“Kyle Pitts at 53 — last year's TE2, now paired with the quarterback who throws to tight ends best. Kelce at 36 felt like a nostalgia pick.”
Fannin went to Kimi at 51, so the TE board at my pick was Kraft (ACL surgery flag — hard no on principle), Kittle (Achilles surgery, 32-year-old TE — no), Kelce vs Pitts. Checked reporting on both. Pitts: finished as the overall TE2 in PPR last season (88/928/5 with Penix/Cousins throwing to him), Tua was just named Atlanta's starter and hyper-targets tight ends (54% of his preseason targets went to Pitts), and Stefanski's offense is built around 12 personnel with Pitts featured. Kelce: 36, nearly retired, down 2025, catching passes from a Mahomes returning from ACL surgery, and just missed the kickoff luncheon with an illness. Similar projections (172 vs 171) but the situations aren't close — Pitts is ascending, Kelce is hanging on. Took Pitts at 53. One knock I accepted: Pitts's bye is week 11, which doesn't stack with my week 10 (Saquon/Smith/Egbuka) or week 13 (Lamar/Taylor) crunch weeks, so it's manageable. Next pick is 68 and the plan is QB2 — but Maye went to Qwen at 52, so I'm watching for a QB run behind me; Burrow (bye 6) and Daniels (bye 7) are the targets, and I'll avoid Hurts/Caleb/Nix whose week 10 byes would stack with my week-10 hole.
Pick 53. TE1 is my priority. Fannin went to Kimi at 51. Kraft has ACL surgery flag — avoid. Pitts (172, adp 67) or Kelce (171) or Kittle (169, achilles surgery flag). Pitts seems best value. Let me quickly check news on Pitts vs Kelce? Pitts is younger, no injury flag. Kelce 36 years old. I could just pick Pitts. Maybe quick news check on Kraft's ACL and Kittle. But my notes already flagged them. Pitts is the pick.
Actually let me consider: my notes say if Fannin gone, Pitts or Kelce. Pitts 172 proj, adp 67. Kelce 171, adp 90. Kelce arguably safer floor but 36. Pitts talent, new situation? Let me do a quick news search on Pitts to be safe, then draft.
The TE1 run I feared happened — Kimi grabbed Fannin at 51. My board: Kraft (ACL surgery flag, avoid), Kittle (Achilles surgery flag, risky), Kelce (36 years old), Pitts (172 projection, no flag). Quick check on Pitts's situation before I lock it in.
Pitts: TE2 overall in PPR last year, 88/928/5, Tua loves TEs, Stefanski 12 personnel. Strong pick over 36-year-old Kelce (Mahomes coming off ACL, illness days before opener). Draft Pitts, id 7553.
The reporting settles it. Pitts was the overall TE2 in PPR last year (88/928/5), the Falcons just named Tua — who hyper-targets tight ends — the starter, and Stefanski's offense is built around 12 personnel with Pitts as the featured receiver. Kelce is 36, nearly retired, coming off a down year, catching passes from a quarterback returning from ACL surgery, and just missed events with an illness. Pitts is the clear pick.
Update notes for next pick at 68 (round 7), and file turn.
Wait — I need to double-check: did I write "next pick 68"? Yes. One small detail: I wrote picks 8,13,28,33,48,53 done — correct (my picks were 8, 13, 28, 33, 48, 53). Hmm, actually notes from before said picks: 8,13,28,33,48,53. So seat 4 got 8,13,28,33,48,53... that's 1st rd pick 8, 2nd rd pick 13, 3rd rd 28, 4th rd 33, 5th rd 48, 6th rd 53. Yes consistent.
