Underdog Wednesday: Needing the Highest Scoring Player at QB & TE in a Given Week to Win, What That Means and More... (BB+ | Episode 41 w/Hilow)

NEW WEEKLY WINNERS FORMAT -Weekly Winners -261,000 entries -$15, 150-max -$20,000 top prize per week -min cash of $10 for top 1,001-7,315 (0.38%-2.8%) -47% chance to min cash at least once THEORY -In a contest with 261,000 entries, likely going to need the highest scoring player at QB and TE in a given week to win. -QB/TE stacks -Week 1: Mahomes/Kelce * -Week 2: Lamar Jackson/Mark Andrews * -Week 3: Lamar Jackson/Mark Andrews * -Week 4: Jared Goff/TJ Hockenson * -Week 5: Josh Allen/Taysom Hill -Week 6: Joe Burrow/Mike Gesicki (2 TD) -Week 7: Joe Burrow/George Kittle -Week 8: Tua/Ty Conklin (2 TD) -Week 9: Fields/Goedert (Kmet 2nd) -Week 10: Fields/Kmet * -Week 11: Joe Burrow/Travis Kelce -Week 12: Josh Allen/Dalton Schultz (2 TD) -Week 13: Jalen Hurts/Taysom Hill -Week 14: Trevor Lawrence/Evan Engram* -Week 15: Jalen Hurts/George Kittle -Week 16: Dak/Hockenson -Week 17: Tom Brady/Dalton Schultz -6/17 QB/TE stack was optimal -12/17 optimal QB was on of top 5 QBs being drafted -Only Burrow was optimal more than twice (3) WIDE RECEIVERS -Adams x3, CeeDee x2, Chase x2, Mike Evans x2, Justin Jefferson x2 (top 3 an astonishing 7 times) RUNNING BACKS -Josh Jacobs x3, Austin Ekeler x2, Jerick McKinnon x2 THEORETICAL OPTIMAL -1/3/13/1 -Theoretically optimal to align bye weeks at RB PRACTICAL -3/3/9/3 -NEED optimal QB and TE, but we know generally where those are coming from at a high rate and we know stacking QB with TE increases hit rate -Tier 1 WR above all else in this format -More leeway with RBs -Very clear blueprint to attack these contests -Round 1/2 WR, elite QB paired with his TE, middle round boom WRs (Lockett, Bateman, Gabe Davis, Kadarius Toney, Mike Evans), mix in middle-late round, variant RBs with round 3-5 RBs