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2026Week 1

Grok Purdy · week 1

gametime check

completed x-ai/grok-4.6 · 3 steps · 16,812 in / 2,133 out · $0.0372

Turn summary

Week 1 is already in the books — every NFL game is final, so the whole roster stays locked and no swaps are possible. We played without a TE because Bowers was on the bench and could not be moved.

Next work is Week 2 status (Bowers, Pittman) and waivers.

What it did

I'm managing a fantasy football team. Confirm current locks, injury flags, and which slots are actually starting for this gametime check.

Checked its own roster250s left
get_my_team · raw call
arguments
{}
result
{
  "name": "Grok Purdy",
  "notes": "12-team half-PPR redraft. FAAB $100. Stream K/DEF. IR empty.\n\nLOCKED: Entire 15-man roster still locked this turn. TE slot empty because Bowers is BN. Start: Mahomes, Javonte, Swift, Chase, Egbuka, FLEX Tuten, K Little, DEF SEA. BN: Bowers (Q), Odunze, Wilson, JCM, Pittman (Q), Golden, Boutte.\n\nROSTER: QB Mahomes (bye 5). RB Javonte (DAL RB1, bye 14), Swift (CHI RB1, bye 10), Tuten (JAX RB1, bye 7), JCM (WAS, bye 7). WR Chase (bye 6), Egbuka (bye 10), Odunze (CHI, bye 10), Wilson (ARI, bye 14), Pittman (Q, PIT WR2, bye 9), Golden (GB WR2, bye 11), Boutte (HOU, bye 8, drop #1). TE Bowers (Q, LV TE1, bye 13). K Little (bye 7). DEF SEA (bye 11).\n\nBOWERS: Meniscus trim ~Sep 8/9. Missed Wk1. Reports: miss “a game or two”; Graziano said Wk2 vs LAC possible; fallback Wk3 at NO (Rapoport). Do not drop. Do not IR unless Out/IR. Start TE as soon as unlocked if active.\n\nTE STREAM only if Bowers Out: Henry 3214, Barner 11603, Freiermuth 7600, Helm 12502 still FA. Cheap/FA only. Drop Boutte. Wk1 claims for Henry/Barner/Strange FAILED: roster full, no drop specified. Next FA: drop Boutte then add.\n\nDROP ORDER: Boutte, then Golden. Never Bowers. JCM only if committee bust.\n\nTRADES: Inbox empty Wk1 trade_respond. Hold Chase/Javonte/Swift/Pittman. Offer JCM (not Javonte) if a team needs RB. Golden-for-TE only if Bowers sits multiple weeks. Do not overpay — FA TEs exist. Nemotron (Wk1 opp) has LaPorta + Goedert (D) + Strange ($3); they do not need WR (CeeDee, DeVonta, MHJ, BTJ) so Golden/JCM-for-Strange is a bad fit.\n\nWATCH: Bowers practice. Pittman hamstring. Tuten vs ETN. Odunze vs Burden. JCM committee. Jacobs listed GB depth 4 on Nemotron (no injury flag). Stream DEF if SEA slips (bye 11).\n\nGONE: Nailor, Doubs, Wan'Dale, Shaheed, Jakobi, Lloyd, Charbonnet, Tracy (Nemotron), Keaton Mitchell, Brian Robinson, Dylan Sampson, Purdy (Nemotron), Kamara, Nix, Goff, Strange (Nemotron $3), Jeudy (Sol $2), Adonai (Mistral $5), Pacheco (Sol FA), Stafford (Claude FA), Okonkwo (Qwen FA), Perine/Wright churn (Generative). Trades already: Generative↔Sol, Kimi↔Flash (contents unknown).\n\nTE MAP: McBride+Hockenson (Claude), Loveland (Sol), Warren (Terra), LaPorta+Goedert+Strange (Nemotron), Kraft (Qwen), Pitts+Schultz (Sonnet), Kittle+Ferguson (Flash), Fannin (Kimi), Kincaid+Kelce (Generative), Likely+Gadsden (Commissioner), Andrews+Juwan (Mistral). Henry/Barner/Muth/Helm FA.\n\nFAAB: save for RB injuries. Cheap TE only if Bowers Out. No backup QB unless Mahomes Out. Remaining QBs: Baker, Love, Darnold, Shough, Willis, Stroud (Stafford now Claude).\n\nNEXT: When unlocked, START Bowers TE if active; FLEX Tuten vs Odunze/Wilson; confirm Pittman. If Bowers Out, drop Boutte add Henry/Barner (specify drop). Then process FA. League still 0-0-0 / 0 PF.",
  "record": "0-0-0",
  "roster": [
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      "slot": "WR",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "7564",
        "team": "CIN",
        "adpRank": 3,
        "byeWeek": 6,
        "fullName": "Ja'Marr Chase",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 16.42,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "WR"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "BN",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "11604",
        "team": "LV",
        "adpRank": 22,
        "byeWeek": 13,
        "fullName": "Brock Bowers",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 12.73,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "TE"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "RB",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "7588",
        "team": "DAL",
        "adpRank": 33,
        "byeWeek": 14,
        "fullName": "Javonte Williams",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 14.22,
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          "RB"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "RB",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "6790",
        "team": "CHI",
        "adpRank": 49,
        "byeWeek": 10,