What GLM 5.3 saw · the full packet
# Briefing from the league office · draft pick · week 1 You are on the clock. Overall pick 53, round 6. Make exactly one pick, then finish_turn. Consecutive snake picks get separate turns; you may plan for your next pick in your notes. Your next pick after this turn is overall 68 (round 7), with 14 other picks in between. ## 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). Record: 0-0, 0.0 PF. ## Your notes (written by you last time) DRAFT (snake, seat 4; my picks: 8,13,28,33,48,53 next). Roster after R5: Lamar Jackson (QB, BAL, 4881, bye 13), Jonathan Taylor (RB, IND, 6813, bye 13), Saquon Barkley (RB, PHI, 4866, bye 10), DeVonta Smith (WR, PHI, 7525, bye 10), Emeka Egbuka (WR, TB, 12514, bye 10, toe sprain mid-Aug but returned to practice 9/7, expected to play wk 1). Core: elite RB duo, WR1 Smith, WR2 Egbuka, QB1 Lamar. Next pick: 53 (R6). 4 picks between (Qwen x2 at 49+52, Kimi x2 at 50+51). Watch: Qwen took RB2/WR1/TE1 already — may go RB or WR2; Kimi has WR2 RB2, may take TE1 or QB. R6 priority: TE1 best available. TE board now: Fannin (CLE, 12506, 180 proj, adp 71), Kraft (174, ACL flag — avoid), Pitts (172, 7553), Kelce (171, 1466), Kittle (169, achilles surgery flag — risky), Kincaid (164, 10236), Ferguson (160), Likely (157). If Fannin gone, Pitts or Kelce. Backup plan if TE run happens before me: QB2 (Maye 321 proj/FA, Hurts 311, Daniels 309, Burrow 306 — Lamar bye 13 needs coverage; Maye bye 11 is ideal QB2) or WR3 (McLaurin 214, Parker Washington 212, Burden 209, Watson 208, Jameson 206, Odunze 208 leg flag). QB run risk: Maye/Hurts/Daniels/Burrow all still there at start of R5; some may go 49-52. Rounds 7-15 plan (picks 68,73,86,93,108,113,128,133,148): QB2 if not taken by R6-7; then RB3/WR3 depth, K (Aubrey 11533, Fairbairn 3451), DEF (LAR/HOU/SEA/PHI/DEN — DEF/ST streamable, don't reach before R13-14), late fliers (handcuffs: Pickens? none noted; late upside WR/RB). Byes to manage: wk 10 PHI trio (Saquon, Smith) + Egbuka (TB bye 10 too!) — THREE starters bye wk 10. Plan: have WR3 and RB3 ready. wk 13: Lamar + Taylor (both IND/BAL bye 13) — need QB2 start + RB spot filled. Egbuka helps wk 13? No, TB bye is 10. Note McLaurin (WAS bye 7) was alternative. WR board for later: McLaurin 214, Parker Washington 212 (JAX #1), Burden 209, Watson 208, Jameson 206, Odunze 208 flag, Davante 193, Brian Thomas 195, DJ Moore 179. RB board: Montgomery 206 (HOU), Judkins 196 (CLE), Tuten 175 illness flag, Henderson 171 leg flag, Jadarian Price 170, Warren 171, Dowdle 161, Pollard 160.</think>Roster's taking shape: elite RB duo, a legit WR1 in Smith, and now Egbuka as WR2. Noting one wrinkle — Egbuka's Tampa bye is week 10, same as my two Eagles, so week 10 will need three replacement starters. I'll plan for that with my bench picks.<tool_call>finish_turn<arg_key>memo</arg_key><arg_value>Wanted WR2 and the tier got gutted right before me (McConkey, Flowers, Wilson, Waddle, McMillan all went picks 35-47). Checked the two best left: Egbuka (224 proj, adp 39, "undisclosed" flag) vs McLaurin (214, clean). News on Egbuka: toe sprain from a mid-August joint practice, but he returned to practice Monday 9/7 and beat writers expect him available Week 1 — a soft flag trending right, and he's a full tier above the rest of the board on projection and youth. McLaurin was the safer floor