TE · #80 · Las Vegas Raiders · week 8 vs New York Jets · Sun Nov 1 · 1:00 PM ET
Ian Thomas
TYPE Blocking TE
ROLE in the rotation
CLASS 2018 · R4 P101
EXP 8 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH TE3
98%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 8, Ian Thomas was a TE for LV, age 30.2, 8 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 7 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 7 games on 33% of snaps; his line was 15 receiving yards a game, 1.2 targets a game and a 3.2% target share (Blocking TE by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 114 games (postseason included) over 8 seasons. His injury history held 15 episodes (calf 5, ankle 3, knee 2), 2 of them reaching OUT, 7 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a calf injury in 2025 week 16.
Every call we wrote for him in week 8, earliest first, as written.
In short
Ian Thomas is in the rotation at tight end for LV — 49% of the snaps in his best week of 8. He has a shoulder 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 — 98%, in a band that plays 94% of the time. We have said PLAY since 164 hours before kickoff.
17versions in week 8
10average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Fri Oct 30 · 4:20 PM ET · 46 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 66% → 92%, Fri Oct 30 · 12:05 PM ET to Fri Oct 30 · 4:20 PM ET, with no club report in between.
Our call
Injury report
Our call · week 8
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
98% · 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
LPdated 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
Rec yds / game15 range 8.0–32
wk 2–7 · 4 games
Targets / game1.3 range 1.0–2.0
wk 2–7 · 4 games
Target share3.2% range 2–4
wk 2–7 · 4 games
Snap share34.9% range 20–49
wk 1–8 · 8 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
46%wk 1
49%wk 2
20%wk 3
31%wk 4
40%wk 5
21%wk 6
26%wk 7
46%wk 8
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
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 8
shoulder
1
—
2025 · wk 15
calf
2
Questionable
2024 · wk 7
hip
1
—
2024 · wk 5
calf
2
Questionable
2024 · wk 1
calf
1
Out
2023 · wk 15
ankle
2
Out
2023 · wk 11
calf
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 6
calf
1
Questionable
2022 · wk 18
Not injury related
1
—
2022 · wk 16
thigh
1
—
2022 · wk 12
illness
1
Questionable
2022 · wk 4
ankle
1
—
2020 · wk 15
abdomen
1
—
2020 · wk 14
knee
1
Questionable
2020 · wk 10
Not injury related
1
—
2020 · wk 1
toe
1
—
2019 · wk 17
ankle
1
—
2019 · wk 16
knee
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 16 episodes · plus 2 not injury related · 21 weeks on a report · same site more than once: calf ×5
age 30.2 · 8 seasons' experience · drafted round 4
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 at tight end — 49% of the snaps in his best week of 8
Listed on the depth chart
third at tight end
Snaps played
35% a week on average over 8 weeks, 49% at his highest, 15% on special teams
Build
6 ft 3 in · 253 lb
College
Indiana; Nassau CC
Drafted
2018, round 4 pick 101, by CAR
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
Sun Oct 25 · 5:59 PM ET
164 h
PLAY
61%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Wed Oct 28 · 6:30 PM ET
92 h
PLAY
62%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 2:10 AM ET
84 h
PLAY
64%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 7:02 AM ET
79 h
PLAY
64%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 12:05 PM ET
74 h
PLAY
64%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 5:05 PM ET
69 h
PLAY
64%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Fri Oct 30 · 7:05 AM ET
55 h
PLAY
66%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Fri Oct 30 · 12:05 PM ET
50 h
PLAY
66%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Fri Oct 30 · 4:20 PM ET
46 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 30 · 5:02 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 30 · 11:10 PM ET
39 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 2:10 AM ET
36 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 7:05 AM ET
31 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 12:02 PM ET
26 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 5:06 PM ET
21 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 1 · 6:06 AM ET
7 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 1 · 11:02 AM ET
2 h
PLAY
98%
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.
What this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him in week 8.