LB · Chicago Bears · week 7 vs New England Patriots · Thu Oct 22 · 8:15 PM ET
T.J. Edwards
ROLE a starter
EXP 7 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH MLB1
As of week 7, T.J. Edwards was an LB for CHI, age 30.1, 7 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 88% of snaps; his line was 3 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.6 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 111 games (postseason included) over 7 seasons. His injury history held 7 episodes (hamstring 3, ankle 2, glute 1), 3 of them reaching OUT, 3 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a glute injury in 2025 week 17.
The full read
In short
T.J. Edwards is a starter at middle linebacker for CHI — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has a hamstring injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 6 and 7. His team has listed him Doubtful. We called him PLAY in week 6 and he did not play.
His team's word: Doubtful
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.
No dated practice report for him this week
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game3.0 range 1.0–4.0
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Passes defended / game0.6 range 0.0–3.0
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Snap share87.6% range 38–100
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
100%wk 4
38%wk 5
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
2
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 6
hamstring
2
Out
2025 · wk 17
glute
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 10
hand
5
Out
2025 · wk 1
hamstring
5
Out
2022 · wk 21
ankle
1
—
2021 · wk 13
ankle
1
—
2020 · wk 13
hamstring
3
Out
2020 · wk 5
hamstring
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 8 episodes · 19 weeks on a report · same site more than once: hamstring ×4
2020
hamstring · 3whamstring · 1w
2021
ankle · 1w
2025
glute · 1whand · 5whamstring · 5w
2026
hamstring · 2w
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 68% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play
Season on him: 0 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
Case Keenum
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Nick McCloud
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Tony Fields II
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Jack Sanborn
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Jordan McFadden
G
UNK
team's word
—
Tyrique Stevenson
CB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Kyle Monangai
RB
DNP
team's word
Out
Hayden Large
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Jayden Loving
DT
UNK
team's word
—
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 7
Role
LB1 · 88% snaps
Season
2026 · 5 games through wk 6
Per game
3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.6 passes defended
Career
7 seasons · 111 games before 2026
Injuries
7 episodes · last: glute, 2025 wk 17
Bio
age 30.1 · 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.