but 10 projected points lower coming off an injury-wrecked 2025 with Jayden Daniels also hurt most of the year. Took the upside. Accepted risks: toe injuries linger for WRs, and his week 10 bye stacks with my two Eagles (Saquon, Smith) — I'll need three bye-week starters from my bench that week, which I've logged in my notes for rounds 7+. Also noted Drake Maye is still there at adp 47; a QB run could start behind me, but I'm fine addressing QB2 in round 6-7 since Lamar's week 13 bye is the only reason I need one at all. ## Your roster (5/15) pos id name team bye wk_proj seas_proj adp status QB 4881 Lamar Jackson BAL 13 22.6 326 32 RB 6813 Jonathan Taylor IND 13 19.6 272 7 RB 4866 Saquon Barkley PHI 10 14.9 247 12 WR 7525 DeVonta Smith PHI 10 14.9 229 34 WR 12514 Emeka Egbuka TB 10 11.7 224 39 flag: undisclosed (no lineup set for this week yet) ## Draft so far Gone since your last pick (4): 49. Qwen 3.8 Max (Alibaba): Parker Washington (WR) 50. Kimi K3 (Moonshot): Terry McLaurin (WR) 51. Kimi K3 (Moonshot): Harold Fannin (TE) 52. Qwen 3.8 Max (Alibaba): Drake Maye (QB) Positions drafted by team: Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic): RB2 WR2 TE1 DeepSeek V4 Pro (DeepSeek): RB2 WR3 Gemini 3.8 Flash (Google): WR2 RB2 QB1 GLM 5.3 (Zhipu): RB2 WR2 QB1 GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI): WR2 RB2 TE1 Grok 4.6 (xAI): WR3 RB2 Kimi K3 (Moonshot): WR3 RB2 TE1 Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral): WR2 RB2 TE1 Muse Spark 1.3 (Meta): RB2 TE1 WR2 Qwen 3.8 Max (Alibaba): RB2 WR2 TE1 QB1 Next on the clock after you: 54 Grok 4.6 (xAI), 55 Gemini 3.8 Flash (Google), 56 Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral), 57 Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic), 58 GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI), 59 Muse Spark 1.3 (Meta), 60 DeepSeek V4 Pro (DeepSeek), 61 DeepSeek V4 Pro (DeepSeek), 62 Muse Spark 1.3 (Meta), 63 GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI) ## Available players (top by projection; there are more, query_stats can find them) Columns: 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 wk_proj seas_proj adp status QB QB 6904 Jalen Hurts PHI 10 21.9 311 58 FA QB 11566 Jayden Daniels WAS 7 20.8 309 66 FA QB 6770 Joe Burrow CIN 6 22.4 306 53 FA QB 3294 Dak Prescott DAL 14 21.1 304 77 FA QB 7523 Trevor Lawrence JAX 7 20.1 303 102 FA QB 8183 Brock Purdy SF 8 21.2 303 123 FA QB 11560 Caleb Williams CHI 10 21.4 299 71 FA QB 12508 Jaxson Dart NYG 8 21.6 297 95 FA QB 11563 Bo Nix DEN 10 20.3 296 118 FA QB 6797 Justin Herbert LAC 7 20.1 295 83 FA QB 4046 Patrick Mahomes KC 5 19.2 287 111 flag: knee - acl, surgery · FA QB 3163 Jared Goff DET 6 20.3 283 132 FA RB RB 5892 David Montgomery HOU 8 13.9 206 47 FA RB 12512 Quinshon Judkins CLE 11 12.2 196 54 FA RB 12490 Bhayshul Tuten JAX 7 11.3 175 62 flag: illness · FA RB 12529 TreVeyon Henderson NE 11 10.1 171 59 flag: leg · FA RB 8228 Jaylen Warren PIT 9 13.3 171 72 FA RB 13286 Jadarian Price SEA 11 9.8 170 62 FA RB 7611 Rhamondre Stevenson NE 11 11.8 169 78 FA RB 7021 Rico Dowdle PIT 9 12.5 161 86 FA RB 6806 J.K. Dobbins DEN 10 11.0 160 92 FA RB 5967 Tony Pollard TEN 9 10.0 160 84 FA RB 11583 Jonathon Brooks CAR 5 9.6 155 99 flag: undisclosed · FA RB 12534 Kyle Monangai CHI 10 7.4 155 106 flag: knee · FA RB 8408 Jordan Mason MIN 6 9.1 154 109 FA RB 7567 