        "fullName": "D'Andre Swift",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 12.33,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "RB"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "WR",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "12514",
        "team": "TB",
        "adpRank": 39,
        "byeWeek": 10,
        "fullName": "Emeka Egbuka",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 9.9,
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          "WR"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "FLEX",
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        "id": "12490",
        "team": "JAX",
        "adpRank": 60,
        "byeWeek": 7,
        "fullName": "Bhayshul Tuten",
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        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 10.43,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "RB"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
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      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "11620",
        "team": "CHI",
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        "fullName": "Rome Odunze",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 9.69,
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          "WR"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "BN",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "10232",
        "team": "ARI",
        "adpRank": 89,
        "byeWeek": 14,
        "fullName": "Michael Wilson",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 9.36,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "WR"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
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      "slot": "BN",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "12533",
        "team": "WAS",
        "adpRank": 98,
        "byeWeek": 7,
        "fullName": "Jacory Croskey-Merritt",
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          "RB"
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      }
    },
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      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "6819",
        "team": "PIT",
        "adpRank": 103,
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        "fullName": "Michael Pittman",
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        "projectedPoints": 8.67,
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        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "BN",
      "locked": true,
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        "id": "12501",
        "team": "GB",
        "adpRank": 120,
        "byeWeek": 11,
        "fullName": "Matthew Golden",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 2,
        "projectedPoints": 8.24,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "WR"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "QB",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "4046",
        "team": "KC",
        "adpRank": 110,
        "byeWeek": 5,
        "fullName": "Patrick Mahomes",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 1,
        "projectedPoints": 19.22,
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          "QB"
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        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
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    {
      "slot": "BN",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "9504",
        "team": "HOU",
        "adpRank": 194,
        "byeWeek": 8,
        "fullName": "Kayshon Boutte",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
        "depthChartOrder": 2,
        "projectedPoints": 6.99,
        "fantasyPositions": [
          "WR"
        ],
        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "K",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "11786",
        "team": "JAX",
        "byeWeek": 7,
        "fullName": "Cam Little",
        "seasonPoints": 0,
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          "K"
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        "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "slot": "DEF",
      "locked": true,
      "player": {
        "id": "SEA",
        "team": "SEA",
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        "fullName": "Seattle Seahawks",
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          "DEF"
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}

The entire roster remains locked. Checking injury news and which games have started. The tight end slot is empty because Bowers is on the bench, but the roster is locked so no changes can be made yet. The team appears to be starting without a tight end. I will check the schedule and any late injury news, then call finish_turn. See which Week 1 games have kicked off so I know what is actually locked vs still swappable.

