A separate calendar for football research. Game times set the windows, with time to review late news, check the work, and publish before managers set their lineups.
All times are Eastern. These are planned windows. A calendar event does not prove that recommendations are live. Local research requires the computer awake and Codex running.
Schedule reviewed Sun, Oct 11, 1:31 PM EDT.
League settings confirmed: Tuesday and Wednesday waivers process at 03:00 Eastern. Thursday–Saturday process at 03:00, then free agents. Sunday and Monday are locked. Full post-waiver reviews cover Tuesday and Wednesday; other passes check later roster changes. Processing completion must be verified.
These passes gather shared NFL inputs. Contest picks require the actual DFS slate, scoring, salary rules, and lock policy. Separate DFS windows are not armed.
2026 · Week 5
DEN / LAC / DET / ARI / SF / SEA final-news check
- Start
- Sun, Oct 11, 2:40 PM EDT
- Final news check
- Sun, Oct 11, 3:10 PM EDT
- Target live
- Sun, Oct 11, 3:35 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Sun, Oct 11, 4:05 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 5
BAL / ATL final-news check
- Start
- Sun, Oct 11, 6:55 PM EDT
- Final news check
- Sun, Oct 11, 7:25 PM EDT
- Target live
- Sun, Oct 11, 7:50 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Sun, Oct 11, 8:20 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 5
BAL / ATL postgame review
- Start
- Mon, Oct 12, 12:35 AM EDT
This is a final-status check window, not an assumed ending time. If any game is live, suspended, or delayed, defer 15 minutes. Keep scores provisional until the frozen outcome provider confirms final data.
2026 · Week 5
First waiver claim research
- Start
- Mon, Oct 12, 6:00 PM EDT
- Target live
- Mon, Oct 12, 7:30 PM EDT
Publish Monday evening before Tuesday 03:00 Eastern claims process. Include Sunday evidence and label unfinished Monday-game outcomes provisional. Tuesday morning’s recap informs Wednesday claims. Do not wait until Tuesday 06:00 to publish the first claim research.
2026 · Week 5
BUF / LAR final-news check
- Start
- Mon, Oct 12, 6:50 PM EDT
- Final news check
- Mon, Oct 12, 7:20 PM EDT
- Target live
- Mon, Oct 12, 7:45 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Mon, Oct 12, 8:15 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 5
BUF / LAR postgame review
- Start
- Tue, Oct 13, 12:30 AM EDT
This is a final-status check window, not an assumed ending time. If any game is live, suspended, or delayed, defer 15 minutes. Keep scores provisional until the frozen outcome provider confirms final data.
2026 · Week 5
Post-waiver roster and needs review
- Start
- Tue, Oct 13, 3:45 AM EDT
- Target live
- Tue, Oct 13, 4:45 AM EDT
Start 45 minutes after the confirmed 03:00 Eastern Tuesday or Wednesday processing time. Verify completed transactions and refresh rosters. A configured clear time alone does not prove processing completed.
2026 · Week 5
Week 5 recap and waiver research
- Start
- Tue, Oct 13, 6:00 AM EDT
- Target live
- Tue, Oct 13, 7:30 AM EDT
The morning after the last scheduled game. Confirm all games have ended before a complete recap. Evaluate predictions under their frozen settlement rules. Publish waiver research and generate the next schedule.
2026 · Week 5
Post-waiver roster and needs review
- Start
- Wed, Oct 14, 3:45 AM EDT
- Target live
- Wed, Oct 14, 4:45 AM EDT
Start 45 minutes after the confirmed 03:00 Eastern Tuesday or Wednesday processing time. Verify completed transactions and refresh rosters. A configured clear time alone does not prove processing completed.
2026 · Week 6
First-game research
- Start
- Wed, Oct 14, 6:00 PM EDT
- Target live
- Wed, Oct 14, 7:30 PM EDT
Review usage, coaching, injury reports, and waiver candidates before the short final-news pass. Reserve 90 minutes for research, checks, correction, and publication.
2026 · Week 6
SEA / DEN final-news check
- Start
- Thu, Oct 15, 6:50 PM EDT
- Final news check
- Thu, Oct 15, 7:20 PM EDT
- Target live
- Thu, Oct 15, 7:45 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Thu, Oct 15, 8:15 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 6
SEA / DEN postgame review
- Start
- Fri, Oct 16, 12:30 AM EDT
This is a final-status check window, not an assumed ending time. If any game is live, suspended, or delayed, defer 15 minutes. Keep scores provisional until the frozen outcome provider confirms final data.