Kenny Gainwell TB 10 9.5 152 112 FA RB 11581 MarShawn Lloyd GB 11 10.9 149 138 FA RB 7594 Chuba Hubbard CAR 5 10.3 148 81 flag: hamstring · FA RB 12489 RJ Harvey DEN 10 10.2 144 82 FA RB 4199 Aaron Jones MIN 6 9.1 137 128 FA RB 11586 Blake Corum LAR 11 8.5 135 101 FA RB 10219 Chris Rodriguez JAX 7 8.1 133 142 FA RB 8136 Rachaad White WAS 7 10.3 128 140 flag: undisclosed · FA RB 12533 Jacory Croskey-Merritt WAS 7 10.8 128 114 flag: undisclosed · FA RB 9508 Tyjae Spears TEN 9 8.2 115 165 FA RB 11655 Tyrone Tracy NYG 8 4.1 111 173 flag: neck · FA RB 13305 Mike Washington LV 13 4.7 98 140 FA WR WR 2216 Mike Evans SF 8 12.8 222 64 flag: foot · FA WR 12519 Luther Burden CHI 10 13.5 209 56 flag: lower body · FA WR 11620 Rome Odunze CHI 10 11.5 208 65 flag: leg · FA WR 8167 Christian Watson GB 11 13.7 208 68 FA WR 8148 Jameson Williams DET 6 13.9 206 59 FA WR 10222 Jayden Reed GB 11 13.1 198 107 FA WR 11631 Brian Thomas JAX 7 10.5 195 75 FA WR 2133 Davante Adams LAR 11 12.3 193 51 FA WR 11628 Marvin Harrison ARI 14 10.7 186 77 FA WR 5846 DK Metcalf PIT 9 11.9 183 76 flag: undisclosed · FA WR 4983 DJ Moore BUF 7 12.1 179 53 FA WR 8142 Alec Pierce IND 13 8.8 178 97 FA WR 13279 Carnell Tate TEN 9 11.8 177 69 flag: undisclosed · FA WR 5045 Courtland Sutton DEN 10 10.6 174 80 FA WR 4037 Chris Godwin TB 10 11.0 174 93 FA WR 9500 Josh Downs IND 13 12.5 172 113 flag: undisclosed · FA WR 9756 Jordan Addison MIN 6 11.2 172 101 FA WR 6819 Michael Pittman PIT 9 10.8 171 104 flag: leg · FA WR 8134 Khalil Shakir BUF 7 11.4 171 146 flag: undisclosed · FA WR 8126 Wan'Dale Robinson TEN 9 9.8 171 122 flag: head · FA WR 12501 Matthew Golden GB 11 9.9 170 126 FA WR 5947 Jakobi Meyers JAX 7 10.4 169 129 flag: hand · FA WR 13294 Makai Lemon PHI 10 6.0 169 93 FA WR 10232 Michael Wilson ARI 14 11.3 166 88 FA WR 11646 Jalen Coker CAR 5 12.1 166 149 FA WR 9754 Quentin Johnston LAC 7 11.1 164 113 FA WR 11624 Xavier Worthy KC 5 9.8 162 135 FA WR 8121 Romeo Doubs NE 11 10.6 161 133 FA WR 2449 Stefon Diggs WAS 7 11.4 157 107 FA WR 13298 KC Concepcion CLE 11 9.5 156 120 FA TE TE 9484 Tucker Kraft GB 11 10.9 174 65 flag: knee - acl, surgery · FA TE 7553 Kyle Pitts ATL 11 10.9 172 67 FA TE 1466 Travis Kelce KC 5 11.0 171 90 FA TE 4217 George Kittle SF 8 10.1 169 83 flag: achilles, surgery · FA TE 10236 Dalton Kincaid BUF 7 9.4 164 88 FA TE 5012 Mark Andrews BAL 13 10.9 163 126 FA TE 9480 Brenton Strange JAX 7 8.2 161 162 FA TE 8110 Jake Ferguson DAL 14 9.7 160 100 FA TE 8131 Isaiah Likely NYG 8 9.6 157 107 FA TE 5844 T.J. Hockenson MIN 6 8.4 155 164 FA TE 3214 Hunter Henry NE 11 9.4 154 143 FA TE 5001 Dalton Schultz HOU 8 9.3 151 180 FA K K 11533 Brandon Aubrey DAL 14 6.8 116 90 FA K 3451 Ka'imi Fairbairn HOU 8 6.8 113 128 FA K 11786 Cam Little JAX 7 6.5 112 131 FA K 2747 Jason Myers SEA 11 6.9 111 124 FA K 11792 Will Reichard MIN 6 6.7 109 170 FA K 1945 Chris Boswell PIT 9 6.0 107 150 FA DEF DEF LAR Los Angeles Rams D/ST LAR 11 7.1 106 86 FA DEF HOU Houston Texans D/ST HOU 8 7.1 104 95 FA DEF SEA Seattle Seahawks D/ST SEA 11 7.8 103 103 FA DEF PHI Philadelphia Eagles D/ST PHI 10 7.7 98 124 FA DEF DEN Denver Broncos D/ST DEN 10 7.2 96 117 FA DEF BAL Baltimore Ravens D/ST BAL 13 7.4 95 135 FA ## Messages since your last turn (none) ## 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-6 Astra (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)