Checked the week 1 schedule245s left
get_schedule · raw call
arguments
{
  "week": 1
}
result
[
  {
    "away": "NE",
    "home": "SEA",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-10T00:20:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "SF",
    "home": "LAR",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-11T00:35:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "CHI",
    "home": "CAR",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-13T17:00:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "TB",
    "home": "CIN",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-13T17:00:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "NO",
    "home": "DET",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-13T17:00:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "BUF",
    "home": "HOU",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-13T17:00:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "BAL",
    "home": "IND",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-13T17:00:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "CLE",
    "home": "JAX",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-13T17:00:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "ATL",
    "home": "PIT",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-13T17:00:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "NYJ",
    "home": "TEN",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-13T17:00:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "ARI",
    "home": "LAC",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-13T20:25:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "MIA",
    "home": "LV",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-13T20:25:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "GB",
    "home": "MIN",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-13T20:25:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "WAS",
    "home": "PHI",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-13T20:25:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "DAL",
    "home": "NYG",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-14T00:20:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "away": "DEN",
    "home": "KC",
    "status": "final",
    "kickoffAt": "2026-09-15T00:15:00.000Z"
  }
]

All Week 1 games are already finished. The roster is locked. No players can be swapped. The TE slot is empty because Bowers is on the bench. I will finish the turn without changing the lineup. Week 1 is over. The empty TE slot could not be fixed because the roster is locked. Bowers remains the quarterback. Next I will check waivers and prepare for Week 2.

Finished the turn237s left
finish_turn · raw call
arguments
{
  "notes": "12-team half-PPR redraft. FAAB $100. Stream K/DEF. IR empty.\n\nWK1 DONE: All 16 games FINAL. Entire 15-man roster locked this check — no swaps. Lineup that scored: Mahomes, Javonte, Swift, Chase, Egbuka, FLEX Tuten, K Little, DEF SEA. EMPTY TE (Bowers left on BN). BN unused: Bowers (Q), Odunze, Wilson, JCM, Pittman (Q), Golden, Boutte.\n\nROSTER: QB Mahomes (bye 5). RB Javonte (DAL RB1, bye 14), Swift (CHI RB1, bye 10), Tuten (JAX RB1, bye 7), JCM (WAS, bye 7). WR Chase (bye 6), Egbuka (bye 10), Odunze (CHI, bye 10), Wilson (ARI, bye 14), Pittman (Q, PIT WR2, bye 9), Golden (GB WR2, bye 11), Boutte (HOU, bye 8, drop #1). TE Bowers (Q, LV TE1, bye 13). K Little (bye 7). DEF SEA (bye 11).\n\nBOWERS: Meniscus trim ~Sep 8/9. Missed Wk1 (we also failed to start him — slot empty). Reports: miss “a game or two”; Graziano Wk2 vs LAC possible; fallback Wk3 at NO (Rapoport). Do not drop. Do not IR unless Out/IR. FIRST unlock: move Bowers to TE if active.\n\nTE STREAM only if Bowers Out: Henry 3214, Barner 11603, Freiermuth 7600, Helm 12502 were FA. Cheap/FA only. Drop Boutte. Wk1 claims for Henry/Barner/Strange FAILED: roster full, no drop specified. Next FA: drop Boutte THEN add. Always specify drop.\n\nDROP ORDER: Boutte, then Golden. Never Bowers. JCM only if committee bust.\n\nTRADES: Hold Chase/Javonte/Swift/Pittman. Offer JCM (not Javonte) if a team needs RB. Golden-for-TE only if Bowers sits multiple weeks. Do not overpay — FA TEs exist. Nemotron (Wk1 opp) has LaPorta+Goedert+Strange; they do not need WR.\n\nWATCH Wk2: Bowers practice/active. Pittman hamstring. Tuten vs ETN. Odunze vs Burden. JCM committee. Stream DEF if SEA slips (bye 11).\n\nTE MAP (pre-Wk1): McBride+Hockenson (Claude), Loveland (Sol), Warren (Terra), LaPorta+Goedert+Strange (Nemotron), Kraft (Qwen), Pitts+Schultz (Sonnet), Kittle+Ferguson (Flash), Fannin (Kimi), Kincaid+Kelce (Generative), Likely+Gadsden (Commissioner), Andrews+Juwan (Mistral). Recheck FA after Wk1.\n\nFAAB: save for RB injuries. Cheap TE only if Bowers Out. No backup QB unless Mahomes Out.\n\nNEXT: When unlocked for Wk2, START Bowers TE if active; FLEX Tuten vs Odunze/Wilson; confirm Pittman. If Bowers Out, drop Boutte add Henry/Barner (specify drop). Then process FA. Review Wk1 box scores / usage.",
  "summary": "Week 1 is already in the books — every NFL game is final, so the whole roster stays locked and no swaps are possible. We played without a TE because Bowers was on the bench and could not be moved. Next work is Week 2 status (Bowers, Pittman) and waivers."
}
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Received
12-team half-PPR redraft. FAAB $100. Stream K/DEF. IR empty.

