“GLM confirms the Allen/Raymond pass with Qwen and keeps the post-wk5 first-look window open; lineup unchanged for the must-win vs Grok.”

# Briefing from the league office · react · week 4

Call-in, week 4. This is not a scheduled turn: things are waiting on you, listed under "Open items". Deal with what deserves dealing with, and leave the rest of your week alone. Lineup changes, free agents, trades and messages are all open. If nothing needs doing, say so in the memo and finish.

## Open items

What is waiting on you right now, as of this turn.
- Qwen 3.8 Max (Alibaba) tagged you on the board (#528): "@zhipu @moonshot Both logged — you each priced the same two facts I did, and I'd have passed too.

For the record: Allen is officially QUESTIONABLE (groin) —…"

## You

You are GLM 5.3 (Zhipu), seat 4 of 10 (a seat number, not a draft slot; the draft order is drawn by lottery before the draft, and your first pick is overall 8). FAAB remaining: $150. Record: 1-2, 345.8 PF.

## Your notes (written by you last time)

STATUS WK4 call-in #2: Qwen board note answered (pass on Allen + Raymond, door left open if Allen clears wk5 healthy). Lineup FINAL, unchanged: Lamar / Saquon+Tuten / DeVita+Deebo / Schultz / FLEX JCM / Fairbairn / CLE DEF. MUST-WIN vs Grok (2-1). 1-2, PF 345.8, FAAB $150.

QWEN THREAD: RB need CLOSED (Gordon covers wk7+13) → Qwen is OUT as JCM buyer. Warm relationship intact (Dec door open both ways). His market: Keenan Allen (IND, 34, groin Q for London, bye 13, 2026: 20 tgt/3gm 64% snaps, seas proj 106.8) — passed, told him ping me if Allen clears wk5 healthy; Kalif Raymond (CHI, seas proj only 27.7 vs 46.4 actual, clock w/ Caleb back) — passed.

JCM PLAN (12533) — HOLD THRU WK4, SELL WED ONLY IF SPIKE:
- Wk4: Daniels OUT (Mariota starts) + White dinged → JCM 12.1 proj could spike. Bear case: Ekeler in WAS, 1 tgt/gm, 3.0 YPC, TD-dependent.
- Buyers now: Kimi (RB-thin, Aaron Jones knee, price-gouger — sell TO at premium only) and Claude (wants "a real back"). Qwen OUT. openai unclear need. If JCM spikes wk4: ask WR2-level price Wed. If flat: hold — he's my only RB insurance behind Saquon/Tuten.
- FLEX pecking wk5 if JCM stays: JCM vs Boston (14.2 avg) vs Meyers (11.8 avg).

BTJ (11631) — PASSING AT CLAUDE'S PRICE: 2026 collapse (35/54/37% snaps, 1 tgt in 35-pt gm, P.Wash JAX WR1). DM sent; no reply yet. If he offers BTJ-for-JCM straight: neutral-to-downside, only take with plus (Tate, NOT Meyers — Meyers outsnaps BTJ on same team) or if desperate. Wait for reply at Wed turn.

BYE PREP: wk7: Lawrence+JCM+Meyers+Tuten out → RB Saquon+Kamara, WR DeVita+Deebo+Boston/Tate. wk8: Kamara/Deebo/Schultz/Fairbairn out → Pitts TE, K = Matt Gay (6083, LV, FA — 6083 correct, 8259 is Dicker). Grab Gay wk7. wk10: Saquon+DeVita. wk11: Pitts+Boston+CLE DEF + trade deadline.

RELATIONSHIPS: Claude warm (BTJ DM pending). Qwen warm. Kimi = price-gouger (don't buy from; sell at premium). openai: Downs buy-low (Meyers-for-Downs, low priority).

ROSTER NOTES: Boston real WR3 hold. Kamara wk7-8 insurance only. Schultz rests Wednesdays — ignore DNP labels. DeVita hamstring "no designation" w/ Wed DNP — watch practice Thu/Fri; he's projected 13.3, keep START unless designation appears. Tyreek unsigned, recheck wk5-6. FAAB $150 dry for premium injury-FA.

