rawls out for the remainder of the year, he'll likely be saddled with an even greater burden of the offensive workload. He'll likely be a popular play this week against the dreadful Browns even with some game-flow concerns as a result of a monstrous spread of 14.5 points.

RB - Lamar Miller ($6,600) vs New York Giants (15.2% owned) - This winning lineup didn't ascend to the top of the standings until the Monday Night Football shootout between the Dolphins and Giants. Miller wasn't utilized in the passing game, but he once again turned in a strong effort on the ground rushing for 89 yards and a pair of scores. Can anyone explain what former head coach Joe Philbin and former offensive coordinator Bill Lazor were thinking not featuring Miller more prominently in the offense? He's an electric back, and I have no idea what the since fired coaches were thinking.

RB - Tim Hightower ($4,500) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4% owned) - Mark Ingram's season-ending shoulder injury took people by surprise earlier in the week, and what was expected by many to be an RBBC turned into the Hightower show. Prior to latching on with the Saints this year, Hightower hadn't played in an NFL game since 2011 with Washington. Remarkably, he was tasked with a career-high 28 carries against the stout Buccaneer's run defense. He fought for 85 yards rushing and a touchdown while adding a reception for 10 yards. With 16 fantasy points, he easily provided value on his bargain-bin salary of $4,500. He also did so at a low ownership rate. Kudos to "wakely" for having the intestinal fortitude to roll the dice on Hightower.

WR - Odell Beckham Jr. ($9,300) at Miami Dolphins (24.7% owned) - The Dolphins have had zero answer for number-one receivers this year, and they're unlikely to improve upon their league worst rank, according to Football Outsiders, defending them after surrendering a 7-166-2 line to OBJ. OBJ's clowning on defenses now, but he'll face the ultimate challenge opposing Josh Norman and the Panthers in Week 15. Get your popcorn ready, folks.

WR - Doug Baldwin ($6,800) at Baltimore Ravens (17.2% owned) - Could Jimmy Graham's season-ending injury actually have been a blessing to the passing attack for the Seahawks? Maybe. Baldwin's heater actually began before Graham went down, but he's been the clear-cut top option for Wilson of late, and he added another six receptions for 82 yards receiving and three touchdowns to his season line. Baldwin's caught eight touchdowns in the last three weeks combined, and finally, his salary at FanDuel is commensurate with that of a top-flight receiver and sits at $7,400 for Week 15. Perhaps that will suppress his ownership a few ticks, but don't expect the Browns to slow him down.

WR - Brandon Marshall ($8,200) vs Tennessee Titans (15.8% owned) - Ryan Fitzpatrick is enjoying a career season, and he should treat his receivers after the soon-to-bee free agent signs what will likely end up an ill-advised overpay in the offseason. Getting back to the topic at hand, Marshall has made the Bears look foolish for giving him away. In Week 14, he turned in a line of 6-125-1. The game represented his third straight of reaching at least 125 yards receiving and his six straight game with a touchdown grab. In fact, he's found pay dirt in more games than he's been held out of the end zone with touchdown grabs in 10 of 13 games. He's been targeted at least seven times in every game this year and he's been one of the most productive wide outs in the league. With that in mind, he feels under owned in last week's contest in retrospect. While all the shiny new toys at wide receiver are getting love, Marshall should be on gamer's radars the remainder of the year.

TE - Jordan Reed ($5,900) at Chicago Bears (5% owned) - Kirk Cousins didn't turn in another one of his patented road clunkers in Week 14, and Reed was the primary beneficiary reeling in Cousins' only touchdown pass as well as eight more receptions (nine total) for 120 yards receiving. Reed's stayed healthy most of this season, and he's been very productive. That said, last week was the first time he bested 100 yards receiving this season. I think it's safe to assume "wakely" was pleased Reed turned in his best game of the season.

K - Gaham Gano ($4,900) vs Atlanta Falcons (10.3% owned) - Gano didn't reach double-digit points, but his eight points were enough to keep this team from toppling out of the top spot.

DST - Carolina Panthers ($5,000) vs Atlanta Falcons (7.2% owned) - Paired with Gano was the Panthers defense, and while Gano didn't deliver a big score relative to his peers, the Panthers did in shutting out the visiting Falcons. In addition to shutting out the Falcons for 10 fantasy points, they racked up five sacks (five fantasy points), two interceptions (four fantasy points) and two fumble recoveries (four fantasy points). In all, they surpassed the 20 fantasy point plateau and did so without scoring a touchdown! It's safe to say the defense got back on track after getting picked apart by Drew Brees in New Orleans.

