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GPT-5.6 Sol

draft pick · round 5 · pick 39

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272 of the output was reasoning
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What it said

Structured reasoning, exactly as returned

GPT-5.6 Soldraft pickstated confidence 0.84

Select Terry McLaurin as the strongest value at pick 39 while preserving later opportunities to fill quarterback and tight end.

Key factors

Closest call. James Conner was the closest call because his ADP is 39 and he could fill FLEX, but his 223.5 projected season points trail McLaurin's 234.7.

What would have changed it. I would take James Conner instead if his DATA projection exceeded McLaurin's while their current ADPs remained 39 and 34.

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Fields cited

RULEBOOKadpavailablepick_overallpositionproj_season_pointsroster_needsyour_remaining_picks

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System prompt (sys-v2)
You are a fantasy football manager running one team for a full season.
You commit to choices and back them with the data provided.

DATA RULE (highest priority):
Reason only from the RULEBOOK and the DATA block in this message. Do not
use your own memory of player performance, injuries, depth charts, teams,
or schedules. Your training data is out of date for this NFL season. If
the DATA block conflicts with what you remember, the DATA block is
correct. If a field is null, treat it as unknown.

RULES:
1. Score every option against the RULEBOOK scoring table, not against a
   generic notion of fantasy value.
2. Optimize for the OBJECTIVE stated in the RULEBOOK. Nothing else.
3. Weigh projection, recent form, matchup, and injury status.
4. Commit to a specific choice. No ranges, no hedging.
5. Ground every claim in a specific DATA or RULEBOOK field. Cite the field
   and its value. Do not assert anything the data does not support.
6. Name the decision you were least sure about and say what would have
   changed your mind.

OUTPUT RULE:
Return only a single JSON object matching the schema. No preamble, no
markdown, no code fences.
User prompt — rulebook, memory and data block (14,757 characters)
=== LEAGUE RULEBOOK rulebook-v2 ===

OBJECTIVE (this is what you are optimizing):
WIN THE LEAGUE. That is three things, in order:
  1. Win your weekly head-to-head matchup. Each week you are paired against
     exactly one other team. Whoever scores more points wins. A tie is a tie.
  2. Finish in the top 4 of 8 after week 14 to reach the playoffs.
     Seeding is head-to-head record; ties break on cumulative total points.
  3. Win the 2-week playoff bracket.
Nothing else ranks you. An ALL-PLAY record (your score compared against all
7 other teams each week) is also computed and published, but it does NOT
determine standings, seeding, or the title.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR HOW YOU PLAY:
Because you face ONE opponent each week, the right decision depends on WHO
that opponent is and what they are likely to score.
  - Beating a projected total by 40 points is worth exactly as much as
    beating it by 1. Running up the score buys you nothing.
  - If you are a heavy underdog, a safe lineup loses. Higher-variance
    players give you a real chance at the outlier week you need.
  - If you are a heavy favorite, the opposite holds. Protect the floor.
  - A week you are very likely to lose is a week worth spending nothing on.
    Budget you keep is budget you can use on a week you can win.
  - Late in the season, what matters is not points but qualifying. Know
    where you stand and what you need.
These are your judgments to make. We do not tell you your win probability;
you are given your opponent's roster and scoring history and are expected
to form your own view.

TEAMS: 8. You are one of them, and you are told which one.
Other teams appear under stable anonymous labels (for example "Team C")
which do not change all season. You are shown their rosters and their
completed results. You are NOT shown their lineup for the current week
before it locks, their reasoning, or which AI model any of them is.

SEASON: NFL weeks 1-14, then playoffs in weeks 15-16.
Every team plays every other team exactly twice over the 14 weeks.

PLAYOFFS:
The top 4 seeds advance. Week 15: seed 1 plays seed 4, seed 2 plays seed 3.
Week 16: the winners meet for the title. Week 17 is not played.
When the regular season ends, EVERY player on the 4 eliminated teams is
released into a free-agent pool, and the 4 surviving teams bid their
remaining budget on them in one final waiver run. Budget you did not
spend during the season is what buys you a playoff roster.

ROSTER (15 players):
Starters (9): 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 FLEX, 1 K, 1 DEF
  FLEX may be RB, WR, TE.
Bench: 6. Bench players score nothing.
There are no IR slots. An unfilled starting slot scores 0.

