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QB · Washington Commanders · week 6 · Sun Nov 1

Marcus Mariota

  • TYPE Pocket passer
  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2015 · R1 P2
  • EXP 11 seasons
  • AGE 32 and over
  • DEPTH QB2
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Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment

As of week 6, Marcus Mariota was a QB for WAS, age 32.8, 11 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 3 games on 54% of snaps; his line was 113.3 pass yards a game, 16.3 rush yards a game and a 64.7% completion rate (Pocket passer by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 100 games (postseason included) over 10 seasons. His injury history held 18 episodes (knee 4, chest 2, hand 2), 5 of them reaching OUT, 7 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a knee injury in 2026 week 1.

The full read

In short

Marcus Mariota is a starter at quarterback for WAS — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 3. His team named him inactive in weeks 5 and 6. This week he did not practise. His team has not listed him on the final report.

9versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

NOT EXPECTED since Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET · 72 h before kickoff · 30 h before the club. Biggest move: 19% → 1%, Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET, with no club report in between.

We have made a call on him this week

It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.

How our calls are checked

Our scale

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.

Practice this week

Thu
DNPdated Thu Oct 15

Shape of the week: single reading. 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.

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

  • Pass yds / game113 range 46–183

    wk 2–4 · 3 games · below most of his peers

  • Rush yds / game16 range 3.0–35

    wk 2–4 · 3 games

  • Completion %64.7% range 61–75

    wk 2–4 · 3 games

  • Snap share53.7% range 16–100

    wk 2–4 · 3 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

  1. 45%wk 2
  2. 100%wk 3
  3. 16%wk 4

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202633

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 5knee2Out
2026 · wk 1knee1—
2025 · wk 17hand2Out
2025 · wk 1achilles1—
2024 · wk 17Not injury related1Questionable
2024 · wk 5chest1Questionable
2024 · wk 1chest1Out
2021 · wk 2quad1Out
2019 · wk 3quad1—
2018 · wk 17neck1Questionable
2018 · wk 16foot1—
2018 · wk 14right hand1—
2018 · wk 13abdomen2—
2018 · wk 12neck1—
2018 · wk 2right arm4Questionable
2017 · wk 15knee1—
2017 · wk 11ankle1—
2017 · wk 5hamstring3Questionable
2015 · wk 16knee2Out
2015 · wk 7knee3Out

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: knee ×5

  • 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 5SIT 19% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; did not play
Wk 6SIT 19% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; did not play

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 this week

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Stefon DiggsWRLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Laremy TunsilOTUNKteam's word—
Lucas PatrickGFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Austin EkelerRBLTDoursPLAY90%EXPECTED
Fabian MoreauCBLTDteam's word—
Jeremy McNicholsRBFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Jeremy ReavesSLTDoursPLAY90%EXPECTED
Isaac YiadomCBUNKteam's word—
Charles OmenihuDEDNPteam's wordOut
Terry McLaurinWRLTDoursPLAY92%EXPECTED
Javon KinlawDTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
K'Lavon ChaissonLBFULLoursPLAY97%EXPECTED
Rachaad WhiteRBLTDoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Nick CrossSFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Treylon BurksWRLTDoursPLAY94%EXPECTED
Leo ChenalLBUNKteam's word—
Percy ButlerSLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Quan MartinSFULLoursPLAY89%EXPECTED
Jordan MageeLBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Javontae Jean-BaptisteLBDNPteam's wordOut
Tyler OwensSLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Jer'Zhan NewtonDTUNKteam's word—
Jayden DanielsQBFULLoursPLAY95%EXPECTED
T.J. MaguranyangaLBUNKteam's word—
Jaylin LaneWRUNKteam's word—
Jacory Croskey-MerrittRBDNPteam's wordOut
Trey AmosCBFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Tanoa TogiaiGUNKteam'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 6

RoleQB2 · 54% snaps
Season2026 · 3 games through wk 5
Per game113.3 pass yards · 16.3 rush yards · 64.7% completion rate
TypePocket passer
Career10 seasons · 100 games before 2026
Injuries18 episodes · last: knee, 2026 wk 1
Bioage 32.8 · 11 seasons' experience · drafted round 1

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 rolea starter at quarterback — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 3
Listed on the depth chartsecond at quarterback
Last weekHe did not dress last week
Snaps played54% a week on average over 3 weeks, 100% at his highest
Build6 ft 4 in · 222 lb
CollegeOregon
Drafted2015, round 1 pick 2, by TEN
Age32 and over at the season's start
Experience11 seasons

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET85 hSIT19%UNLIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET80 hSIT19%UNLIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET76 hSIT19%UNLIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET75 hSIT19%UNLIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET75 hSIT19%UNLIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET72 hSIT1%NOT EXPECTEDafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET61 hSIT1%NOT EXPECTEDafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET56 hSIT1%NOT EXPECTEDafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 1:17 PM ET55 hSIT1%NOT EXPECTEDafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 1:30 PM ET55 hhis team's word——his team's Out, as ESPN's injury report carries it (the league's report had not yet)
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET51 hhis team's word——his team's Out, as ESPN's injury report carries it (the league's report had not yet)
Sun Oct 18 · 2:10 AM ET42 hhis team's word——his team's own word, restated
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET37 hhis team's word——his team's own word, restated
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET32 hhis team's word——his team's own word, restated
Sun Oct 18 · 5:05 PM ET27 hhis team's word——his team's own word, restated
Mon Oct 19 · 7:01 AM ET13 hhis team's word——his team's own word, restated
Mon Oct 19 · 12:02 PM ET8 hhis team's word——his team's own word, restated
Mon Oct 19 · 5:01 PM ET3 hhis team's word——his team's own word, restated
Mon Oct 19 · 6:59 PM ET1 hhis team's word——his team's published inactive list, on the day

9 calls this week, 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.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
5DNP19%SITbefore his team said anythingno
6DNP19%SITbefore his team said anythingno

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

Named inactive in week 5

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

Named inactive in week 6

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

What this page does not show

the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.