G · Denver Broncos · week 6 vs Seattle Seahawks · Thu Oct 15 · 8:15 PM ET
Ben Powers
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2019 · R4 P123
EXP 7 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH LG1
99%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Ben Powers was a G for DEN, age 29.8, 7 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 100% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 95 games (postseason included) over 7 seasons. His injury history held 7 episodes (arm 2, foot 2, ankle 1), 3 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an arm injury in 2025 week 18.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
98%98%98%99%99%99%
Wed 7:01 AM ETThu 5:01 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
98% EXPECTED → 99% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Ben Powers is a starter at left guard for DEN — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a biceps injury. This week he practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 99%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 37 hours before kickoff.
6versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Wed Oct 14 · 7:01 AM ET · 37 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 98% → 99%, Wed Oct 14 · 5:01 PM ET to Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET, with no club report in between.
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
99% · 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 this week
Wed
FPdated 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.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Snap share99.7% range 98–100
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
98%wk 4
100%wk 5
100%wk 6
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 6
arm
1
—
2025 · wk 15
arm
4
Out
2025 · wk 6
arm
1
Out
2024 · wk 18
Not injury related
2
—
2024 · wk 12
shoulder
1
—
2023 · wk 11
foot
1
—
2023 · wk 10
ankle
1
—
2022 · wk 19
Not injury related
1
—
2021 · wk 15
foot
4
Out
2019 · wk 12
hand
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 10 episodes · 17 weeks on a report · same site more than once: arm ×3
2019
hand · 1w
2021
foot · 4w
2023
foot · 1wankle · 1w
2024
Not injury related · 2wshoulder · 1w
2025
arm · 4warm · 1w
2026
arm · 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. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 6PLAY 98% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Season on him: 1 of 1 graded call 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
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Brandon Jones
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
Talanoa Hufanga
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Pat Surtain II
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Riley Moss
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Sai'vion Jones
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
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
Role
G1 · 100% snaps
Season
2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Career
7 seasons · 95 games before 2026
Injuries
7 episodes · last: arm, 2025 wk 18
Bio
age 29.8 · 7 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.
a starter at left guard — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
first at left guard
Snaps played
100% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest, 13% on special teams
Build
6 ft 4 in · 310 lb
College
Oklahoma; Butler County JC
Drafted
2019, round 4 pick 123, by BAL
Age
29-31 at the season's start
Experience
7 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
Wed Oct 14 · 7:01 AM ET
37 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Wed Oct 14 · 12:01 PM ET
32 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Wed Oct 14 · 5:01 PM ET
27 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET
13 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
8 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
3 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
6 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.
We went and found out more
Rank 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
FULL
98%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
What this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.