Here’s what happened in the two largest DFS tournaments this weekend, in case you missed it.

DraftKings Millionaire Maker Champion:
dirty6613 (2) (263.5)

QB Matthew Stafford – 37.9 (4.6%)
RB LeGarrete Blount – 23.4 (14.5%)
RB Chris Ivory – 31.6 (19.6%)
WR DeAndre Hopkins – 39.8 (33%)
WR Alshon Jeffery – 31.7 (3.4%)
WR Calvin Johnson – 31.6 (11.6%)
TE Julius Thomas – 20.8 (2.3%)
FLEX Steve Smith Sr. – 29.7 (1.5%)
DEF Broncos – 17 (15.9%)

Dirty6613 obliterated the Millionaire Maker competition by 15 points with this finely-crafted lineup. Dirty began with a classic Stafford/Megatron stack that had been underwhelming thus far (read: low-owned) but found itself in a lucrative matchup. He outlined his composition with some affordable chalk (Blount, Ivory, Broncos), added a lovely tournament play (Teal Julius), and rounded it out with a corps of #1 WRs in superb matchups.

Hopkins was the obvious one and Megatron was part of his stack, but Jeffery and Steve Smith distinguished his lineup.

It’s pretty obvious he closely monitored and massaged his lineups all the way up and through gameday. Neither Jeffery nor Smith was really expected to play before Sunday morning, taking them out of consideration for anyone who built their lineups before Sunday. This pool includes mostly casual players, but we should note that high-volume lineup spammers also have trouble adjusting their lineups for questionable players with everything they need to manage on a Sunday morning.

Both receivers figured to be highly-targeted in premium matchups if they could stay on the field, but both were way under-owned because of their injury situations. At their deflated prices, Jeffery and Smith would have been chalk in a fully-healthy week. Dirty snagged them as contrarians.

FanDuel Sunday Million Champion:
adrianbeatyerson (205.8)

QB Matthew Stafford – 34.0 (5.2%)
RB Matt Forte – 18.4 (19.2%)
RB Christopher Ivory – 27.1 (18.8%)
WR Keenan Allen – 22.7 (3.2%)
WR John Brown – 22.6 (3.6%)
WR DeAndre Hopkins – 31.8 (32.2%)
TE Travis Kelce – 11.3 (3.3%)
K Matt Prater – 13 (2.6%)
DEF Miami Dolphins – 24 (1.6%)

About the time Keenan Allen made his 14th catch of the afternoon Sunday, I asked a friend if he was surprised Allen had accrued so many in that matchup. He said that he wasn’t surprised in the slightest, but hadn’t played Allen in any of his lineups.

Allen’s volume shouldn’t have shocked any of us. He was the #1 receiver in a pass-heavy offense, playing as a road underdog in a game with a high over-under. Allen had already posted two double-digit catch games, snagging 15 in Week 1 and another 13 in Week 2. Although Antonio Gates had returned, #2 WR Stevie Johnson was still out.

But Allen was only 3.2% owned in the FanDuelSunday Million and just 2% in the DraftKings Millionaire Maker. He was coming off two relatively quiet games (though he posted double-digit PPR scores in both), but most importantly, Allen found himself priced alongside some of the week’s most popular receivers.

On DraftKings, Allen was actually the exact same price as Julian Edelman, Rob Gronkowski, and AJ Green, with Hopkins just $100 more. Larry Fitzgerald and Brandon Marshall lurked a few hundred below. On FanDuel, Allen was $200 less than the 41% owned Edelman and $200 more than the 28% owned Fitzgerald.

When we’re playing for first place, which is the only thing we should be considering in a tournament like the Sunday Million with a 65% drop-off between first and second place prizes and an 85% drop-off between first and third, it’s okay to give up a little expectation to choose lesser-owned players.

We might project Edelman and Fitz for a couple more fantasy points than Allen, but if Allen goes off, we get an edge on 97% of the field instead of just two-thirds or half of it. We should actually be looking to use the inferior (or just less-appreciated) player when he’s priced similarly to popular competitors as long as the expectation is close.