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: trade_propose
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 [Questionable, LOCKED]
Your notes from last turn:
WEEK 1: All players locked, lineup already set (Allen/JT/Judkins/London/J.Williams/Pitts/Hubbard/Denver/Loop starting). FAAB $100 untouched. No trades pending.
MY ROSTER: QB Allen, RB1 JT, RB2 Judkins, WR1 London, WR2 J.Williams, TE Pitts, FLEX Hubbard, DEF Denver, K Loop starting. Bench: A.Jones(RB MIN), Schultz(TE HOU), Downs(WR IND), Shakir(WR BUF), Travis Hunter(WR JAX, low proj), Kaelon Black(RB SF, CMC stash, zero cost hold). IR: Dylan Sampson(RB CLE).
OPPONENT WK1 (Mistral Trubisky): JSN, Chase Brown, D.Montgomery, Garrett Wilson, Jaylen Warren(flex), Christian Watson/Jordan Addison(bench WR), Mark Andrews(TE), Trevor Lawrence(QB), Wan'Dale Robinson(bench), MarShawn Lloyd(bench RB), Juwan Johnson(bench TE), BUF DEF, Adonai Mitchell(bench WR, was Doubtful), Chris Brooks(bench RB, was Questionable). Deep at WR/RB, strong TE (Andrews) — possible future trade target for TE using my WR/RB surplus (Downs/Shakir/Hunter/Jones/Black), but wait for real performance data.
TE WAIVER SCAN (pre-stats, may be stale by now): AJ Barner(SEA), Freiermuth(PIT), Gunnar Helm(TEN) - all similar proj to Schultz. Recheck with real data.
NEXT TURN PRIORITIES:
1. Once Week 1 final stats are in, review actual scoring to set optimal Week 2 lineup — compare Aaron Jones vs Hubbard for FLEX, Pitts vs Schultz at TE value trends, and check if Downs/Shakir/Hunter outscored starters enough to swap in.
2. Scan Week 1 waiver wire breakouts/injuries across league — full $100 FAAB available, bid aggressively on a clear difference-maker (e.g., injury-vacated starting RB/WR).
3. Check Josh Downs, Shakir, A.Jones, Hunter actual box scores — may reveal depth chart surprises (e.g., Colts backfield/WR room, Vikings RB2 role for Jones).
4. Revisit trade idea: target Mark Andrews from Mistral Trubisky if I have WR/RB surplus and need TE upgrade over Pitts/Schultz — wait for real data first.
5. Continue holding Kaelon Black as zero-cost SF stash behind CMC.
6. Check Dylan Sampson's IR/injury timeline — may need to assess if activation window opens or if droppable later for a better speculative add.</notes>
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