The Milly Maker is a large-field GPP (guaranteed prize pool), and it usually takes a highly correlated lineup to win those types of tournaments.

Week 7 was no different with theHman utilizing three game stacks to secure first place and the grand prize of a million dollars. His primary stack featured players from the Lions-Vikings matchup — Sam Darnold (17.26 DraftKings points), Justin Jefferson (21.4), Jahmyr Gibbs (35) and Amon-Ra St. Brown (28.2) — one of three games on the main slate with an over/under above 50.

Both Gibbs and St. Brown had their best fantasy performances of the season.

Pairing the Chiefs’ Kareem Hunt (22.3) with Mecole Hardman (12.5) provided some leverage since Hardman was only used in 0.9% of the tourney lineups.

The stroke of genius was pairing two Browns pass catchers with the defense they were facing, a truly outside-the-box choice. There was a target vacuum in Cleveland after Amari Cooper was traded to Buffalo, so tight end David Njoku (23.6) and Elijah Moore (10.1) helped fill the void, largely thanks to PPR volume. Njoku and Moore had 16 receptions combined.

The Bengals finished with four sacks, two interceptions and scored a defensive touchdown. Pairing them with reception-dependent opponents who might have a hard time hitting paydirt made for a unique build.

Last week, The Lineup was also very highly correlated, but I focused primarily on those three potentially high-scoring affairs.

I included both Jefferson and Gibbs, but also went with a Geno Smith (17.78)-DK Metcalf (19.9)-Drake London (18.3) double-stack from the Seahawks-Falcons matchup.

Anticipating the Commanders-Panthers being a blowout (it was), I stacked Brian Robinson Jr. (13.1) with Jalen Coker, a punt option who only got me two points.

I was more conventional than theHman, stacking the Giants defense (4) with Eagles tight end Grant Calcaterra (1.5), and both disappointed.

I clearly had the right idea, and still cashed ($20 on a $10 entry) on a low-scoring week, but could have been a little more imaginative in retrospect.

Correlation gives you a better chance of hitting a really big score.

For fantasy purposes, it’s important to remember the two most prevalent types of correlation: positive and negative.

Positive correlation is when two variables move in tandem, like a wide receiver and his quarterback.

Negative correlation is when one variable increases as the other variable decreases, or vice versa, like how my wife’s mood is negatively correlated with me spending an hour trying to convince her “The Empire Strikes Back” is the greatest movie of all-time after she asks me where we should go for dinner.