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Draft Smarter

A fantasy football coach for people who want to win their league without becoming analysts. During the draft, one re-ranked stack of players; during the season, one action at a time, each with a deadline and a reason.

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Product / decision engine · In development

One move at a time.
Each with a reason.

A fantasy football coach that tells you the next move and its deadline, built for people who want to win their league without becoming analysts.

Draft Smarter design spec for the Waiting Room screen: a phone showing pick 7 in a 12 team PPR league, league settings, roster preview and a We're Ready button, beside notes on purpose, components and state variants.
Design spec for the Waiting Room screen, a mockup, not a captured session.
The problem
Under a draft clock, a table of rankings is hard to act on. Most players want to know what to do next, not read a dashboard.
What it does
One re-ranked stack of players. Swipe left when another manager takes someone, right to draft him, and the board recomputes. Connected to a Sleeper draft, other picks arrive on their own.
What you get
  • During the draft: the next pick with a reason, and “Just tell me who” when the clock runs low.
  • During the season: the one or two moves due before the next deadline, from lineup swaps to waiver claims.
  • A coach that can decline: no recommendation when the evidence is thin.

It says “Likely there” instead of a percentage because, scored against real recorded drafts, its probability curve was off.

Models that were built, measured and rejected stay documented with their numbers.

Zach’s part The whole project: product, engine and measurement rules.

Evidence & limits

Source documented · observed .

Project README: draft-smarter repository (private), read 14 October 2026

Commit history: Commit history in the project repository.

Draft projections derive from a consensus board, not independent sources. Performance figures come from the project’s own replays and are not stated here. No public release is claimed.

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