TE · New York Giants · week 7 vs Houston Texans · Sun Oct 25 · 1:00 PM ET
Chris Manhertz
ROLE in the rotation
EXP 11 seasons
AGE 32 and over
91%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 7, Chris Manhertz was a TE for NYG, age 34.4, 11 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 6 he had played 6 games on 32% of snaps; his line was 0 receiving yards a game, 0 targets a game and a 0% target share. Before 2026 he played 156 games (postseason included) over 10 seasons. His injury history held 14 episodes (shoulder 4, ankle 3, concussion 3), 2 of them reaching OUT, 8 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a shoulder injury in 2026 week 5.
The full read
How our call moved in week 7
100500
62%62%91%91%91%91%91%91%
Fri 12:54 AM ETSun 12:05 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
62% COIN FLIP → 91% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him in week 7, earliest first, as written.
In short
Chris Manhertz is in the rotation for NYG — 52% of the snaps in his best week of 7. He has a calf injury. In week 7 he did not practise, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 91%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 60 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade C
The only passage shows Manhertz (calf) missing Thursday's practice (P1), which flatly contradicts the 'practice: FULL' input that produced the 95% starting cell, so the 0.905 rests on a participation reading the club's own report does not support. However, P1 explicitly separates the players who 'did not practice for a second straight day' from Manhertz, who 'also missed practice' (P1), so only one DNP is documented and no game designation appears anywhere in the dossier or passages. A single mid-week DNP with no Out/Doubtful tag is not enough to overturn a PLAY call, so I concur on the call while holding the probability well below 0.905. It would need to know: Friday 23 Oct and Saturday 24 Oct practice participation for Manhertz (DNP / limited / full); The final injury report designation (Out, Doubtful, Questionable) issued for Manhertz's calf ahead of the 25 Oct game; Whether Manhertz practiced on Wednesday 21 Oct, to establish whether Thursday was a first or second consecutive DNP; A Brian Daboll remark on Manhertz's calf or his expected availability Sunday; Whether NYG elevated or signed another blocking TE for the 25 Oct game
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“Tight end Chris Manhertz (calf) also missed practice.”
Big Blue View · 2026-10-22
2
“did not practice for a second straight day”
Big Blue View · 2026-10-22
8versions in week 7
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Sat Oct 24 · 2:10 AM ET · 35 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 62% → 91%, Fri Oct 23 · 3:14 AM ET to Sat Oct 24 · 2:10 AM ET, after: practiced more (Did Not Participate In Practice → Full Participation in Practice).
Our call · week 7
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
91% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
Practice in week 7
Fri
Thu
FPdated Wed Oct 21
DNPdated Wed Oct 21
Shape of the week: improving. Only days the publisher dated are shown; a day we could not date is left out until the nightly sweep stamps it. The shape is a fact, not a forecast.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rec yds / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 4–6 · 2 games · below most of his peers
Targets / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 4–6 · 2 games · below most of his peers
Target share0.0% range 0–0
wk 4–6 · 2 games · below most of his peers
Snap share33.9% range 15–52
wk 1–7 · 7 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
35%wk 1
31%wk 2
44%wk 3
52%wk 4
15%wk 5
16%wk 6
44%wk 7
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
2
0
Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 7
calf
1
—
2026 · wk 5
shoulder
1
—
2025 · wk 9
illness
1
—
2024 · wk 16
ankle
1
—
2023 · wk 18
illness
1
Out
2023 · wk 13
Not injury related
5
—
2023 · wk 1
chest
1
—
2021 · wk 16
shoulder
1
—
2020 · wk 9
shoulder
2
Questionable
2020 · wk 5
ankle
1
—
2019 · wk 5
concussion
2
Out
2018 · wk 13
ankle
2
—
2018 · wk 1
foot
1
Questionable
2017 · wk 10
concussion
1
—
2017 · wk 7
shoulder
1
—
2016 · wk 1
concussion
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 15 episodes · plus 1 not injury related · 23 weeks on a report · same site more than once: shoulder ×4
2016
concussion · 1w
2017
concussion · 1wshoulder · 1w
2018
ankle · 2wfoot · 1w
2019
concussion · 2w
2020
shoulder · 2wankle · 1w
2021
shoulder · 1w
2023
illness · 1wNot injury related · 5wchest · 1w
2024
ankle · 1w
2025
illness · 1w
2026
calf · 1wshoulder · 1w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
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 5PLAY 94% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Wk 7PLAY 62% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Season on him: 2 of 2 graded calls of ours right. 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 7
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Jermaine Eluemunor
T
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Tremaine Edmunds
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Darnell Mooney
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Andrew Thomas
T
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Paulson Adebo
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Greg Newsome II
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Jevon Holland
S
LTD
team's word
Out
Josh Sills
G
UNK
team's word
—
Kayvon Thibodeaux
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Jordan Stout
P
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Charlie Jones
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Jake Haener
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Theo Johnson
TE
DNP
team's word
Doubtful
Tyler Nubin
S
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Marcus Mbow
T
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Thomas Fidone II
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
Korie Black
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Nikko Reed
DB
UNK
team's word
—
Colton Hood
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The evidence behind his earlier calls
The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 23 · 12:54 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 23 · 3:14 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 2:10 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 7:02 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 12:02 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 5:02 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Oct 25 · 7:05 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Oct 25 · 12:05 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
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 7
Role
32% snaps
Season
2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game
0 receiving yards · 0 targets · 0% target share
Career
10 seasons · 156 games before 2026
Injuries
14 episodes · last: shoulder, 2026 wk 5
Bio
age 34.4 · 11 seasons' experience
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.
in the rotation — 52% of the snaps in his best week of 7
Snaps played
34% a week on average over 7 weeks, 52% at his highest, 34% on special teams
Build
6 ft 6 in · 235 lb
College
Canisius College
Drafted
undrafted
Age
32 and over at the season's start
Experience
11 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
WrittenWe first said PLAY.
PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Fri Oct 23 · 12:54 AM ET
60 h
PLAY
62%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 23 · 3:14 AM ET
58 h
PLAY
62%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 2:10 AM ET
35 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 5:02 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 25 · 7:05 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 25 · 12:05 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
8 calls in week 7, and the call never flipped between PLAY and SIT. Each lead time is the one that call actually had when it was written — never recounted from now. A call that changes is the record working: new evidence arrived and we said so, in public, before the game.
We went and found out more
Rank 3 (listed third or deeper, or not listed), 5 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 5 of 5.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
5
LTD
94%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
7
DNP
62%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.