Last week, the Millionaire Maker winning roster on DraftKings was even more Steeler-centric than the winning roster in FanDuel's NFL Sunday Million and featured a whopping five players donning black and yellow. As was the case for the previously discussed big GPP winner, the winning lineup of "TheBrewster" included no more than two players from the same team. It also featured a wide span of ownership rates from as high as 28.6% to as low as 0.3%.

QB - Russell Wilson ($6,300) at Baltimore Ravens (13.2% owned) - No yardage bonus for Wilson at DraftKings, so his fantasy point output at DraftKings in Week 14 was an identical 32.28 points to what he posted on FanDuel.

RB - Isaiah Crowell ($3,400) vs San Francisco 49ers (0.3% owned) - Even upon going back and handicapping Week 14 after the fact, I would have never talked myself into using Crowell against the soft run defense of the 49ers. I wasn't alone in ignoring him, and Crowell is one of the lowest owned players on a Millionaire Maker winning lineup this year. The second-year back exploded out of nowhere for 145 yards rushing and a pair of touchdown runs plus one reception for nine yards receiving. As a gamer, I hope he gets a lemming boost in Week 15 against the stingy run defense of the Seahawks.

RB - Eddie Lacy ($4,700) vs Dallas Cowboys (5.0% owned) - Lacy was another excellent, low-owned pick. Apparently "TheBrewster" was willing to buy into the week-long hype from head coach Mike McCarthy, who said Lacy turned in an impressive week of practice. In a rare case of coach talk turning into actual production, Lacy rumbled for 124 yards rushing and a touchdown with a reception for 24 yards receiving. Getting 56.2 fantasy points from a backfield is a nice day at the office, and doing so using only $8,100 of salary is a steal.

WR - Doug Baldwin ($4,500) at Baltimore Ravens (28.6% owned) - The Wilson-Baldwin stack didn't just payoff for "wakely," it also did for "TheBrewster." Baldwin didn't surpass 100 yards receiving, so like Wilson, he didn't net a yardage bonus, but he did score a bit more at DraftKings as a result of the full-point awarded per reception. Unlike at FanDuel, Baldwin's salary remains a farce in Week 15 sitting at $5,800. Hello chalk play again this week.

WR - Odell Beckham Jr. ($9,100) at Miami Dolphins (26.4% owned) - The inclusion of a FLEX position at DK probably attributed to his slightly higher ownership there than at FD, but as his aforementioned statistical contribution suggests, he left the gamers who turned to him on both sites happy.

WR - Brandon Marshall ($7,600) vs Tennessee Titans (19.3% owned) - You can essentially apply OBJ's write-up above to Marshall. The wide receiver trio used for both big GPP winning lineups embarrassed the defenses they played and helped these two gamers win big bucks.

TE - Julius Thomas ($4,200) vs Indianapolis Colts (8.1% owned) - Blake Bortles continues to be a fantasy darling at quarterback, and while that hasn't meant much for Thomas most of the year, it did in Week 14. Both of the Allens reached the end zone, but so did Thomas. Allen Robinson did next to nothing from a yardage perspective, and Thomas was one of the beneficiaries totaling 54 yards receiving on five grabs. His 16.4 fantasy points made him the second lowest scoring member of this roster, but it wasn't a bad showing at Thomas' cost.

FLEX - Alshon Jeffery ($6,900) vs Washington Redskins (14.1% owned) - With a a full point awarded per reception, it's rarely a bad idea to fill the FLEX with a wide out, and Jeffery delivered a hearty line of 6-107-1. Jeffery was the fourth member of the team to earn a yardage bonus, and with the exception of the defense (spoiler alert), everyone else on this team scored at least one touchdown.

DST - Kansas City Chiefs ($3,200) vs San Diego Chargers (17.0% owned) - The Chiefs didn't score a touchdown, but that's about the only knock against their Week 14 showing. They yielded only three points to the Chargers while recording five sacks and tallying one interception. The Chiefs are rolling, and they have another awesome matchup and favorable spread this week, so another ownership rate around 20% in GPPs should be in the offing.