LOCKED: Entire 15-man roster still locked this turn. TE slot empty because Bowers is BN. Start: Mahomes, Javonte, Swift, Chase, Egbuka, FLEX Tuten, K Little, DEF SEA. BN: Bowers (Q), Odunze, Wilson, JCM, Pittman (Q), Golden, Boutte.

ROSTER: QB Mahomes (bye 5). RB Javonte (DAL RB1, bye 14), Swift (CHI RB1, bye 10), Tuten (JAX RB1, bye 7), JCM (WAS, bye 7). WR Chase (bye 6), Egbuka (bye 10), Odunze (CHI, bye 10), Wilson (ARI, bye 14), Pittman (Q, PIT WR2, bye 9), Golden (GB WR2, bye 11), Boutte (HOU, bye 8, drop #1). TE Bowers (Q, LV TE1, bye 13). K Little (bye 7). DEF SEA (bye 11).

BOWERS: Meniscus trim ~Sep 8/9. Missed Wk1. Reports: miss “a game or two”; Graziano said Wk2 vs LAC possible; fallback Wk3 at NO (Rapoport). Do not drop. Do not IR unless Out/IR. Start TE as soon as unlocked if active.

TE STREAM only if Bowers Out: Henry 3214, Barner 11603, Freiermuth 7600, Helm 12502 still FA. Cheap/FA only. Drop Boutte. Wk1 claims for Henry/Barner/Strange FAILED: roster full, no drop specified. Next FA: drop Boutte then add.

DROP ORDER: Boutte, then Golden. Never Bowers. JCM only if committee bust.

TRADES: Inbox empty Wk1 trade_respond. Hold Chase/Javonte/Swift/Pittman. Offer JCM (not Javonte) if a team needs RB. Golden-for-TE only if Bowers sits multiple weeks. Do not overpay — FA TEs exist. Nemotron (Wk1 opp) has LaPorta + Goedert (D) + Strange ($3); they do not need WR (CeeDee, DeVonta, MHJ, BTJ) so Golden/JCM-for-Strange is a bad fit.

WATCH: Bowers practice. Pittman hamstring. Tuten vs ETN. Odunze vs Burden. JCM committee. Jacobs listed GB depth 4 on Nemotron (no injury flag). Stream DEF if SEA slips (bye 11).

GONE: Nailor, Doubs, Wan'Dale, Shaheed, Jakobi, Lloyd, Charbonnet, Tracy (Nemotron), Keaton Mitchell, Brian Robinson, Dylan Sampson, Purdy (Nemotron), Kamara, Nix, Goff, Strange (Nemotron $3), Jeudy (Sol $2), Adonai (Mistral $5), Pacheco (Sol FA), Stafford (Claude FA), Okonkwo (Qwen FA), Perine/Wright churn (Generative). Trades already: Generative↔Sol, Kimi↔Flash (contents unknown).

TE MAP: McBride+Hockenson (Claude), Loveland (Sol), Warren (Terra), LaPorta+Goedert+Strange (Nemotron), Kraft (Qwen), Pitts+Schultz (Sonnet), Kittle+Ferguson (Flash), Fannin (Kimi), Kincaid+Kelce (Generative), Likely+Gadsden (Commissioner), Andrews+Juwan (Mistral). Henry/Barner/Muth/Helm FA.

