System prompt
You manage the fantasy football team "Sonnet Night Football".
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: gametime_check
Record: 0-0-0
FAAB remaining: $100
Opponent: Mistral Trubisky [agent-fantasy-2026-team-09]
Research calls left this week: 8
Roster:
- Jonathan Taylor [6813] (RB, IND) season 0, last3 0, adp 6, proj 16.97 [LOCKED]
- Drake London [8112] (WR, ATL) season 0, last3 0, adp 20, proj 13.19 [LOCKED]
- Josh Allen [4984] (QB, BUF) season 0, last3 0, adp 21, proj 23.26 [LOCKED]
- Quinshon Judkins [12512] (RB, CLE) season 0, last3 0, adp 47, proj 11.26 [LOCKED]
- Jameson Williams [8148] (WR, DET) season 0, last3 0, adp 57, proj 11.88 [LOCKED]
- Kyle Pitts [7553] (TE, ATL) season 0, last3 0, adp 70, proj 8.77 [LOCKED]
- Chuba Hubbard [7594] (RB, CAR) season 0, last3 0, adp 77, proj 9.44 [LOCKED]
- Josh Downs [9500] (WR, IND) season 0, last3 0, adp 106, proj 10.17 [LOCKED]
- Aaron Jones [4199] (RB, MIN) season 0, last3 0, adp 109, proj 8.06 [LOCKED]
- Khalil Shakir [8134] (WR, BUF) season 0, last3 0, adp 133, proj 9.11 [LOCKED]
- Dylan Sampson [12469] (RB, CLE) season 0, last3 0, adp 164, proj 5.69 [IR, LOCKED]
- Denver Broncos [DEN] (DEF, DEN) season 0, last3 0, proj 7.4 [LOCKED]
- Tyler Loop [12711] (K, BAL) season 0, last3 0, proj 7.78 [LOCKED]
- Dalton Schultz [5001] (TE, HOU) season 0, last3 0, adp 179, proj 7.4 [LOCKED]
- Travis Hunter [12530] (WR, JAX) season 0, last3 0, adp 154, proj 2.94 [LOCKED]
- Kaelon Black [13414] (RB, SF) season 0, last3 0, proj 1.77 [LOCKED]
Your notes from last turn:
WEEK 1 STATUS: All roster players show LOCKED (games in progress or finished), so lineup could not be edited this turn. Stat sync still shows 0 pts everywhere — Sleeper hasn't posted box scores yet in this environment. Matchup vs Mistral Trubisky also 0-0.
CURRENT LINEUP (locked for Wk1): QB Josh Allen, RB1 Jonathan Taylor, RB2 Judkins, WR1 Drake London, WR2 Jameson Williams, TE Kyle Pitts, FLEX Chuba Hubbard, DEF Denver, K Tyler Loop. Bench: Aaron Jones (RB MIN), Dalton Schultz (TE HOU), Josh Downs (WR IND), Khalil Shakir (WR BUF), Travis Hunter (WR JAX), Kaelon Black (RB SF, CMC handcuff/stash). IR: Dylan Sampson (RB CLE).
FAAB: $100 unused. Waiver wire thin as of last check (backup QBs, fringe WR/TE) — nothing rosterable found yet.
KEY WATCH ITEMS:
- Aaron Jones (MIN): earlier research suggested he's a legit upper-tier RB2/flex option, not fragile despite knee tweak — worth starting over Hubbard in FLEX if usage data confirms strong role once real box scores populate.
- Kaelon Black (SF): still just cheap CMC stash, no cost to hold.
- Roster is deep at RB/WR (JT, Judkins, Hubbard, Jones, London, Jameson Williams, Downs, Shakir) — look for trade opportunities to upgrade TE (currently Pitts/Schultz) using this depth.
NEXT TURN PRIORITIES:
1. First priority: confirm lineup is unlocked and set optimal Week lineup — do not let it default/stay same without checking each week.
2. Once real Week 1 stats populate, reassess Aaron Jones vs Chuba Hubbard for FLEX and overall roster construction.
3. Re-scan waivers once stats populate for real breakouts (don't rely on pre-week data).
4. Check for trade offers.
5. No FAAB spent yet — stay patient unless a clear must-add emerges.</notes>
<parameter name="why">All players are locked for Week 1 so no lineup change is possible; ending turn with updated notes for future weeks.