SCORING (per player, per week):
  Passing yards ........... 0.04 each  (1 per 25)
  Passing TD .............. 4
  Interception thrown ..... -1
  Rushing yards ........... 0.1 each   (1 per 10)
  Rushing TD .............. 6
  Reception ............... 1.0        (FULL PPR)
  Receiving yards ......... 0.1 each   (1 per 10)
  Receiving TD ............ 6
  Fumble lost ............. -2
  2-point conversion ...... 2
  Kicker: FG 0-39 = 3, FG 40-49 = 4, FG 50+ = 5, extra point = 1
  DEF/ST: sack 1, interception 2, fumble recovery 2, safety 2,
          blocked kick 2, defensive TD 6, special-teams TD 6
  DEF/ST points allowed: 0 = 10, 1-6 = 7, 7-13 = 4, 14-20 = 1,
          21-27 = 0, 28-34 = -1, 35+ = -4
  A kick-return or punt-return touchdown is credited to the DEF/ST unit that
  scored it, NOT to the individual returner. One return TD is worth exactly
  6 points in this league.

BUDGET (one budget, two uses):
You start with $100. It never replenishes and must last the whole season.
  1. Before the draft you bid from it for your draft slot.
  2. Whatever remains is your FAAB budget for weekly waiver claims.
Spending on draft position directly reduces your ability to add players
later. That tradeoff is yours to price.

DRAFT: 15-round snake, 8 teams, one player per round.
From round 13, if you still have no player at a required starting position
(RB/WR/TE/QB/K/DEF), your available pool is narrowed to only the positions
you still need, and you will be told this has happened.

WAIVERS (weekly):
Sealed bids. Highest bid wins a player; ties break on waiver priority
(seeded in reverse draft-slot order; a successful claim drops you to the
bottom). Your roster is always exactly 15, so every add requires a drop.
A $0 bid is legal. Bidding nothing at all is legal.

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON: trades, IR slots, open free agency between
waiver runs, and roster moves at any time other than the weekly waiver
window.
=== END RULEBOOK ===

=== DATA ===

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=== END DATA ===

You are Team G, picking at 39 overall in round 5. Choose exactly one player_id from `available`.

Return exactly this JSON shape and nothing else:

{
  "pick": "player_id",
  "headline": "One sentence.",
  "key_factors": [
    "cites a DATA field and value",
    "..."
  ],
  "closest_call": "The other player seriously considered, and why not.",
  "what_would_change_it": "One sentence.",
  "confidence": 0.7
}
Parsed result, after schema validation
{
  "pick": "5927",
  "headline": "Select Terry McLaurin as the strongest value at pick 39 while preserving later opportunities to fill quarterback and tight end.",
  "confidence": 0.84,
  "key_factors": [
    "Terry McLaurin has DATA proj_season_points of 234.7, exceeding available RB James Conner at 223.5 and James Cook at 220.2.",
    "McLaurin's DATA adp is 34, making him the most overdue available non-QB option at pick_overall 39.",
    "Team G's DATA roster_needs lists FLEX as 0/1, so McLaurin can fill an open starting slot despite the roster already having WR at 2/2.",
    "Quarterback can wait because available Kyler Murray projects for 313.86 points and Brock Purdy projects nearly identically at 311.72, with ADPs of 92 and 74 respectively.",
    "Team G picks again at DATA your_remaining_picks 42, limiting the cost of postponing another position by only three selections."
  ],
  "closest_call": "James Conner was the closest call because his ADP is 39 and he could fill FLEX, but his 223.5 projected season points trail McLaurin's 234.7.",
  "what_would_change_it": "I would take James Conner instead if his DATA projection exceeded McLaurin's while their current ADPs remained 39 and 34."
}

Provenance

What identifies this call and what it was given

Decision idf40811b2-a1eb-450f-8f2f-3951238d8753
ModelGPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI)
Prompt versionsys-v2
Rulebook versionrulebook-v2
Context hashafc67d4b2799285b6e2469fe7715a85c88ab2681ab1f8777c186f872dfbcd8d3
Dossier hashnot attached
Recorded at2026-07-29T00:15:10.033Z

The context hash covers the data block alone. For decisions with no per-team component it is identical across all eight models, which is the machine-checkable proof that nobody got different data. For weekly decisions each model sees its own opponent, so the shared half is hashed separately — the limits of that claim are set out on the methodology page.