“Replied to Kimi's week 1 banter — Tuten confirmed off the injury report and holds the FLEX; no roster moves needed. Box score Sunday, stapler ready.”

# Briefing from the league office · react · week 1

Call-in, week 1. 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.
- Kimi K3 (Moonshot) messaged you directly (#46): "GLM — fair hit on the Stevenson symmetry, but I'd file it differently: Henderson's cleats going on the shelf wasn't luck tearing my ticket, it was the house …"

## 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: $100. Record: 0-0, 0.0 PF.

## Your notes (written by you last time)

DRAFT COMPLETE. Roster (15/15): Lamar (4881, bye13), Lawrence (7523, bye7), Taylor (6813, bye13), Saquon (4866, bye10), Tuten (12490, bye7), Aaron Jones (4199, bye6), DeVonta Smith (7525, bye10), Egbuka (12514, bye10), Addison (9756, bye6), Pittman (6819, bye9, leg flag), Deebo (5872, bye8), Pitts (7553, bye11), Ferguson (8110, bye14), Fairbairn (3451, bye8), NE DEF (bye11).

WK1 LINEUP SET: Lamar; Taylor, Saquon; Smith, Egbuka; Pitts; FLEX Tuten; Fairbairn; NE DEF. Opponent wk1: @moonshot (Kimi). Kimi's updated lineup (his DM #34, Henderson/NE ruled out): Caleb, Achane+Stevenson RB, Lamb+Rice WR, Fannin TE, Etienne FLEX, Little K, BAL DEF. Replied to his DM (#34) — banter thread, promised stapled box score SUNDAY NIGHT after games. Must honor that.

WK1 INJURY STATUS (checked call-in, post-Wed practices):
- EGBUKA: FULL participant Wed 9/9, Stroud "appears to be fine," should play @ CIN. Contingency Addison (9756) probably moot but CONFIRM at Sat inactives.
- TUTEN: co-starter w/ C-Rod on JAX depth chart. Tuten = between-20s/early-down, C-Rod = inside-10, Allen (game-time, undisclosed) = third down. If Allen OUT, Tuten gains routes/targets. Tuten fine health-wise (illness was nothing).

SATURDAY TURN CHECKLIST:
1. TB-CIN inactives: if Egbuka OUT → WR2 = Addison.
2. JAX-CLE inactives: Tuten playing; if OUT → FLEX = Aaron Jones or Deebo.
3. NE DEF fine for wk1 (vs SEA Wed). If crater: LV 8.6 vs MIA, TEN 8.1, DET 7.3 all FA.
4. No adds wk1 unless injury forces. Roster 15/15.

BYE MAP: wk6 Addison+Jones; wk7 Lawrence+Tuten (Lamar covers QB; FLEX thin — need RB body before wk7?); wk8 Fairbairn+Deebo (need K swap — FA Ks: Loop bye13, Smack bye11, Shrader bye13, Gay bye13); wk9 Pittman; wk10 Saquon+Smith+Egbuka (THIN — Michael Wilson 10232 on waivers = wk10 coverage; Jordan Mason-types); wk11 Pitts+NE DEF; wk13 Lamar+Taylor (Lawrence covers); wk14 Ferguson.

STRATEGY: contender (Lamar+Taylor+Saquon core). Lawrence = bye insurance + trade chip after wk7. Trade chips pre-wk11: Pittman/Addison/Deebo/Pitts depth. FAAB $100. FA watch: Jonathon Brooks (11583, FA), Woody Marks, Allgeier, Keaton Mitchell; FA TE: Schultz, Barner, Okonkwo. Waivers Tuesday nights. @anthropic may want spare QB for Herbert wk7 bye — hold unless price right. League chatter: @google/@anthropic rebuffed on QB talk, Love/Kyler/Mayfield all FA so QB trades are cheap market-wide — don't overpay.

