The rules
- Keep up to 5. Fewer is fine. Every keeper consumes one of your draft picks — one keeper per round.
- Drafted after Round 5, or picked up undrafted: your first such keeper costs your Round 5 pick, the second Round 6, the third Round 7, and so on. These slots are fixed — nothing moves them — and you choose which player takes which.
- Drafted in Rounds 1–5: costs that round, or an earlier open round — never a later one. If his round is taken, he moves to your nearest earlier open round; if nothing earlier is open, you can't keep him.
- Draft round follows the player. Trades and waiver claims don't change what a player costs — a Round-2 draftee is a Round-2 keeper no matter whose roster he ended up on.
- Repeat keeps cost the same. Keeping a player again next year runs the same math — no escalation.
Example 1: you keep a player you drafted in Round 5 and one late-round/waiver player. The cascade keeper takes Round 5, so your Round-5 draftee moves up — you pay Rounds 4 and 5.
Example 2: you hold two Round-2 draftees (one via the waiver wire). Keeping both costs Round 2 and Round 1. The original drafter has no claim on a player he let go — but the wire can't make him cheaper either.
See it live: the draft board shows every keeper at their final cost round — and you can drag your keepers to rearrange cascade slots or move a native up, within these rules.
How declarations work
- The draft order is randomized and announced before declarations are due — you'll know your picks before you commit.
- Declare through the declaration form — it computes your exact costs as you tick, and goes privately to the commissioner. Resubmit any time before the deadline; latest one counts.
- At the deadline every team's keepers get published right here — before draft day, so you can plan against the real board.
- A declared keeper can be swapped before draft day only for a significant injury (commissioner's discretion).
Your options, team by team
The Empire Strikes Backfield ✓ declared
Steven Ginter
Declared keepers final — costs as charged
R3RBOmarion Hampton
R5TEHarold Fannin Jr.
Don't Sweat The Technique ✓ declared
Harold Jimenez
Declared keepers final — costs as charged
R3QBLamar Jackson
Chase to Witch Mountain ✓ declared
David Andreassen
Declared keepers final — costs as charged
R1WRJa'Marr Chase
R3RBJonathan Taylor
R4TETrey McBride
R5WRTetairoa McMillan
The Snap ✓ declared
Drew Richardson
Declared keepers final — costs as charged
R1WRJustin Jefferson
R2RBAshton Jeanty
R4WRJaxon Smith-Njigba
R5WRChris Olave
For The Birds ✓ declared
Dylan McGinty
Declared keepers final — costs as charged
R2QBJayden Daniels
R3RBKenneth Walker III
R4WRDeVonta Smith
R5RBJavonte Williams
R6WRZay Flowers
4*TOWN AND GOAL ✓ declared
Jim Harold Gascon
Declared keepers final — costs as charged
R1RBJahmyr Gibbs
R2RBChase Brown
R5RBCam Skattebo
R6WREmeka Egbuka
R7WRDavante Adams
Mean Machine ✓ declared
Kevin Gaffney
Declared keepers final — costs as charged
R2TEBrock Bowers
R5RBQuinshon Judkins
Mathew's Monstrous Team ✓ declared
Mathew Clark
Declared keepers final — costs as charged
R1WRAmon-Ra St. Brown
R2RBDe'Von Achane
R4WRTee Higgins
Hail Mary Poppins ✓ declared
Kristen Ginter
Declared keepers final — costs as charged
R1RBChristian McCaffrey
R2WRPuka Nacua
R3QBJalen Hurts
R4RBKyren Williams
R5TEGeorge Kittle
YAC_all_day ✓ declared
Gregory Leite
Declared keepers final — costs as charged
R1RBBijan Robinson
R2RBJames Cook III
R5WRGeorge Pickens
R6QBDrake Maye
R7RBBhayshul Tuten