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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%PLAY EXPECTED

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

  • 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 reportedSource
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

FriThu
FPdated Wed Oct 21DNPdated 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

  1. 35%wk 1
  2. 31%wk 2
  3. 44%wk 3
  4. 52%wk 4
  5. 15%wk 5
  6. 16%wk 6
  7. 44%wk 7

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202620

Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.

Medical history

WhenInjuryWeeks on a reportWorst status
2026 · wk 7calf1—
2026 · wk 5shoulder1—
2025 · wk 9illness1—
2024 · wk 16ankle1—
2023 · wk 18illness1Out
2023 · wk 13Not injury related5—
2023 · wk 1chest1—
2021 · wk 16shoulder1—
2020 · wk 9shoulder2Questionable
2020 · wk 5ankle1—
2019 · wk 5concussion2Out
2018 · wk 13ankle2—
2018 · wk 1foot1Questionable
2017 · wk 10concussion1—
2017 · wk 7shoulder1—
2016 · wk 1concussion1Questionable

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

  • 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

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Jermaine EluemunorTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Tremaine EdmundsLBDNPteam's wordOut
Darnell MooneyWRFULLoursPLAY90%EXPECTED
Andrew ThomasTLTDoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Paulson AdeboCBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Greg Newsome IICBDNPteam's wordOut
Jevon HollandSLTDteam's wordOut
Josh SillsGUNKteam's word—
Kayvon ThibodeauxLBFULLoursPLAY98%EXPECTED
Jordan StoutPFULLoursPLAY98%EXPECTED
Charlie JonesWRFULLoursPLAY90%EXPECTED
Jake HaenerQBUNKteam's word—
Theo JohnsonTEDNPteam's wordDoubtful
Tyler NubinSLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Marcus MbowTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Thomas Fidone IITEFULLoursPLAY93%EXPECTED
Korie BlackCBUNKteam's word—
Nikko ReedDBUNKteam's word—
Colton HoodCBFULLoursPLAY93%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

Role32% snaps
Season2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game0 receiving yards · 0 targets · 0% target share
Career10 seasons · 156 games before 2026
Injuries14 episodes · last: shoulder, 2026 wk 5
Bioage 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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolein the rotation — 52% of the snaps in his best week of 7
Snaps played34% a week on average over 7 weeks, 52% at his highest, 34% on special teams
Build6 ft 6 in · 235 lb
CollegeCanisius College
Draftedundrafted
Age32 and over at the season's start
Experience11 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. WrittenWe first said PLAY.
  2. PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
  3. KickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Fri Oct 23 · 12:54 AM ET60 hPLAY62%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 23 · 3:14 AM ET58 hPLAY62%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 2:10 AM ET35 hPLAY91%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 7:02 AM ET30 hPLAY91%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 12:02 PM ET25 hPLAY91%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 5:02 PM ET20 hPLAY91%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 25 · 7:05 AM ET6 hPLAY91%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 25 · 12:05 PM ET1 hPLAY91%EXPECTEDbefore 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

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
5LTD94%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes
7DNP62%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.

What this page does not show

his depth-chart position.