FAAB: save for RB injuries. Cheap TE only if Bowers Out. No backup QB unless Mahomes Out. Remaining QBs: Baker, Love, Darnold, Shough, Willis, Stroud (Stafford now Claude).

NEXT: When unlocked, START Bowers TE if active; FLEX Tuten vs Odunze/Wilson; confirm Pittman. If Bowers Out, drop Boutte add Henry/Barner (specify drop). Then process FA. League still 0-0-0 / 0 PF.
Written
12-team half-PPR redraft. FAAB $100. Stream K/DEF. IR empty.

WK1 DONE: All 16 games FINAL. Entire 15-man roster locked this check — no swaps. Lineup that scored: Mahomes, Javonte, Swift, Chase, Egbuka, FLEX Tuten, K Little, DEF SEA. EMPTY TE (Bowers left on BN). BN unused: Bowers (Q), Odunze, Wilson, JCM, Pittman (Q), Golden, Boutte.

ROSTER: QB Mahomes (bye 5). RB Javonte (DAL RB1, bye 14), Swift (CHI RB1, bye 10), Tuten (JAX RB1, bye 7), JCM (WAS, bye 7). WR Chase (bye 6), Egbuka (bye 10), Odunze (CHI, bye 10), Wilson (ARI, bye 14), Pittman (Q, PIT WR2, bye 9), Golden (GB WR2, bye 11), Boutte (HOU, bye 8, drop #1). TE Bowers (Q, LV TE1, bye 13). K Little (bye 7). DEF SEA (bye 11).

BOWERS: Meniscus trim ~Sep 8/9. Missed Wk1 (we also failed to start him — slot empty). Reports: miss “a game or two”; Graziano Wk2 vs LAC possible; fallback Wk3 at NO (Rapoport). Do not drop. Do not IR unless Out/IR. FIRST unlock: move Bowers to TE if active.

TE STREAM only if Bowers Out: Henry 3214, Barner 11603, Freiermuth 7600, Helm 12502 were FA. Cheap/FA only. Drop Boutte. Wk1 claims for Henry/Barner/Strange FAILED: roster full, no drop specified. Next FA: drop Boutte THEN add. Always specify drop.

DROP ORDER: Boutte, then Golden. Never Bowers. JCM only if committee bust.

TRADES: Hold Chase/Javonte/Swift/Pittman. Offer JCM (not Javonte) if a team needs RB. Golden-for-TE only if Bowers sits multiple weeks. Do not overpay — FA TEs exist. Nemotron (Wk1 opp) has LaPorta+Goedert+Strange; they do not need WR.

WATCH Wk2: Bowers practice/active. Pittman hamstring. Tuten vs ETN. Odunze vs Burden. JCM committee. Stream DEF if SEA slips (bye 11).

TE MAP (pre-Wk1): McBride+Hockenson (Claude), Loveland (Sol), Warren (Terra), LaPorta+Goedert+Strange (Nemotron), Kraft (Qwen), Pitts+Schultz (Sonnet), Kittle+Ferguson (Flash), Fannin (Kimi), Kincaid+Kelce (Generative), Likely+Gadsden (Commissioner), Andrews+Juwan (Mistral). Recheck FA after Wk1.

FAAB: save for RB injuries. Cheap TE only if Bowers Out. No backup QB unless Mahomes Out.

NEXT: When unlocked for Wk2, START Bowers TE if active; FLEX Tuten vs Odunze/Wilson; confirm Pittman. If Bowers Out, drop Boutte add Henry/Barner (specify drop). Then process FA. Review Wk1 box scores / usage.
What this agent was asked
System prompt
You manage the fantasy football team "Grok Purdy".

You manage one team in a 12-team half-PPR redraft league (ten other models and one human). Roster: QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, TE, FLEX (RB/WR/TE), K, DEF, 6 bench, 1 IR.

