gametime check

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Turn summary

I checked the live matchup and confirmed there are no points posted yet. All of our rostered players are locked, including the players carrying injury designations, so no lineup adjustment is possible in this gametime check.

What it did

**Checking game conditions** I need to check if all the game times are locked and maybe look at actual points for the matchups without needing adjustments. It seems I should query the roster and see if the matchup provides points and details about the opponent. I should also research injuries, particularly about Nico. Since everything is locked, there's no ability to make changes, so I'll focus on gathering scores and researching news quickly before time runs out. I’m checking the live Week 1 score and remaining roster context during this gametime review.

Checked the matchup250s left

get_matchup · raw call

arguments

{
  "week": 1
}

result

{
  "week": 1,
  "myScore": 0,
  "opponent": {
    "name": "1st and Qwen",
    "roster": [
      {
        "slot": "RB",
        "player": {
          "id": "8138",
          "team": "BUF",
          "adpRank": 9,
          "byeWeek": 7,
          "fullName": "James Cook",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 1,
          "projectedPoints": 15.73,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "RB"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "WR",
        "player": {
          "id": "5859",
          "team": "NE",
          "adpRank": 19,
          "byeWeek": 11,
          "fullName": "A.J. Brown",
          "injuryStatus": "IR",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 6,
          "projectedPoints": 14.13,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "WR"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "RB",
        "player": {
          "id": "13287",
          "team": "ARI",
          "adpRank": 27,
          "byeWeek": 14,
          "fullName": "Jeremiyah Love",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 1,
          "projectedPoints": 11.61,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "RB"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "WR",
        "player": {
          "id": "9997",
          "team": "BAL",
          "adpRank": 42,
          "byeWeek": 13,
          "fullName": "Zay Flowers",
          "injuryStatus": "Questionable",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 1,
          "projectedPoints": 12.86,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "WR"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "QB",
        "player": {
          "id": "6904",
          "team": "PHI",
          "adpRank": 62,
          "byeWeek": 10,
          "fullName": "Jalen Hurts",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 1,
          "projectedPoints": 21.92,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "QB"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "TE",
        "player": {
          "id": "9484",
          "team": "GB",
          "adpRank": 66,
          "byeWeek": 11,
          "fullName": "Tucker Kraft",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 1,
          "projectedPoints": 9.01,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "TE"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "BN",
        "player": {
          "id": "12489",
          "team": "DEN",
          "adpRank": 81,
          "byeWeek": 10,
          "fullName": "RJ Harvey",
          "injuryStatus": "Questionable",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 2,
          "projectedPoints": 8.82,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "RB"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "BN",
        "player": {
          "id": "8142",
          "team": "IND",
          "adpRank": 96,
          "byeWeek": 13,
          "fullName": "Alec Pierce",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 1,
          "projectedPoints": 7.61,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "WR"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "FLEX",
        "player": {
          "id": "5872",
          "team": "SF",
          "adpRank": 126,
          "byeWeek": 8,
          "fullName": "Deebo Samuel",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 2,
          "projectedPoints": 8.47,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "WR"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "BN",
        "player": {
          "id": "8132",
          "team": "ARI",
          "adpRank": 127,
          "byeWeek": 14,
          "fullName": "Tyler Allgeier",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 2,
          "projectedPoints": 7.88,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "RB"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "BN",
        "player": {
          "id": "9753",
          "team": "SEA",
          "adpRank": 128,
          "byeWeek": 11,
          "fullName": "Zach Charbonnet",
          "injuryStatus": "PUP",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 5,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "RB"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "BN",
        "player": {
          "id": "11610",
          "team": "MIA",
          "adpRank": 157,
          "byeWeek": 6,
          "fullName": "Malik Washington",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 1,
          "projectedPoints": 6.72,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "WR"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "DEF",
        "player": {
          "id": "MIN",
          "team": "MIN",
          "byeWeek": 6,
          "fullName": "Minnesota Vikings",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "projectedPoints": 7.27,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "DEF"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "K",
        "player": {
          "id": "4227",
          "team": "KC",
          "byeWeek": 5,
          "fullName": "Harrison Butker",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 1,
          "projectedPoints": 7.22,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "K"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "slot": "BN",
        "player": {
          "id": "8210",
          "team": "WAS",
          "adpRank": 168,
          "byeWeek": 7,
          "fullName": "Chig Okonkwo",
          "injuryStatus": "Questionable",
          "seasonPoints": 0,
          "depthChartOrder": 1,
          "projectedPoints": 7.14,
          "fantasyPositions": [
            "TE"
          ],
          "lastThreeWeeksPoints": 0
        }
      }
    ],
    "teamId": "agent-fantasy-2026-team-08"
  },
  "finalized": false,
  "opponentScore": 0
}

**Verifying lineup options** I need to use a tool to research gametime injuries, possibly related to a player. But it looks like everything is locked right now, and I can't make any changes. The instructions say I can only react to unlocked swaps, but the roster indicates everything is locked. I should confirm the schedule, but there's no action available. Maybe I can use a function to check the lineup or roster instead? I’ll just finish checking. Every rostered player is already locked, so no legal gametime lineup change remains.

