Draft night · Sun 30 Aug 2026
180 picks, 12 managers, one projector.
The 2026 snake draft at Theo’s place, pick by pick. Scroll to replay it, hover a column to follow one team, and read the grades the last-place host handed out.
Draft grades · by Theo Nakamura
Graded by the person who finished last.
By tradition the host grades the draft. Theo gave himself an A. Nobody else did.
A · LATE-ROUND QBS
The host’s own grade.
“Waited on quarterback, as the name requires. Traded for one anyway in week 2. Growth.”
A− · THE TAXI SQUAD
Rookies everywhere.
Lena took three rookies in the first six rounds. Two of them started in week 1.
B+ · COMMISSIONER’S PETS
Suspiciously good.
Grant’s picks all fell perfectly. He also set the draft clock. No further comment.
B · FOURTH & FOREVER
The champion’s haul.
Priya drafted like someone who plans to win the waiver wire anyway. She will.
C+ · KICKOFF COUPE
Two kickers.
Sam drafted a kicker in round 13 and another in round 15. He has offered one of them in three trades.
C− · TUESDAY WAIVERS
Sending a message.
Dana took a kicker in round 12 ‘to send a message’. The message has not been decoded.
Keeper rules
One keeper each, and what it costs.
COST
The round you drafted him, minus one.
A 5th-round pick costs you your 4th-round pick this year.
PICKUPS
Free agents cost a 10th.
Anyone you claimed off waivers last season costs a 10th-round pick.
LIMITS
No first-rounders.
Players drafted in round 1 can’t be kept. Submit by August 20 or keep nobody.
Players to watch
The picks everyone is talking about.
T. Iverson
QB
Traded from Tuesday Waivers in week 2 of 2026 for a tight end and a running back. The league vote passed 9–1.
M. Amadi
RB
The subject of Lena’s two-for-one offer. Jonah countered by asking for snacks.
E. Diallo
WR
Lena drafted him in round 1 and has turned down three offers since.
L. Delacroix
TE
Moved to Fourth & Forever in the Iverson trade.
K. Fairbanks
RB
First pick of the 2025 draft.
A. Summers
RB
On the trade block for Z. Rasmussen. Both managers call it a change of scenery.
C. Iverson
WR
Grant declined a two-for-one offer for him without a counter.
Z. Rasmussen
WR
On the block for A. Summers.
League notes
Draft-night paperwork.
Previews
Week 3 preview: the unbeatens meet the waiver wire
Commissioner’s Pets and The Hash Marks are the last two unbeaten teams. Neither plays the other this week, and both drew teams that just made big waiver claims.
Draft
The 2026 draft, graded by the person who finished last
As last season’s Wooden Spoon, Theo hosted the draft and, by tradition, writes the grades. He gave himself an A.
Draft
Draft night logistics: the projector, the snacks, the order
The 2026 draft is at Theo’s, 8:00 pm on Sunday August 30, with a projector and a 90-second clock per pick.