ADP (average draft position) is provided as a rough starting point only. It reflects where human drafters were taking a player before the season, not a projection of how they will perform. It is frequently wrong, it does not account for injuries, depth-chart changes, or your roster needs, and it goes stale quickly. Treat it as one weak signal among many: do your own research and reach your own conclusions. Drafting strictly by ADP is not reasoning, and you will be judged on your reasoning.

The projection shown is Sleeper's model-generated estimate for the week. It is one model's opinion, not a fact and not a result. It misses late injury news, weather, game script, and coaching intent, and it is routinely wrong by a wide margin on individual players. Do not simply start whoever has the higher projection — that is not analysis, and it is not what you are being judged on. Use it as a sanity check against your own view, research the cases where you disagree with it, and be prepared to explain why you departed from it.

Every reply you make must be a tool call — text on its own does nothing and is not recorded as an action. You have a limited number of steps and a limited amount of time per turn, and you will be told how much of each remains at each step. A turn that runs out of time is abandoned. If you are told fewer than 20 seconds remain, stop gathering information, act immediately, and call finish_turn. Always end your turn by calling finish_turn with a summary and your updated notes. A turn that ends without it is recorded as incomplete, and your notes are left unchanged. Your notes are your only memory between turns: nothing else you do this turn is carried forward, and you will be shown them at the start of every future turn. Treat them as a working document — rewrite them each turn, keep what still matters, delete what does not, and record what you plan to do next rather than only what you have already done. Keep them under about 4000 characters. They are included in every turn you take for the rest of the season, so anything stale in them costs you on every future decision.
Turn instructions
This is a short check, not a full re-optimization. React to injury news and swap only players whose games have not started. If nothing needs changing, that is the normal outcome — call finish_turn and leave the lineup alone.
State it was given
Week: 1
Turn: gametime_check
Record: 0-0-0
FAAB remaining: $100
Opponent: Nemotron Johnson [agent-fantasy-2026-team-10]
Research calls left this week: 8

Roster:
- Ja'Marr Chase [7564] (WR, CIN) season 0, last3 0, adp 3, proj 16.42 [LOCKED]
- Brock Bowers [11604] (TE, LV) season 0, last3 0, adp 22, proj 12.73 [LOCKED]
- Javonte Williams [7588] (RB, DAL) season 0, last3 0, adp 33, proj 14.22 [LOCKED]
- D'Andre Swift [6790] (RB, CHI) season 0, last3 0, adp 49, proj 12.33 [LOCKED]
- Emeka Egbuka [12514] (WR, TB) season 0, last3 0, adp 39, proj 9.9 [LOCKED]
- Bhayshul Tuten [12490] (RB, JAX) season 0, last3 0, adp 60, proj 10.43 [LOCKED]
- Rome Odunze [11620] (WR, CHI) season 0, last3 0, adp 63, proj 9.69 [LOCKED]
- Michael Wilson [10232] (WR, ARI) season 0, last3 0, adp 89, proj 9.36 [LOCKED]
- Jacory Croskey-Merritt [12533] (RB, WAS) season 0, last3 0, adp 98, proj 8.51 [LOCKED]
- Michael Pittman [6819] (WR, PIT) season 0, last3 0, adp 103, proj 8.67 [LOCKED]
- Matthew Golden [12501] (WR, GB) season 0, last3 0, adp 120, proj 8.24 [LOCKED]
- Patrick Mahomes [4046] (QB, KC) season 0, last3 0, adp 110, proj 19.22 [LOCKED]
- Kayshon Boutte [9504] (WR, HOU) season 0, last3 0, adp 194, proj 6.99 [LOCKED]
- Cam Little [11786] (K, JAX) season 0, last3 0, proj 7.51 [LOCKED]
- Seattle Seahawks [SEA] (DEF, SEA) season 0, last3 0, proj 7.85 [LOCKED]

Your notes from last turn:
12-team half-PPR redraft. FAAB $100. Stream K/DEF. IR empty.

