LB · #43 · Cincinnati Bengals · week 8 vs Tennessee Titans · Sun Nov 1 · 1:00 PM ET
Joe Giles-Harris
ROLE a special-teams player
EXP 7 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH MLB2
As of week 8, Joe Giles-Harris was an LB for CIN, age 29.4, 7 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 7 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 1% of snaps; his line was 1.3 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 32 games (postseason included) over 6 seasons. No injury episode was on file.
The full read
In short
How our call moved in week 8
100500
his club's word: Questionable70%70%70%69%69%69%69%69%48%48%48%48%69%69%69%69%69%69%
Wed 4:50 PM ETSun 11:02 AM ET
our call, P(plays)
club report (public)
70% LIKELY → 69% LIKELY
Every call we wrote for him in week 8, earliest first, as written.
In short
Joe Giles-Harris is a special-teams player at middle linebacker for CIN — 64% of the kicking snaps over 7 weeks. He has a calf injury. In week 8 he practised limited, then did not practise. His team has listed him Questionable.
18versions in week 8
10average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
LIKELY since Sat Oct 31 · 2:10 AM ET · 36 h before kickoff · after the club said it (0 h). Biggest move: 69% → 48%, Thu Oct 29 · 11:50 PM ET to Fri Oct 30 · 2:10 AM ET, after: practiced less (Limited Participation in Practice → Did Not Participate In Practice).
Our call
Injury report
His team's word: Questionable
This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's published inactive list, on the day.
Practice in week 8
Thu
Wed
DNPdated Thu Oct 29
LPdated Thu Oct 29
Shape of the week: worsening. 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
His club's word
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
Tackles / game1.1 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–8 · 7 games · below most of his peers
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Snap share1.1% range 0–6
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
0%wk 1
0%wk 2
0%wk 3
0%wk 4
2%wk 5
6%wk 7
0%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
calf
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 1 episode · 1 week on a report
2026
calf · 1w
Weeks 1–18
questionable
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
Jonathan Allen
DT
DNP
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
B.J. Hill
DT
DNP
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Dexter Lawrence
DT
DNP
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Kyle Dugger
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Ja'Marr Chase
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Ja'Sir Taylor
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Jordan Battle
S
LTD
ours
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
Andrei Iosivas
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Mitchell Tinsley
WR
UNK
team's word
Out
Erick All
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Myles Hinton
OT
UNK
team's word
Out
Connor Lew
C
UNK
team's word
Out
Brian Parker II
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Landon Robinson
DT
UNK
team's word
Out
Josh Kattus
TE
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 · 4:50 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Oct 28 · 5:00 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Oct 28 · 5:02 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 · 11:50 PM 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 · 2:10 AM 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.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 1 · 11:40 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
LB2 · 1% snaps
Season
2026 · 6 games through wk 7
Per game
1.3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
6 seasons · 32 games before 2026
Injuries
none on file
Bio
age 29.4 · 7 seasons' experience
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 special-teams player at middle linebacker — 64% of the kicking snaps over 7 weeks
Listed on the depth chart
second at middle linebacker
Snaps played
1% a week on average over 7 weeks, 6% at his highest, 64% on special teams
Build
6 ft 2 in · 234 lb
College
Duke
Drafted
undrafted
Age
29-31 at the season's start
Experience
7 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
Team reportHis team listed him Questionable.
PublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Wed Oct 28 · 4:50 PM ET
93 h
PLAY
70%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Wed Oct 28 · 5:00 PM ET
93 h
PLAY
70%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Wed Oct 28 · 5:02 PM ET
93 h
PLAY
70%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 2:10 AM ET
84 h
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 7:02 AM ET
79 h
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 12:05 PM ET
74 h
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 5:05 PM ET
69 h
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 29 · 11:50 PM ET
62 h
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Fri Oct 30 · 2:10 AM ET
60 h
SIT
48%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Fri Oct 30 · 7:05 AM ET
55 h
SIT
48%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Fri Oct 30 · 12:05 PM ET
50 h
SIT
48%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Fri Oct 30 · 5:02 PM ET
45 h
SIT
48%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 31 · 2:10 AM ET
36 h
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 31 · 7:05 AM ET
31 h
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 31 · 12:02 PM ET
26 h
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 31 · 5:06 PM ET
21 h
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Sun Nov 1 · 6:06 AM ET
7 h
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Sun Nov 1 · 11:02 AM ET
2 h
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Sun Nov 1 · 11:40 AM ET
1 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's published inactive list, on the day
18 calls in week 8, flipping between PLAY and SIT 2 times. 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.