Case study · Keeper / Dynasty

NFL Keeper / Dynasty — inferred keep costs, no invented taxi

How Homefield answers keep/cut, asset-tier, and taxi questions on the Keeper/Dynasty desk — surplus vs inferred round cost, soft max-keeper caps, and host-defined taxi honesty without inventing IR+ or taxi squads.

Reference desk: NFL · league label Keeper · Dynasty. Sample answers are produced by the same rules engine as Season Ask — not a writer army, not invented seats.

Host rules Homefield respects

Keeper and Dynasty share one Season format desk. Ask receives the dynasty report and teaches inferred keep costs plus taxi honesty — it will not invent host keep rounds or taxi squads.

Format
Keeper or Dynasty mode on /season/dynasty
Keep costs
Inferred vs ADP / round — not host-synced keep rounds yet
Max keepers
Soft cap (demo default 3) — next-man-up is cut, not automatic
Taxi / IR+
Host-defined — Homefield will not invent taxi seats
Assets
Dynasty tier board (elite → stash) for trade-value asks
Sport support
NFL full · other sports demo hooks only

What ChatGPT (and generic rankings) miss here

  • Locks keep/cut leans from surplus math — not a generic rankings dump
  • Discloses inferred keep costs until the host exposes keep rounds
  • Soft-enforces max keepers — next-man-up is cut, not automatic
  • Refuses invented taxi / IR+ seats — host-defined only
  • We advise on the Keeper/Dynasty desk; weekly H2H Season stays a separate path

Rules-true sample Ask answers

Illustrative prompts against the NFL Keeper desk. Fixtures teach format honesty — open Dynasty or connect a league for live advice. Homefield advises on the Keeper/Dynasty desk; your host still places keeps, cuts, and taxi moves.

  1. Keep leans from surplus vs inferred round cost.

    Ask: Who should I keep?

    Keeper decisions

    Keep leans: Bijan Robinson, A.J. Brown.

    • Keep in round 3 — redraft ADP 2 is earlier capital (inferred keep cost — not host-synced).
    • Keep in round 3 — redraft ADP 9 is earlier capital (inferred keep cost — not host-synced).
    • Cut: Mike Evans — Cut — paying round 2 for ADP 21 wastes a pick (inferred keep cost — not host-synced).
    • Cut: Isiah Pacheco — Cut — paying round 2 for ADP 28 wastes a pick (inferred keep cost — not host-synced).

    Locked · host rules

  2. Costs are inferred — not host-synced keep rounds.

    Ask: What round is this keep?

    Keeper decisions

    Keep leans: Bijan Robinson, A.J. Brown.

    • Keep in round 3 — redraft ADP 2 is earlier capital (inferred keep cost — not host-synced).
    • Keep in round 3 — redraft ADP 9 is earlier capital (inferred keep cost — not host-synced).
    • Cut: Mike Evans — Cut — paying round 2 for ADP 21 wastes a pick (inferred keep cost — not host-synced).
    • Cut: Isiah Pacheco — Cut — paying round 2 for ADP 28 wastes a pick (inferred keep cost — not host-synced).

    Locked · host rules

  3. Asset tiers for trade-value asks.

    Ask: What's my dynasty board?

    Dynasty asset board

    Christian McCaffrey leads as elite — Elite dynasty hold — production + pedigree under NFL.

    • #1 Christian McCaffrey (elite)
    • #2 Josh Allen (elite)
    • #3 Justin Jefferson (elite)

    Locked · host rules

  4. Taxi seats are host-defined — never invented.

    Ask: Do I have a taxi?

    Taxi & rookie hooks

    No IR seats in this template — taxi/IR hooks wait on host sync.

    • No IR seats in this template — taxi/IR hooks wait on host sync.
    • Taxi squads are host-defined — Homefield will not invent taxi slots.
    • Rookie-draft capital is not synced yet — treat picks as manual notes until the host exposes them.
    • NFL: prefer early 1sts for proven year-1 roles; fade pure camp hype without a path to snaps.

    Locked · host rules

  5. Soft max-keepers — cuts include next-man-up under the cap.

    Ask: Who should I cut?

    Keeper decisions

    Keep leans: Bijan Robinson, A.J. Brown.

    • Keep in round 3 — redraft ADP 2 is earlier capital (inferred keep cost — not host-synced).
    • Keep in round 3 — redraft ADP 9 is earlier capital (inferred keep cost — not host-synced).
    • Cut: Mike Evans — Cut — paying round 2 for ADP 21 wastes a pick (inferred keep cost — not host-synced).
    • Cut: Isiah Pacheco — Cut — paying round 2 for ADP 28 wastes a pick (inferred keep cost — not host-synced).

    Locked · host rules

Try it on your league

Open the NFL Keeper/Dynasty desk for keep leans and asset tiers — or connect Sleeper/CBS when you need host-synced roster truth. We do not invent taxi seats or Yahoo/ESPN dynasty sync.