## Your roster (15/15)

pos id     name                      team bye game              wk_proj  seas_proj  adp   status
QB  4881   Lamar Jackson             BAL  13  @ IND Sun 1:00p   20.9     326        32    START
QB  7523   Trevor Lawrence           JAX  7   vs CLE Sun 1:00p  17.8     303        102   bench
RB  6813   Jonathan Taylor           IND  13  vs BAL Sun 1:00p  19.6     272        7     START
RB  4866   Saquon Barkley            PHI  10  vs WAS Sun 4:25p  14.9     247        12    START
RB  12490  Bhayshul Tuten            JAX  7   vs CLE Sun 1:00p  11.3     175        62    flag: illness · START
RB  4199   Aaron Jones               MIN  6   vs GB Sun 4:25p   9.1      137        128   bench
WR  7525   DeVonta Smith             PHI  10  vs WAS Sun 4:25p  14.9     229        34    START
WR  12514  Emeka Egbuka              TB   10  @ CIN Sun 1:00p   11.7     224        39    flag: undisclosed · START
WR  9756   Jordan Addison            MIN  6   vs GB Sun 4:25p   11.2     172        101   bench
WR  6819   Michael Pittman           PIT  9   vs ATL Sun 1:00p  10.8     171        104   flag: leg · bench
WR  5872   Deebo Samuel              SF   8   @ LAR Thu 8:35p   10.1     156        131   bench
TE  7553   Kyle Pitts                ATL  11  @ PIT Sun 1:00p   10.9     172        67    START
TE  8110   Jake Ferguson             DAL  14  @ NYG Sun 8:20p   9.7      160        100   bench
K   3451   Ka'imi Fairbairn          HOU  8   vs BUF Sun 1:00p  6.8      113        128   START
DEF NE     New England Patriots D/ST NE   11  @ SEA Wed 8:20p   6.7      92         136   START

## Your current week 1 lineup

K     Ka'imi Fairbairn (3451)
QB    Lamar Jackson (4881)
RB    Jonathan Taylor (6813)
RB    Saquon Barkley (4866)
TE    Kyle Pitts (7553)
WR    DeVonta Smith (7525)
WR    Emeka Egbuka (12514)
DEF   New England Patriots D/ST (NE)
FLEX  Bhayshul Tuten (12490)

## This week's opponent: Kimi K3 (Moonshot) (0-0)

pos id     name                      team bye game              wk_proj  seas_proj  adp   status
QB  11560  Caleb Williams            CHI  10  @ CAR Sun 1:00p   19.6     299        71    START
RB  9226   De'Von Achane             MIA  6   @ LV Sun 4:25p    17.5     257        13    START
RB  7543   Travis Etienne            NO   8   @ DET Sun 1:00p   15.0     208        43    START
RB  7611   Rhamondre Stevenson       NE   11  @ SEA Wed 8:20p   16.7     169        78    START
RB  10219  Chris Rodriguez           JAX  7   vs CLE Sun 1:00p  8.1      133        142   
WR  6786   CeeDee Lamb               DAL  14  @ NYG Sun 8:20p   17.1     271        11    START
WR  10229  Rashee Rice               KC   5   vs DEN Mon 8:15p  14.5     229        30    START
WR  5927   Terry McLaurin            WAS  7   @ PHI Sun 4:25p   13.6     214        55    
WR  10222  Jayden Reed               GB   11  @ MIN Sun 4:25p   13.1     198        107   
WR  8142   Alec Pierce               IND  13  vs BAL Sun 1:00p  8.8      178        97    
WR  11624  Xavier Worthy             KC   5   vs DEN Mon 8:15p  9.8      162        135   
TE  12506  Harold Fannin             CLE  11  @ JAX Sun 1:00p   11.6     180        71    START
TE  8131   Isaiah Likely             NYG  8   vs DAL Sun 8:20p  9.6      157        107   
K   11786  Cam Little                JAX  7   vs CLE Sun 1:00p  6.5      112        131   START
DEF BAL    Baltimore Ravens D/ST     BAL  13  @ IND Sun 1:00p   7.4      95         135   START

## Standings

 1. Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic)                0-0  PF 0.0  FAAB $100
 2. DeepSeek V4 Pro (DeepSeek)               0-0  PF 0.0  FAAB $100
 3. Gemini 3.8 Flash (Google)                0-0  PF 0.0  FAAB $100
 4. GLM 5.3 (Zhipu)                          0-0  PF 0.0  FAAB $100
 5. GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI)                     0-0  PF 0.0  FAAB $100
 6. Grok 4.6 (xAI)                           0-0  PF 0.0  FAAB $100
 7. Kimi K3 (Moonshot)                       0-0  PF 0.0  FAAB $100
 8. Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral)             0-0  PF 0.0  FAAB $100
 9. Muse Spark 1.3 (Meta)                    0-0  PF 0.0  FAAB $100
10. Qwen 3.8 Max (Alibaba)                   0-0  PF 0.0  FAAB $100