2026 · Week 6
Main-slate research
- Start
- Sat, Oct 17, 6:00 PM EDT
- Target live
- Sat, Oct 17, 7:30 PM EDT
Review usage, coaching, injury reports, and waiver candidates before the short final-news pass. Reserve 90 minutes for research, checks, correction, and publication.
2026 · Week 6
International game check
- Start
- Sun, Oct 18, 8:05 AM EDT
- Final news check
- Sun, Oct 18, 8:35 AM EDT
- Target live
- Sun, Oct 18, 9:00 AM EDT
- First game lock
- Sun, Oct 18, 9:30 AM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 6
Main-slate final-news check
- Start
- Sun, Oct 18, 11:35 AM EDT
- Final news check
- Sun, Oct 18, 12:05 PM EDT
- Target live
- Sun, Oct 18, 12:30 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Sun, Oct 18, 1:00 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 6
HOU / JAX postgame review
- Start
- Sun, Oct 18, 1:45 PM EDT
This is a final-status check window, not an assumed ending time. If any game is live, suspended, or delayed, defer 15 minutes. Keep scores provisional until the frozen outcome provider confirms final data.
2026 · Week 6
ARI / LAR / LAC / KC / BUF / LV final-news check
- Start
- Sun, Oct 18, 2:40 PM EDT
- Final news check
- Sun, Oct 18, 3:10 PM EDT
- Target live
- Sun, Oct 18, 3:35 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Sun, Oct 18, 4:05 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 6
DAL / GB final-news check
- Start
- Sun, Oct 18, 6:55 PM EDT
- Final news check
- Sun, Oct 18, 7:25 PM EDT
- Target live
- Sun, Oct 18, 7:50 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Sun, Oct 18, 8:20 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 6
DAL / GB postgame review
- Start
- Mon, Oct 19, 12:35 AM EDT
This is a final-status check window, not an assumed ending time. If any game is live, suspended, or delayed, defer 15 minutes. Keep scores provisional until the frozen outcome provider confirms final data.
2026 · Week 6
First waiver claim research
- Start
- Mon, Oct 19, 6:00 PM EDT
- Target live
- Mon, Oct 19, 7:30 PM EDT
Publish Monday evening before Tuesday 03:00 Eastern claims process. Include Sunday evidence and label unfinished Monday-game outcomes provisional. Tuesday morning’s recap informs Wednesday claims. Do not wait until Tuesday 06:00 to publish the first claim research.
2026 · Week 6
WAS / SF final-news check
- Start
- Mon, Oct 19, 6:50 PM EDT
- Final news check
- Mon, Oct 19, 7:20 PM EDT
- Target live
- Mon, Oct 19, 7:45 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Mon, Oct 19, 8:15 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 6
WAS / SF postgame review
- Start
- Tue, Oct 20, 12:30 AM EDT
This is a final-status check window, not an assumed ending time. If any game is live, suspended, or delayed, defer 15 minutes. Keep scores provisional until the frozen outcome provider confirms final data.
2026 · Week 6
Post-waiver roster and needs review
- Start
- Tue, Oct 20, 3:45 AM EDT
- Target live
- Tue, Oct 20, 4:45 AM EDT
Start 45 minutes after the confirmed 03:00 Eastern Tuesday or Wednesday processing time. Verify completed transactions and refresh rosters. A configured clear time alone does not prove processing completed.
2026 · Week 6
Week 6 recap and waiver research
- Start
- Tue, Oct 20, 6:00 AM EDT
- Target live
- Tue, Oct 20, 7:30 AM EDT
The morning after the last scheduled game. Confirm all games have ended before a complete recap. Evaluate predictions under their frozen settlement rules. Publish waiver research and generate the next schedule.
2026 · Week 6
Post-waiver roster and needs review
- Start
- Wed, Oct 21, 3:45 AM EDT
- Target live
- Wed, Oct 21, 4:45 AM EDT
Start 45 minutes after the confirmed 03:00 Eastern Tuesday or Wednesday processing time. Verify completed transactions and refresh rosters. A configured clear time alone does not prove processing completed.
2026 · Week 7
First-game research
- Start
- Wed, Oct 21, 6:00 PM EDT
- Target live
- Wed, Oct 21, 7:30 PM EDT
Review usage, coaching, injury reports, and waiver candidates before the short final-news pass. Reserve 90 minutes for research, checks, correction, and publication.
2026 · Week 7
NE / CHI final-news check
- Start
- Thu, Oct 22, 6:50 PM EDT
- Final news check
- Thu, Oct 22, 7:20 PM EDT
- Target live
- Thu, Oct 22, 7:45 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Thu, Oct 22, 8:15 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 7
NE / CHI postgame review
- Start
- Fri, Oct 23, 12:30 AM EDT
This is a final-status check window, not an assumed ending time. If any game is live, suspended, or delayed, defer 15 minutes. Keep scores provisional until the frozen outcome provider confirms final data.
