T · #75 · Minnesota Vikings · week 8 vs Detroit Lions · Sun Nov 1 · 1:00 PM ET
Brian O'Neill
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2018 · R2 P62
EXP 8 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH RT1
97%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 8, Brian O'Neill was an OT for MIN, age 31, 8 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 7 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 99% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 127 games (postseason included) over 8 seasons. His injury history held 10 episodes (arm 3, ankle 2, knee 2), 2 of them reaching OUT, 5 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an achilles injury in 2025 week 18.
Every call we wrote for him in week 8, earliest first, as written.
In short
Brian O'Neill is a starter at right tackle for MIN — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 7. He has a knee injury. In week 8 he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 97%, in a band that plays 94% of the time. We have said PLAY since 92 hours before kickoff.
17versions in week 8
10average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Thu Oct 29 · 6:30 PM ET · 68 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 60% → 94%, Thu Oct 29 · 5:05 PM ET to Thu Oct 29 · 6:30 PM ET, with no club report in between.
Our call
Injury report
Our call · week 8
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
97% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 94% of the time (92–96%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
Practice in week 8
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Fri Oct 30
FPdated Fri Oct 30
LPdated Fri Oct 30
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
The evidence behind his current call
We have not read the news for this player this week.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Snap share99.4% range 96–100
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
100%wk 4
96%wk 5
100%wk 7
100%wk 8
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
5
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 2
knee
5
Questionable
2025 · wk 16
achilles
3
Questionable
2025 · wk 15
Not injury related
1
—
2025 · wk 5
knee
4
Out
2024 · wk 16
knee
1
—
2024 · wk 2
arm
2
Questionable
2023 · wk 15
ankle
4
Out
2023 · wk 5
Not injury related
1
—
2021 · wk 18
Not injury related
1
—
2021 · wk 11
Not injury related
1
—
2020 · wk 12
shoulder
1
—
2020 · wk 5
shoulder
1
—
2019 · wk 1
arm
1
—
2018 · wk 15
ankle
1
—
2018 · wk 6
arm
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 11 episodes · plus 4 not injury related · 28 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×3
2018
ankle · 1warm · 1w
2019
arm · 1w
2020
shoulder · 1wshoulder · 1w
2021
Not injury related · 1wNot injury related · 1w
2023
ankle · 4wNot injury related · 1w
2024
knee · 1warm · 2w
2025
achilles · 3wNot injury related · 1wknee · 4w
2026
knee · 5w
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.
The rest of his team's report in week 8
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Harrison Smith
S
LTD
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Aaron Jones
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
Christian Darrisaw
T
DNP
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Jay Ward
S
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Nick Samac
C
UNK
team's word
—
Gavin Bartholomew
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Max Brosmer
QB
UNK
team's word
Out
Joe Huber
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
74%
LIKELY
Elijah Williams
DE
UNK
team's word
Out
Michael Briscoe
WR
UNK
team's word
Out
Caleb Tiernan
OT
UNK
team's word
Out
Jakobe Thomas
SAF
UNK
team's word
Out
Charles Demmings
CB
UNK
team's word
Out
Demond Claiborne
RB
UNK
team's word
Out
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 Wed Oct 28 · 6:20 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Oct 28 · 6:30 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 29 · 2:10 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 29 · 7:02 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 29 · 12:05 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 29 · 5:05 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 29 · 6:30 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 30 · 1:00 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 30 · 2:10 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 30 · 7:05 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 30 · 12:05 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 30 · 5:02 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 31 · 7:05 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 31 · 12:02 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 31 · 5:06 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 1 · 6:06 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 1 · 11:02 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
Role
Call history
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
OT1 · 99% snaps
Season
2026 · 6 games through wk 7
Career
8 seasons · 127 games before 2026
Injuries
10 episodes · last: achilles, 2025 wk 18
Bio
age 31 · 8 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.
a starter at right tackle — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 7
Listed on the depth chart
first at right tackle
Snaps played
99% a week on average over 7 weeks, 100% at his highest
Build
6 ft 7 in · 310 lb
College
Pittsburgh
Drafted
2018, round 2 pick 62, by MIN
Age
29-31 at the season's start
Experience
8 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
WrittenWe first said PLAY.
PublicOur call became public when the week settled.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Wed Oct 28 · 6:20 PM ET
92 h
PLAY
63%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Wed Oct 28 · 6:30 PM ET
92 h
PLAY
63%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 2:10 AM ET
84 h
PLAY
60%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 7:02 AM ET
79 h
PLAY
60%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 12:05 PM ET
74 h
PLAY
60%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 5:05 PM ET
69 h
PLAY
60%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 6:30 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 30 · 1:00 AM ET
61 h
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 30 · 2:10 AM ET
60 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 30 · 7:05 AM ET
55 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 30 · 12:05 PM ET
50 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 30 · 5:02 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 7:05 AM ET
31 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 12:02 PM ET
26 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 5:06 PM ET
21 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 1 · 6:06 AM ET
7 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 1 · 11:02 AM ET
2 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
17 calls in week 8, 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 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.
Last week, when he was on the report
Last week
His team said
Our call
Played
Week 7
Questionable
PLAY
yes
What this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him in week 8.