QB · Atlanta Falcons · week 8 vs San Francisco 49ers · Sun Oct 25 · 1:00 PM ET
Andy Dalton
ROLE a backup
CLASS 2011 · R2 P35
EXP 15 seasons
AGE 32 and over
DEPTH QB3
As of week 8, Andy Dalton was a QB for ATL, age 38.8, 15 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 7 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 1 game on 8% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 102 games (postseason included) over 10 seasons with 1 Pro Bowl. His injury history held 20 episodes (hand 4, illness 3, ankle 2), 4 of them reaching OUT, 9 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a hand injury in 2025 week 9.
The full read
In short
Andy Dalton is a backup at quarterback for ATL — 8% of the snaps in his best week of 1. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in week 7. His team has not listed him on the final report.
His team's own announcement
This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's published inactive list, on the day.
No dated practice report for him in week 8
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges
fewer than 2 games this season
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
8%wk 3
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 9
hand
1
Questionable
2024 · wk 8
right hand
2
Doubtful
2024 · wk 4
ankle
1
—
2023 · wk 16
illness
1
—
2022 · wk 7
back
1
—
2021 · wk 17
groin
2
—
2021 · wk 14
left hand
3
Out
2021 · wk 3
knee
3
Out
2020 · wk 8
concussion
2
Out
2018 · wk 7
back
1
—
2017 · wk 7
ankle
1
—
2016 · wk 11
right shoulder
2
—
2016 · wk 3
hip
1
—
2015 · wk 15
right hand
4
Out
2015 · wk 12
groin
1
Probable
2014 · wk 17
illness
1
—
2012 · wk 1
right arm
1
Probable
2011 · wk 18
illness
1
Probable
2011 · wk 12
right shoulder
1
Probable
2011 · wk 2
right wrist
1
Probable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 20 episodes · 31 weeks on a report · same site more than once: hand ×4
2011
illness · 1wshoulder · 1wwrist · 1w
2012
arm · 1w
2014
illness · 1w
2015
hand · 4wgroin · 1w
2016
shoulder · 2whip · 1w
2017
ankle · 1w
2018
back · 1w
2020
concussion · 2w
2021
groin · 2whand · 3wknee · 3w
2022
back · 1w
2023
illness · 1w
2024
hand · 2wankle · 1w
2025
hand · 1w
2026
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
doubtful
questionable
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 7not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.
The rest of his team's report in week 8
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Jalon Walker
LB
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
Profile — as of week 8
Role
QB3 · 8% snaps
Season
2026 · 1 game through wk 7
Career
10 seasons · 102 games before 2026
Honors
1× Pro Bowl
Injuries
20 episodes · last: hand, 2025 wk 9
Bio
age 38.8 · 15 seasons' experience · drafted round 2
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.