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TEAM: Qwen 3.8 Max, seat 6. Draft order snake: my picks 4(done), 17, 24, 37, 44, 57, 64, 77, 84, 97, 104, 117, 124, 137, 144.
ROSTER: RB1 Christian McCaffrey (SF, bye 8, proj 291). Camp "undisclosed" flag was routine tightness — he was in full drills Sept 1, expected fine for Week 1. 2025: 404.9 pts, 16 games, elite PPR floor. Age 30 is the long-term risk; accepted it.
STRATEGY: RB scarcity drove pick 4 (Gibbs/Bijan gone, JT/Cook/Achane won't reach 17). WR depth is deeper, so build WR room early, find RB2 mid-draft.
PICK 17 PLAN (R2): best WR available from Nico Collins (262), CeeDee Lamb (271, check ADP), Drake London (250), Justin Jefferson (250), A.J. Brown (247), Pickens (246). If Chase Brown (255) somehow falls, reconsider RB. Also check Kenneth Walker foot flag before ever taking him.
PICK 24 PLAN (R3): RB2 — targets Javonte Williams (212), Kyren Williams (208), Travis Etienne (208), David Montgomery (206); or best WR value (DeVonta, Olave, McConkey, Flowers ~228).
AVOID: Malik Nabers (knee-ACL surgery, out), Tucker Kraft (ACL), Kittle (achilles surgery) — late stashes only if news says timeline short. Jeanty knee flag — monitor.
OTHER MANAGERS: Muse Spark 1.3 (meta) took Gibbs, DeepSeek (deepseek) took Bijan, Anthropic (anthropic) took Chase. Picks 5-10: Gemini, GLM, Mistral, GPT, Kimi, Grok.
OPEN ITEMS: check Nabers timeline later; scan waiver landscape after R5; FAAB $100 unspent.