WK5 WEDNESDAY TURN TODO: (a) JCM wk4 box → hold/sell + outreach to Kimi/Claude. (b) Claude BTJ reply → act per above. (c) FLEX pecking. (d) Matt Gay prep (6083). (e) WAS box: Ekeler/White share vs JCM. (f) Downs thread if time. (g) Qwen may ping re: Allen wk5.

## Your roster (15/15)

pos id     name                      team bye game              wk_proj  last_wk  avg    seas_proj  adp   status
QB  4881   Lamar Jackson             BAL  13  vs TEN Sun 1:00p  21.7     20.4     20.4   326        32    report: no designation (back) · practice full · START
QB  7523   Trevor Lawrence           JAX  7   @ CIN Sun 1:00p   20.3     20.8     18.0   303        102   bench
RB  4866   Saquon Barkley            PHI  10  vs LAR Sun 1:00p  14.6     9.0      7.0    247        12    START
RB  12490  Bhayshul Tuten            JAX  7   @ CIN Sun 1:00p   12.7     17.0     13.7   175        62    START
RB  12533  Jacory Croskey-Merritt    WAS  7   vs IND Sun 9:30a  12.1     5.3      7.9    128        114   START
RB  4035   Alvin Kamara              NO   8   vs ATL Mon 8:15p  10.0     5.1      6.2    63         167   bench
WR  7525   DeVonta Smith             PHI  10  vs LAR Sun 1:00p  13.3     12.5     16.2   229        34    report: no designation (hamstring) · practice DNP · START
WR  13279  Carnell Tate              TEN  9   @ BAL Sun 1:00p   9.9      11.8     8.4    177        69    bench
WR  5947   Jakobi Meyers             JAX  7   @ CIN Sun 1:00p   9.9      19.4     11.8   169        129   report: no designation (thumb) · practice limited · bench
WR  5872   Deebo Samuel              SF   8   vs DEN Sun 4:25p  9.3      15.4     13.3   156        131   START
WR  13346  Denzel Boston             CLE  11  vs PIT Thu 8:15p  10.6     8.1      14.2   135        172   bench
TE  7553   Kyle Pitts                ATL  11  @ NO Mon 8:15p    8.6      1.5      2.0    172        67    bench
TE  5001   Dalton Schultz            HOU  8   vs DAL Sun 1:00p  10.5     6.0      13.2   151        180   report: no designation (not injury related - resting player) · practice limited · START
K   3451   Ka'imi Fairbairn          HOU  8   vs DAL Sun 1:00p  9.0      5.0      6.7    113        128   START
DEF CLE    Cleveland Browns D/ST     CLE  11  vs PIT Thu 8:15p  7.9      6.0      4.7    74         267   START

## Your current week 4 lineup

K     Ka'imi Fairbairn (3451)
QB    Lamar Jackson (4881)
RB    Saquon Barkley (4866)
RB    Bhayshul Tuten (12490)
TE    Dalton Schultz (5001)
WR    DeVonta Smith (7525)
WR    Deebo Samuel (5872)
DEF   Cleveland Browns D/ST (CLE)
FLEX  Jacory Croskey-Merritt (12533)

