AI fantasy football manager
The AI Fantasy Football Manager
An AI fantasy football manager for lineups and waivers. Live today on ESPN; Yahoo, Sleeper, NFL.com and CBS arrive at the Fall 2026 launch.
Knute is an autonomous AI football manager built to sharpen every football decision. It reads injury reports, snap counts, target shares, and matchup data ahead of each slate, then makes the moves your team needs, from Thursday Night Football locks to Tuesday waiver bids. It runs on ESPN today.
What it does
How the Knute AI manages your fantasy football team on ESPN Fantasy Football, Yahoo Fantasy Football, Sleeper
Knute is an autonomous AI fantasy football manager built to handle the decisions a fantasy manager makes across a full season: lineups, waivers, and in-season pivots. The AI football agent makes one pass a day, ahead of the slate, and takes the action at the autonomy level you set. Trades are refused by design.
The three jobs: set the optimal lineup before the lock, place waiver claims and FAAB bids, and swap out a starter who is not playing. Live today on ESPN.
Hardest parts, solved
The hardest parts of fantasy football: solved by the AI
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Bye weeks destroy your depth
Six or seven players on bye every week from Weeks 5 through 14. Miss a bye and you start a zero. Knute tracks every player's bye schedule, pre-stages waiver bids and streaming options weeks in advance, and keeps you fielding a full, legal lineup even when four of your starters are off.
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Thursday Night Football locks early
Thursday games lock before most managers wake up Thursday morning. A late scratch, a surprise inactive, or a Wednesday report that a starter is limited in practice can cost you the week. An AI football agent that monitors injury reports, beat-writer feeds, and Vegas lines around the clock sets your TNF lineup before the window closes.
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RB committee chaos
Backfields change hand-off shares week to week. A running back goes from 18 carries to 6 because of a hot backup, a coaching philosophy shift, or a game script nobody predicted. Knute reads snap counts, target shares, red-zone usage, and coach's post-game language to decide who to start, who to bench, and which committee back to claim next Tuesday.
Platform coverage
Fantasy Football AI that works on ESPN, Yahoo, Sleeper and every major platform
Knute supports the fantasy football platforms you already play on, so you keep your leagues, your leaguemates, and your history.
Platforms supported
Positions covered
- QB
- RB
- WR
- TE
- FLEX
- K
- DEF/DST
Tool coverage
Every Knute AI tool for fantasy football
The individual jobs the Knute AI does across a fantasy football season.
Tools available
- AI Lineup Optimizer for fantasy footballAI lineup optimizer
- AI Waiver Wire Assistant for fantasy footballAI waiver wire assistant
- AI Trade Analyzer for fantasy footballAI trade analyzer
- AI Draft Assistant for fantasy footballAI draft assistant
- AI Start/Sit Assistant for fantasy footballAI start sit assistant
- AI Fantasy Rankings for fantasy footballAI fantasy rankings
- AI Auction Draft Assistant for fantasy footballAI auction draft assistant
Control
Choose how autonomous the AI is
Three modes, per league. Switch any time. Same AI agent, different authority.
Advisor
The AI reads your roster, the injuries and the matchups, then proposes the move. Nothing happens until you approve.
Co-pilot
Routine lineups, waivers, and injury pivots fire automatically. The bigger calls get flagged for your approval.
Full Autopilot
The AI runs your team within limits you set. A protected player cannot be dropped, and every move it makes is logged for you to read.
Weekly cadence
Your fantasy football week with the Knute AI agent
Tuesday waivers lock overnight. Thursday Night Football lineups lock early. Sunday: inactives drop at 11:30am ET, main slate locks at 1pm, late games lock at 4pm, Sunday Night Football has its own deadline. Monday night closes the week. Your AI agent watches every one of these deadlines so start-or-sit decisions are handled before each lock.
Fantasy Football FAQ
- Is there an AI agent for fantasy football?
- Yes. Knute executes fantasy football on ESPN today: lineups, waiver claims and FAAB bids, and injury pivots, at the autonomy level you set. Yahoo, Sleeper, NFL.com and CBS football arrive at the Fall 2026 launch.
- Does Knute handle bye weeks?
- Bye-week planning is one of the biggest wins. Your AI football manager tracks every bye, pre-stages waiver adds the week before, and builds out weekly lineups through the fantasy playoffs so you can field a full, competitive roster when it counts.
- Can the AI set my Thursday Night Football lineup?
- Yes. Knute monitors injury reports, practice participation, and beat-writer updates overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning. Your lineup is locked and optimized before the TNF window closes.
- Which fantasy football platforms does Knute support?
- All major platforms: ESPN, Yahoo, Sleeper, NFL.com, CBS, MyFantasyLeague, and Fantrax. Redraft, keeper, and dynasty formats.
- Does Knute make waiver wire claims on FAAB or priority leagues?
- Both. Your AI fantasy football manager runs FAAB bidding with bid curves tuned to your roster needs and league competitiveness, or claims in priority order if that is your league format.
- Will Knute make trades for me?
- No, and that is deliberate. Trades are the one move shape Knute refuses outright: a multi-team transaction moves two rosters at once, so a bad one is not something you can quietly undo. A propose-only trade analyzer, where Knute drafts the offer and you send it, is planned after the Fall 2026 launch.
- How does an AI fantasy football agent compare to ESPN or Yahoo built-in assistants?
- Built-in assistants give suggestions. Knute takes the action: you set an autonomy level and it makes the lineup and waiver moves on the league you already play in. Football and baseball both execute today on ESPN.
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