Finished the turn246s left

finish_turn · raw call

arguments

{
  "notes": "Week 1 lineup was Herbert; CMC/Braelon Allen; Nico/Rashee; Tyler Warren; Mike Evans FLEX; KC D/ST; Shrader. Bucky Irving was inactive and locked on bench; Allen replaced him before lock. All rostered players are now locked, so no further Week 1 lineup changes are legal. $100 FAAB remains. Preserve RB depth (CMC, Bucky, Mason on IR/Q, Rodriguez, Allen) and strong WR depth. Rejected 1st and Qwen’s Allgeier + RJ Harvey for Evans as insufficient established value. After Week 1, review actual scores, injuries, transactions, and workload changes; spend only for a clear new starter or meaningful target-role breakout.",
  "summary": "I checked the live matchup and confirmed there are no points posted yet. All of our rostered players are locked, including the players carrying injury designations, so no lineup adjustment is possible in this gametime check."
}

Notes — rewritten (893 → 617 characters)

Received

Week 1 lineup set: Herbert; CMC/Braelon Allen; Nico/Rashee; Tyler Warren; Mike Evans FLEX; KC D/ST; Shrader. Bucky Irving was inactive and locked on bench; Allen replaced him. $100 FAAB remains. No Week 1 waiver claims: checked available RB/WR again and pool remains exceptionally thin (RB options mostly RB2/3 or worse; WR options shallow-role/injured rookies). Bucky's absence was reported as foot/shoulder-related; search results said he is expected back later, while TB contingency Kenneth Gainwell was unavailable and Sean Tucker was Out, so no actionable replacement. Retain CMC, Bucky, Mason (Q), Rodriguez, Allen at RB; WR depth is strong. Rejected 1st and Qwen’s Allgeier + RJ Harvey for Evans as insufficient established value. Next turn: review actual scores, injury reports, transactions, and workload changes; spend only for a clear new starter or meaningful target-role breakout.

Written

Week 1 lineup was Herbert; CMC/Braelon Allen; Nico/Rashee; Tyler Warren; Mike Evans FLEX; KC D/ST; Shrader. Bucky Irving was inactive and locked on bench; Allen replaced him before lock. All rostered players are now locked, so no further Week 1 lineup changes are legal. $100 FAAB remains. Preserve RB depth (CMC, Bucky, Mason on IR/Q, Rodriguez, Allen) and strong WR depth. Rejected 1st and Qwen’s Allgeier + RJ Harvey for Evans as insufficient established value. After Week 1, review actual scores, injuries, transactions, and workload changes; spend only for a clear new starter or meaningful target-role breakout.

What this agent was asked

System prompt

You manage the fantasy football team "Terra McLaurin".

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: 1st and Qwen [agent-fantasy-2026-team-08]
Research calls left this week: 8

Roster:
- Christian McCaffrey [4034] (RB, SF) season 0, last3 0, adp 5, proj 18.6 [LOCKED]
- Nico Collins [7569] (WR, HOU) season 0, last3 0, adp 23, proj 14.52 [Questionable, LOCKED]
- Rashee Rice [10229] (WR, KC) season 0, last3 0, adp 29, proj 11.72 [LOCKED]
- Bucky Irving [11584] (RB, TB) season 0, last3 0, adp 45, proj 10.94 [LOCKED]
- Tyler Warren [12518] (TE, IND) season 0, last3 0, adp 51, proj 10.34 [LOCKED]
- Mike Evans [2216] (WR, SF) season 0, last3 0, adp 61, proj 10.82 [LOCKED]
- Jordan Mason [8408] (RB, MIN) season 0, last3 0, adp 99, proj 8.6 [IR, LOCKED]
- Justin Herbert [6797] (QB, LAC) season 0, last3 0, adp 79, proj 20.05 [LOCKED]
- Carnell Tate [13279] (WR, TEN) season 0, last3 0, adp 67, proj 9.8 [LOCKED]
- Chris Rodriguez [10219] (RB, JAX) season 0, last3 0, adp 125, proj 7.83 [LOCKED]
- Romeo Doubs [8121] (WR, NE) season 0, last3 0, adp 123, proj 8.71 [LOCKED]
- Jakobi Meyers [5947] (WR, JAX) season 0, last3 0, adp 116, proj 8.5 [Questionable, LOCKED]
- Braelon Allen [11576] (RB, NYJ) season 0, last3 0, adp 165, proj 3.11 [LOCKED]
- Kansas City Chiefs [KC] (DEF, KC) season 0, last3 0, proj 7.67 [LOCKED]
- Spencer Shrader [12185] (K, IND) season 0, last3 0, proj 8.51 [LOCKED]

Your notes from last turn:
Week 1 lineup set: Herbert; CMC/Braelon Allen; Nico/Rashee; Tyler Warren; Mike Evans FLEX; KC D/ST; Shrader. Bucky Irving was inactive and locked on bench; Allen replaced him. $100 FAAB remains. No Week 1 waiver claims: checked available RB/WR again and pool remains exceptionally thin (RB options mostly RB2/3 or worse; WR options shallow-role/injured rookies). Bucky's absence was reported as foot/shoulder-related; search results said he is expected back later, while TB contingency Kenneth Gainwell was unavailable and Sean Tucker was Out, so no actionable replacement. Retain CMC, Bucky, Mason (Q), Rodriguez, Allen at RB; WR depth is strong. Rejected 1st and Qwen’s Allgeier + RJ Harvey for Evans as insufficient established value. Next turn: review actual scores, injury reports, transactions, and workload changes; spend only for a clear new starter or meaningful target-role breakout.

Appended to every step

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.