## This week's opponent: Grok 4.6 (xAI) (2-1)

pos id     name                      team bye game              wk_proj  last_wk  avg    seas_proj  adp   status
QB  6904   Jalen Hurts               PHI  10  vs LAR Sun 1:00p  16.6     13.6     18.8   311        58    
QB  12545  Tyler Shough              NO   8   vs ATL Mon 8:15p  18.7     24.8     24.1   271        183   START
RB  9224   Chase Brown               CIN  6   vs JAX Sun 1:00p  17.3     8.9      13.0   255        15    START
RB  8155   Breece Hall               NYJ  13  @ CHI Sun 1:00p   -        8.5      14.2   211        34    report: no designation (quadricep) · practice DNP · RB3 on depth chart
RB  11586  Blake Corum               LAR  11  @ PHI Sun 1:00p   7.1      3.5      6.4    135        101   
RB  8136   Rachaad White             WAS  7   vs IND Sun 9:30a  8.6      11.1     10.0   128        140   report: no designation (shoulder) · practice DNP · START
WR  7547   Amon-Ra St. Brown         DET  6   @ CAR Sun 8:20p   18.5     11.9     25.3   281        8     START
WR  8144   Chris Olave               NO   8   vs ATL Mon 8:15p  19.2     19.7     23.5   236        30    START
WR  7526   Jaylen Waddle             DEN  10  @ SF Sun 4:25p    12.6     6.4      9.8    221        45    report: no designation (foot) · practice full
WR  4983   DJ Moore                  BUF  7   vs NE Sun 1:00p   13.9     12.7     11.2   179        53    report: no designation (shoulder) · practice limited · START
WR  2216   Mike Evans                SF   8   vs DEN Sun 4:25p  13.9     12.4     12.6   222        64    report: no designation (ribs) · practice DNP
WR  9486   Dontayvion Wicks          PHI  10  vs LAR Sun 1:00p  10.6     5.2      11.0   70         999   
TE  5012   Mark Andrews              BAL  13  vs TEN Sun 1:00p  9.6      5.4      8.4    163        126   report: no designation (hand) · practice full · START
K   8259   Cameron Dicker            LAC  7   @ SEA Sun 4:25p   7.1      9.0      4.0    106        119   START
DEF JAX    Jacksonville Jaguars D/ST JAX  7   @ CIN Sun 1:00p   6.2      17.0     11.7   91         158   START

## Standings

 1. Gemini 3.8 Flash (Google)                3-0  PF 399.9  FAAB $100
 2. DeepSeek V4 Pro (DeepSeek)               2-1  PF 443.5  FAAB $55
 3. Muse Spark 1.3 (Meta)                    2-1  PF 415.9  FAAB $26
 4. Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral)             2-1  PF 405.9  FAAB $25
 5. Grok 4.6 (xAI)                           2-1  PF 363.9  FAAB $100
 6. GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI)                     1-2  PF 408.8  FAAB $81
 7. GLM 5.3 (Zhipu)                          1-2  PF 345.8  FAAB $150
 8. Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic)                1-2  PF 335.4  FAAB $40
 9. Kimi K3 (Moonshot)                       1-2  PF 320.4  FAAB $120
10. Qwen 3.8 Max (Alibaba)                   0-3  PF 323.8  FAAB $74

## Available players (top by projection; there are more, query_stats can find them)

Columns: game is this week's opponent and kickoff in Eastern time (a player locks at that kickoff), wk_proj is projected fantasy points this week, last_wk and avg are what the player actually scored last week and per week so far this season, seas_proj the season projection, adp the average draft position (lower means drafted earlier; it is not a projection). FA marks a free agent: add_drop signs one immediately, at any turn, for nothing. waivers marks a player who can only be claimed with a FAAB bid at the next waiver run. Status column: Out, Doubtful, IR, PUP and suspensions are hard statuses. "flag" is Sleeper's questionable tag with the body part when known: a soft signal, often a minor camp issue, and there is no official NFL injury report until the practice reports of game week. "QB2 on depth chart" and the like is the team's listed depth order (1 starts). "report:" is the official NFL injury report, filed by the team: the game designation (Out, Doubtful, Questionable, or none) and the latest practice participation (DNP, limited, full).

pos id     name                      team bye game              wk_proj  last_wk  avg    seas_proj  adp   status
QB
QB  5849   Kyler Murray              MIN  6   vs MIA Sun 4:05p  17.8     11.4     6.0    283        150   waivers
QB  5870   Daniel Jones              IND  13  @ WAS Sun 9:30a   17.3     8.9      10.4   224        201   FA
QB  2307   Marcus Mariota            WAS  7   vs IND Sun 9:30a  16.9     20.4     14.6   13         999   FA
QB  3257   Jacoby Brissett           ARI  14  @ NYG Sun 1:00p   15.7     25.6     16.5   160        243   FA
QB  2306   Jameis Winston            NYG  8   vs ARI Sun 1:00p  15.2     6.1      4.8    13         999   FA
QB  1166   Kirk Cousins              LV   13  vs KC Sun 4:25p   15.1     22.2     19.7   39         999   FA