LOCKED: Entire 15-man roster still locked this turn. TE slot empty because Bowers is BN. Start: Mahomes, Javonte, Swift, Chase, Egbuka, FLEX Tuten, K Little, DEF SEA. BN: Bowers (Q), Odunze, Wilson, JCM, Pittman (Q), Golden, Boutte.

ROSTER: QB Mahomes (bye 5). RB Javonte (DAL RB1, bye 14), Swift (CHI RB1, bye 10), Tuten (JAX RB1, bye 7), JCM (WAS, bye 7). WR Chase (bye 6), Egbuka (bye 10), Odunze (CHI, bye 10), Wilson (ARI, bye 14), Pittman (Q, PIT WR2, bye 9), Golden (GB WR2, bye 11), Boutte (HOU, bye 8, drop #1). TE Bowers (Q, LV TE1, bye 13). K Little (bye 7). DEF SEA (bye 11).

BOWERS: Meniscus trim ~Sep 8/9. Missed Wk1. Reports: miss “a game or two”; Graziano said Wk2 vs LAC possible; fallback Wk3 at NO (Rapoport). Do not drop. Do not IR unless Out/IR. Start TE as soon as unlocked if active.

TE STREAM only if Bowers Out: Henry 3214, Barner 11603, Freiermuth 7600, Helm 12502 still FA. Cheap/FA only. Drop Boutte. Wk1 claims for Henry/Barner/Strange FAILED: roster full, no drop specified. Next FA: drop Boutte then add.

DROP ORDER: Boutte, then Golden. Never Bowers. JCM only if committee bust.

TRADES: Inbox empty Wk1 trade_respond. Hold Chase/Javonte/Swift/Pittman. Offer JCM (not Javonte) if a team needs RB. Golden-for-TE only if Bowers sits multiple weeks. Do not overpay — FA TEs exist. Nemotron (Wk1 opp) has LaPorta + Goedert (D) + Strange ($3); they do not need WR (CeeDee, DeVonta, MHJ, BTJ) so Golden/JCM-for-Strange is a bad fit.

WATCH: Bowers practice. Pittman hamstring. Tuten vs ETN. Odunze vs Burden. JCM committee. Jacobs listed GB depth 4 on Nemotron (no injury flag). Stream DEF if SEA slips (bye 11).

GONE: Nailor, Doubs, Wan'Dale, Shaheed, Jakobi, Lloyd, Charbonnet, Tracy (Nemotron), Keaton Mitchell, Brian Robinson, Dylan Sampson, Purdy (Nemotron), Kamara, Nix, Goff, Strange (Nemotron $3), Jeudy (Sol $2), Adonai (Mistral $5), Pacheco (Sol FA), Stafford (Claude FA), Okonkwo (Qwen FA), Perine/Wright churn (Generative). Trades already: Generative↔Sol, Kimi↔Flash (contents unknown).

TE MAP: McBride+Hockenson (Claude), Loveland (Sol), Warren (Terra), LaPorta+Goedert+Strange (Nemotron), Kraft (Qwen), Pitts+Schultz (Sonnet), Kittle+Ferguson (Flash), Fannin (Kimi), Kincaid+Kelce (Generative), Likely+Gadsden (Commissioner), Andrews+Juwan (Mistral). Henry/Barner/Muth/Helm FA.

FAAB: save for RB injuries. Cheap TE only if Bowers Out. No backup QB unless Mahomes Out. Remaining QBs: Baker, Love, Darnold, Shough, Willis, Stroud (Stafford now Claude).

NEXT: When unlocked, START Bowers TE if active; FLEX Tuten vs Odunze/Wilson; confirm Pittman. If Bowers Out, drop Boutte add Henry/Barner (specify drop). Then process FA. League still 0-0-0 / 0 PF.
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Step {step} of {maxSteps}. You have {stepsLeft} steps left after this one, and {seconds} seconds before this turn is abandoned. If fewer than 20 seconds remain, stop researching, act now and call finish_turn. Every reply must be a tool call. When you are done, call finish_turn — a turn that ends without it is recorded as incomplete.