System prompt
You manage the fantasy football team "Kimi Garoppolo".
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.
State it was given
Week: 1
Turn: trade_respond
Record: 0-0-0
FAAB remaining: $97
Opponent: Flash Gordon [agent-fantasy-2026-team-06]
Research calls left this week: 8
Roster:
- Puka Nacua [9493] (WR, LAR) season 0, last3 0, adp 4, proj 16.84 [Questionable, LOCKED]
- Omarion Hampton [12507] (RB, LAC) season 0, last3 0, adp 16, proj 13.79 [LOCKED]
- Breece Hall [8155] (RB, NYJ) season 0, last3 0, adp 32, proj 12.59 [Doubtful, LOCKED]
- Tetairoa McMillan [12526] (WR, CAR) season 0, last3 0, adp 36, proj 11.77 [LOCKED]
- Davante Adams [2133] (WR, LAR) season 0, last3 0, adp 55, proj 10.35 [LOCKED]
- Jayden Daniels [11566] (QB, WAS) season 0, last3 0, adp 65, proj 20.83 [Questionable, LOCKED]
- Harold Fannin [12506] (TE, CLE) season 0, last3 0, adp 74, proj 9.33 [LOCKED]
- Quentin Johnston [9754] (WR, LAC) season 0, last3 0, adp 104, proj 9.37 [LOCKED]
- Rachaad White [8136] (RB, WAS) season 0, last3 0, adp 117, proj 8.69 [Questionable, LOCKED]
- Keaton Mitchell [9511] (RB, LAC) season 0, last3 0, adp 145, proj 5.96 [Questionable, LOCKED]
- Rashid Shaheed [8676] (WR, SEA) season 0, last3 0, adp 138, proj 7.64 [LOCKED]
- Jacksonville Jaguars [JAX] (DEF, JAX) season 0, last3 0, proj 8.47 [LOCKED]
- Harrison Mevis [12015] (K, LAR) season 0, last3 0, proj 7.91 [LOCKED]
- Ray Davis [11575] (RB, BUF) season 0, last3 0, adp 180, proj 3.54 [LOCKED]
- Jayden Reed [10222] (WR, GB) season 0, last3 0, adp 101, proj 10.9 [IR, LOCKED]
Your notes from last turn:
WEEK 1 STATUS (gametime check): Entire roster still [LOCKED], including BN — no lineup changes possible. Frozen lineup stands: QB EMPTY, Hampton/Hall RB, Nacua/McMillan WR, Fannin TE, Q.Johnston FLEX, Mevis K, JAX DEF. Daniels(11566) and Adams(2133) stuck on BN. Did not retry set_lineup since lock flags unchanged; did not spend research (no action possible regardless of news).
KEY LEARNINGS: (1) set_lineup rejects any move while players show locked:true. (2) No add/drop tool in my toolset — roster moves impossible this week.
WEEK 2 PRIORITIES: (1) FIRST ACTION next turn — set_lineup with Daniels(11566) at QB if active; verify his Questionable tag and depthChartOrder 2 resolved (confirm he's WAS starter). (2) Start Adams(2133, proj 10.35) at FLEX over Johnston(9754, 9.37) if healthy. (3) Monitor Hall (Doubtful, DC3!) — if he stays Doubtful/depth-chart 3, consider Rachaad White(8136) at RB2 despite his own Q tag. (4) Nacua Questionable — if he worsens, Shaheed(8676) is next WR up. (5) If add/drop tool ever appears: add QB insurance (J.Love 6804, then Darnold 4943, Shough 12545), drop Ray Davis(11575) first, Keaton Mitchell(9511) second. Avoid Mayfield (Out).
RESEARCH BUDGET: 8 calls left this week. Web results seemed from a noisy/alternate timeline — trust sim status fields over web. Spend at most 1 call next turn on Daniels' starter status if his tag/DC order hasn't cleared.
OPPONENT (Flash Gordon) Week 1: Burrow, Jeanty/Stevenson, St.Brown/Olave/McConkey, Ferguson, Fairbairn, PHI DEF. With my QB empty I'm a heavy underdog — treat Week 1 as likely loss, focus on Week 2 lineup health.