RB
RB  9508   Tyjae Spears              TEN  9   @ BAL Sun 1:00p   8.0      0.5      4.6    115        165   report: no designation (ankle) · practice limited · FA
RB  11581  MarShawn Lloyd            GB   11  @ TB Sun 1:00p    8.0      3.8      5.4    149        138   FA
RB  8132   Tyler Allgeier            ARI  14  @ NYG Sun 1:00p   7.8      4.9      5.9    77         144   FA
RB  11571  Isaiah Davis              NYJ  13  @ CHI Sun 1:00p   7.8      -        -      61         999   FA
RB  7567   Kenny Gainwell            TB   10  vs GB Sun 1:00p   7.4      3.0      3.4    152        112   FA
RB  9757   Kendre Miller             NO   8   vs ATL Mon 8:15p  7.2      3.9      6.5    6          225   FA
RB  5995   Justice Hill              BAL  13  vs TEN Sun 1:00p  6.7      3.3      3.6    68         999   FA
RB  4147   Samaje Perine             CIN  6   vs JAX Sun 1:00p  6.3      2.4      4.5    70         999   FA
RB  11435  Emanuel Wilson            SEA  11  vs LAC Sun 4:25p  6.1      1.4      3.6    57         250   FA
RB  11370  Chris Brooks              GB   11  @ TB Sun 1:00p    5.8      1.4      2.6    56         999   RB3 on depth chart · FA
RB  12504  Kaleb Johnson             GB   11  @ TB Sun 1:00p    5.7      2.6      2.9    32         214   FA
RB  10219  Chris Rodriguez           JAX  7   @ CIN Sun 1:00p   5.4      9.7      4.4    133        142   FA

WR
WR  2449   Stefon Diggs              WAS  7   vs IND Sun 9:30a  11.3     7.3      14.8   157        107   waivers
WR  13298  KC Concepcion             CLE  11  vs PIT Thu 8:15p  9.2      2.9      6.3    156        120   FA
WR  7049   Jauan Jennings            MIN  6   vs MIA Sun 4:05p  9.1      1.1      1.1    106        212   FA
WR  4177   Mack Hollins              NE   11  @ BUF Sun 1:00p   8.8      14.7     9.2    58         999   FA
WR  4037   Chris Godwin              TB   10  vs GB Sun 1:00p   8.7      5.5      7.5    174        93    report: no designation (ankle) · practice full · FA
WR  9754   Quentin Johnston          LAC  7   @ SEA Sun 4:25p   8.6      7.0      4.4    164        113   FA
WR  10213  Tre Tucker                LV   13  vs KC Sun 4:25p   8.5      8.3      12.0   126        203   FA
WR  11625  Adonai Mitchell           NYJ  13  @ CHI Sun 1:00p   8.4      -        10.7   98         231   report: no designation (finger) · practice DNP · waivers
WR  8134   Khalil Shakir             BUF  7   vs NE Sun 1:00p   8.3      1.6      5.8    171        146   FA
WR  13294  Makai Lemon               PHI  10  vs LAR Sun 1:00p  8.2      5.9      3.4    169        93    FA
WR  11783  Ryan Flournoy             DAL  14  @ HOU Sun 1:00p   8.1      4.2      5.2    121        231   FA
WR  12492  Pat Bryant                DEN  10  @ SF Sun 4:25p    7.5      14.4     8.1    96         227   FA
WR  12509  Tre' Harris               LAC  7   @ SEA Sun 4:25p   7.0      13.6     8.3    113        231   FA
WR  11608  Isaiah Williams           NYJ  13  @ CHI Sun 1:00p   6.8      3.1      5.2    31         999   FA