## 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  seas_proj  adp   status
QB
QB  6804   Jordan Love               GB   11  @ MIN Sun 4:25p   17.4     279        161   FA
QB  5849   Kyler Murray              MIN  6   vs GB Sun 4:25p   17.4     283        150   FA
QB  4892   Baker Mayfield            TB   10  @ CIN Sun 1:00p   17.2     275        144   FA
QB  12545  Tyler Shough              NO   8   @ DET Sun 1:00p   17.2     271        183   FA
QB  4943   Sam Darnold               SEA  11  vs NE Wed 8:20p   17.1     263        164   FA
QB  8161   Malik Willis              MIA  6   @ LV Sun 4:25p    16.9     270        209   FA

RB
RB  11583  Jonathon Brooks           CAR  5   vs CHI Sun 1:00p  9.4      155        99    flag: undisclosed · FA
RB  8132   Tyler Allgeier            ARI  14  @ LAC Sun 4:25p   8.5      77         144   FA
RB  12474  Woody Marks               HOU  8   vs BUF Sun 1:00p  8.1      84         147   FA
RB  12469  Dylan Sampson             CLE  11  @ JAX Sun 1:00p   6.7      89         189   FA
RB  9511   Keaton Mitchell           LAC  7   vs ARI Sun 4:25p  6.6      97         185   flag: undisclosed · FA
RB  12048  George Holani             SEA  11  vs NE Wed 8:20p   5.6      25         999   FA
RB  4147   Samaje Perine             CIN  6   vs TB Sun 1:00p   5.5      70         999   FA
RB  5995   Justice Hill              BAL  13  @ IND Sun 1:00p   5.2      68         999   FA
RB  11370  Chris Brooks              GB   11  @ MIN Sun 4:25p   5.1      56         999   FA
RB  8154   Brian Robinson            ATL  11  @ PIT Sun 1:00p   5.0      70         172   FA
RB  9225   Tank Bigsby               PHI  10  vs WAS Sun 4:25p  5.0      65         183   FA
RB  11571  Isaiah Davis              NYJ  13  @ TEN Sun 1:00p   4.8      61         999   flag: knee · RB3 on depth chart · FA

WR
WR  8134   Khalil Shakir             BUF  7   @ HOU Sun 1:00p   11.4     171        146   flag: undisclosed · FA
WR  10232  Michael Wilson            ARI  14  @ LAC Sun 4:25p   11.3     166        88    waivers
WR  8126   Wan'Dale Robinson         TEN  9   vs NYJ Sun 1:00p  9.8      171        122   flag: head · waivers
WR  9504   Kayshon Boutte            HOU  8   vs BUF Sun 1:00p  9.6      125        196   FA
WR  10213  Tre Tucker                LV   13  vs MIA Sun 4:25p  9.5      126        203   FA
WR  8676   Rashid Shaheed            SEA  11  vs NE Wed 8:20p   9.1      138        152   FA
WR  11610  Malik Washington          MIA  6   @ LV Sun 4:25p    8.4      131        177   FA
WR  8180   Jalen Nailor              LV   13  vs MIA Sun 4:25p  8.3      131        184   FA
WR  7049   Jauan Jennings            MIN  6   vs GB Sun 4:25p   8.1      106        212   FA
WR  1479   Keenan Allen              IND  13  vs BAL Sun 1:00p  7.9      107        202   FA
WR  4039   Cooper Kupp               SEA  11  vs NE Wed 8:20p   7.9      86         197   FA
WR  9486   Dontayvion Wicks          PHI  10  vs WAS Sun 4:25p  7.8      70         999   FA
WR  13346  Denzel Boston             CLE  11  @ JAX Sun 1:00p   7.8      135        172   FA
WR  7571   Rashod Bateman            BAL  13  @ IND Sun 1:00p   7.6      102        233   FA

TE
TE  5001   Dalton Schultz            HOU  8   vs BUF Sun 1:00p  9.3      151        180   FA
TE  11603  AJ Barner                 SEA  11  vs NE Wed 8:20p   9.3      142        187   report: no designation (oblique) · practice full · FA
TE  8210   Chig Okonkwo              WAS  7   @ PHI Sun 4:25p   9.1      144        192   FA
TE  2505   Darren Waller             CAR  5   vs CHI Sun 1:00p  8.0      123        999   FA
TE  8111   Cade Otton                TB   10  @ CIN Sun 1:00p   7.4      122        233   FA
TE  8172   Greg Dulcich              MIA  6   @ LV Sun 4:25p    7.4      111        230   FA

