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As of week 9, Ed Oliver was a DT for BUF, age 28.7, 7 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 48% of snaps; his line was 2.2 tackles a game, 0.1 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 109 games (postseason included) over 7 seasons. His injury history held 12 episodes (ankle 4, chest 2, arm 1), 4 of them reaching OUT, 4 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a hip injury in 2026 week 3.
The full read
In short
In short
Ed Oliver is a starter at right defensive end for BUF — 82% of the snaps in his best week of 4. His team named him inactive in weeks 2 and 5 and 6. In week 9 he practised in full every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 6 and he did not play.
We have made a call on him in week 9
It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.
Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.
Practice in week 9
Fri
Thu
FPdated Fri Nov 6
FPdated Fri Nov 6
Shape of the week: steady. 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
Tackles / game2.3 range 0.0–5.0
wk 1–8 · 4 games
Sacks / game0.1 range 0.0–0.5
wk 1–8 · 4 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–8 · 4 games
Snap share48.5% range 32–82
wk 1–8 · 4 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
82%wk 1
41%wk 3
32%wk 4
39%wk 8
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
4
2
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 5
knee
4
Out
2026 · wk 3
hip
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 20
arm
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 2
ankle
5
Out
2024 · wk 5
hamstring
3
Out
2023 · wk 7
toe
2
Out
2022 · wk 16
calf
1
Questionable
2022 · wk 15
chest
1
—
2022 · wk 2
ankle
5
Out
2021 · wk 17
ankle
2
Questionable
2021 · wk 14
chest
1
—
2020 · wk 19
ankle
1
—
2020 · wk 3
knee
2
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 13 episodes · 29 weeks on a report · same site more than once: ankle ×4
2020
knee · 2w
2021
ankle · 2wchest · 1w
2022
calf · 1wchest · 1wankle · 5w
2023
toe · 2w
2024
hamstring · 3w
2025
ankle · 5w
2026
knee · 4whip · 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.
The rest of his team's report in week 9
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Michael Danna
LB
UNK
team's word
Out
Josh Palmer
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Tyrell Shavers
WR
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Jordan Hancock
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jalon Kilgore
SAF
UNK
team's word
Out
Skyler Bell
WR
UNK
team's word
Out
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
Role
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 9
Role
DT1 · 48% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 8
Per game
2.2 tackles · 0.1 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
7 seasons · 109 games before 2026
Injuries
12 episodes · last: hip, 2026 wk 3
Bio
age 28.7 · 7 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.