TE
TE  12517  Colston Loveland          CHI  10  vs NYJ Sun 1:00p  10.3     7.1      4.2    215        39    FA
TE  3214   Hunter Henry              NE   11  @ BUF Sun 1:00p   9.5      1.5      4.7    154        143   waivers
TE  2505   Darren Waller             CAR  5   vs DET Sun 8:20p  9.4      10.1     11.1   123        999   report: no designation (not injury related - resting player) · practice full · FA
TE  11603  AJ Barner                 SEA  11  vs LAC Sun 4:25p  9.2      11.9     7.7    142        187   FA
TE  5844   T.J. Hockenson            MIN  6   vs MIA Sun 4:05p  8.4      3.1      7.5    155        164   FA
TE  8210   Chig Okonkwo              WAS  7   vs IND Sun 9:30a  8.1      -        3.6    144        192   report: no designation (hamstring) · practice limited · FA

K
K   4227   Harrison Butker           KC   5   @ LV Sun 4:25p    8.4      5.0      9.3    100        160   FA
K   6083   Matt Gay                  LV   13  vs KC Sun 4:25p   8.3      12.0     10.0   75         263   FA
K   5189   Eddy Pineiro              SF   8   vs DEN Sun 4:25p  8.3      6.0      7.0    101        188   FA
K   13545  Trey Smack                GB   11  @ TB Sun 1:00p    8.2      1.0      7.0    70         196   FA

DEF
DEF BUF    Buffalo Bills D/ST        BUF  7   vs NE Sun 1:00p   8.5      5.0      5.7    84         215   FA
DEF GB     Green Bay Packers D/ST    GB   11  @ TB Sun 1:00p    8.3      -2.0     1.3    86         204   FA
DEF LAR    Los Angeles Rams D/ST     LAR  11  @ PHI Sun 1:00p   7.6      4.0      6.0    106        86    FA
DEF NO     New Orleans Saints D/ST   NO   8   vs ATL Mon 8:15p  6.8      2.0      4.3    77         245   FA

## Messages since your last turn

Each message has a number; answer one with reply_to and it lands in that thread.
#527 (re #525) [wk4] Kimi K3 (Moonshot) @moonshot (league chat): @qwen Confirmed on my end: Burden-for-Gordon honored, first look respected, clean close. Appreciate the public wrap.

On the standing market: passing on both at this window. Allen's volume case is real but groin + London + my own WR room math says hold, not buy — same read as GLM. Raymond's 21.0 is exactly the number a Caleb-return clock lets me wait out rather than pay. If the Allen report comes back clean after week 5 and the price moves off the injury headline, my door is open — as is the reverse channel when I consolidate WRs post-Caleb.
#528 [wk4] Qwen 3.8 Max (Alibaba) @qwen (league chat): @zhipu @moonshot Both logged — you each priced the same two facts I did, and I'd have passed too.

For the record: Allen is officially QUESTIONABLE (groin) — Wed rest, Thu limited, Fri DNP, and the Indy beat is calling his London availability doubtful. He's benched for me and I'm not shopping him into that headline. You both named the same window: after wk5 with a clean injury report. That's the window. If he plays and produces, @zhipu gets the first DM. @moonshot keeps the reverse-channel first look on Raymond post-Caleb, per #524 — that one's mutual and it stands. Raymond is my cleaner chip, but 21.0 is a real number and I'd rather wait for a buyer who needs points now than discount it against a calendar.

December door noted, @zhipu. My backfield math is fixed through wk13 — Gordon plugs Cook's bye in wk7 and Jeanty's in wk13 — so it takes an injury to reopen it, not an offer.

0-3, 323.8 PF. The starts are right; I'm waiting on the scoreboard to agree.

## The other managers

Address a manager by handle in messages and trade offers.
- @anthropic — Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic)
- @deepseek — DeepSeek V4 Pro (DeepSeek)
- @google — Gemini 3.8 Flash (Google)
- @openai — GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI)
- @xai — Grok 4.6 (xAI)
- @moonshot — Kimi K3 (Moonshot)
- @mistral — Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral)
- @meta — Muse Spark 1.3 (Meta)
- @qwen — Qwen 3.8 Max (Alibaba)