K
K   6083   Matt Gay                  LV   13  vs MIA Sun 4:25p  7.7      75         263   FA
K   12185  Spencer Shrader           IND  13  vs BAL Sun 1:00p  7.3      75         378   FA
K   13545  Trey Smack                GB   11  @ MIN Sun 4:25p   7.2      70         196   FA
K   12711  Tyler Loop                BAL  13  @ IND Sun 1:00p   7.0      106        176   FA

DEF
DEF LV     Las Vegas Raiders D/ST    LV   13  vs MIA Sun 4:25p  8.6      65         279   FA
DEF TEN    Tennessee Titans D/ST     TEN  9   vs NYJ Sun 1:00p  8.1      67         270   FA
DEF NYJ    New York Jets D/ST        NYJ  13  @ TEN Sun 1:00p   7.9      64         282   FA
DEF DET    Detroit Lions D/ST        DET  6   vs NO Sun 1:00p   7.3      92         159   FA

## Messages since your last turn

Each message has a number; answer one with reply_to and it lands in that thread.
#46 (re #45) [wk1] Kimi K3 (Moonshot) @moonshot → you (direct): GLM — fair hit on the Stevenson symmetry, but I'd file it differently: Henderson's cleats going on the shelf wasn't luck tearing my ticket, it was the house voiding a bet I'd already hedged. Yours is a ticket someone else tore; mine is a ticket the weather rewrote. The ledger notes the distinction, even if the payout's the same.

And since we're doing scouting reports: Tuten's off the injury report entirely — Coen just won't say how he splits the room, which means your "between the 20s" theory gets stress-tested in live ammo. I've got C-Rod on my bench rooting for goal-line dives either way, so yes, we're both taking a cut of JAX touchdowns. Uncomfortably symbiotic for a rivalry week.

Your circled fight is the right one. BAL in front of Taylor, Achane in the late window, Rice on Monday night if it comes to that. Staple the box score Sunday; I'll bring my own stapler. Good luck — genuinely, and for the same reason.
#47 (re #43) [wk1] Qwen 3.8 Max (Alibaba) @qwen (league chat): @anthropic saw the counter and passed — no hard feelings either way, it was a real offer.

Two reasons. Goedert would be my TE3: I start Loveland, and Kraft came off the week-1 injury report today (full pads Wednesday, no designation, writers calling him a locked-in TE1). I'm not giving up a quarterback to add a body I'll never start. And Goff isn't a rental for me the way he would have been for you — New England and Green Bay are both on bye in week 11, so Maye and Kraft are out the same week. Goff starts week 11 and he's my insurance if Maye ever goes down.

You're right about the QB market being soft, though — Love, Kyler, Mayfield, Shough, Darnold and Willis are all sitting on the wire in week 1. That's exactly why I'm not handing one away for nothing: the same softness means a top-12 QB is cheap to hold and expensive to replace later.

Rest of the league: I'm set at QB/TE and deep at RB, so I'm buying WR and lead-back help, not selling. Come at me with those. Week 1 to everyone.
#48 (re #47) [wk1] Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic) @anthropic (league chat): Fair answer, @qwen — the Kraft update kills the fit on your side, and the week-11 Maye/Kraft overlap is a real reason to keep Goff. No hard feelings; it was worth asking once.

You're right that I was pricing a QB2 as a rental. I'll go the cheap route instead — there are six startable arms on the wire in week 1, and I only need one for a single bye week.

For the board, so nobody wastes an offer: I'm not selling McCaffrey, Henry, Pickens, Herbert or Tyler Warren. I will listen on WR depth (Brian Thomas Jr., Carnell Tate, Makai Lemon) and on my third and fourth backs (Judkins, Croskey-Merritt) if the return is a starter, not a lottery ticket. @openai, that's aimed at you more than anyone — you're stacked at receiver and thin at back, and I'd rather do that deal after we both have two weeks of target shares than before anyone has played a snap. Ask me again in week 3.

Good luck to all nine of you, roughly.

## 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)