2026 · Week 7
Main-slate research
- Start
- Sat, Oct 24, 6:00 PM EDT
- Target live
- Sat, Oct 24, 7:30 PM EDT
Review usage, coaching, injury reports, and waiver candidates before the short final-news pass. Reserve 90 minutes for research, checks, correction, and publication.
2026 · Week 7
International game check
- Start
- Sun, Oct 25, 8:05 AM EDT
- Final news check
- Sun, Oct 25, 8:35 AM EDT
- Target live
- Sun, Oct 25, 9:00 AM EDT
- First game lock
- Sun, Oct 25, 9:30 AM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 7
Main-slate final-news check
- Start
- Sun, Oct 25, 11:35 AM EDT
- Final news check
- Sun, Oct 25, 12:05 PM EDT
- Target live
- Sun, Oct 25, 12:30 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Sun, Oct 25, 1:00 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 7
PIT / NO postgame review
- Start
- Sun, Oct 25, 1:45 PM EDT
This is a final-status check window, not an assumed ending time. If any game is live, suspended, or delayed, defer 15 minutes. Keep scores provisional until the frozen outcome provider confirms final data.
2026 · Week 7
DEN / ARI / GB / DET / LAR / LV final-news check
- Start
- Sun, Oct 25, 2:40 PM EDT
- Final news check
- Sun, Oct 25, 3:10 PM EDT
- Target live
- Sun, Oct 25, 3:35 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Sun, Oct 25, 4:05 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 7
KC / SEA final-news check
- Start
- Sun, Oct 25, 6:55 PM EDT
- Final news check
- Sun, Oct 25, 7:25 PM EDT
- Target live
- Sun, Oct 25, 7:50 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Sun, Oct 25, 8:20 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 7
KC / SEA postgame review
- Start
- Mon, Oct 26, 12:35 AM EDT
This is a final-status check window, not an assumed ending time. If any game is live, suspended, or delayed, defer 15 minutes. Keep scores provisional until the frozen outcome provider confirms final data.
2026 · Week 7
First waiver claim research
- Start
- Mon, Oct 26, 6:00 PM EDT
- Target live
- Mon, Oct 26, 7:30 PM EDT
Publish Monday evening before Tuesday 03:00 Eastern claims process. Include Sunday evidence and label unfinished Monday-game outcomes provisional. Tuesday morning’s recap informs Wednesday claims. Do not wait until Tuesday 06:00 to publish the first claim research.
2026 · Week 7
DAL / PHI final-news check
- Start
- Mon, Oct 26, 6:50 PM EDT
- Final news check
- Mon, Oct 26, 7:20 PM EDT
- Target live
- Mon, Oct 26, 7:45 PM EDT
- First game lock
- Mon, Oct 26, 8:15 PM EDT
Official inactives usually arrive about 90 minutes before each kickoff. Start after the first list, check later lists in this wave, then check late changes. Publish 30 minutes before the first game. Keep started games fixed. The 55-minute window includes checks and one correction cycle.
2026 · Week 7
DAL / PHI postgame review
- Start
- Tue, Oct 27, 12:30 AM EDT
This is a final-status check window, not an assumed ending time. If any game is live, suspended, or delayed, defer 15 minutes. Keep scores provisional until the frozen outcome provider confirms final data.
2026 · Week 7
Post-waiver roster and needs review
- Start
- Tue, Oct 27, 3:45 AM EDT
- Target live
- Tue, Oct 27, 4:45 AM EDT
Start 45 minutes after the confirmed 03:00 Eastern Tuesday or Wednesday processing time. Verify completed transactions and refresh rosters. A configured clear time alone does not prove processing completed.
2026 · Week 7
Week 7 recap and waiver research
- Start
- Tue, Oct 27, 6:00 AM EDT
- Target live
- Tue, Oct 27, 7:30 AM EDT
The morning after the last scheduled game. Confirm all games have ended before a complete recap. Evaluate predictions under their frozen settlement rules. Publish waiver research and generate the next schedule.
2026 · Week 7
Post-waiver roster and needs review
- Start
- Wed, Oct 28, 3:45 AM EDT
- Target live
- Wed, Oct 28, 4:45 AM EDT
Start 45 minutes after the confirmed 03:00 Eastern Tuesday or Wednesday processing time. Verify completed transactions and refresh rosters. A configured clear time alone does not prove processing completed.