Alex Bachman

How our call moved this week

• our call, P(plays)

85% EXPECTED → 94% EXPECTED

Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.

In short

Alex Bachman is a backup at punt returner for LA — 0% of the snaps in his best week of 3. He has a wrist injury. This week he practised in full every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 94%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 81 hours before kickoff.

The reader concurs · grade B

The club's own Week 6 Wednesday report was an estimate because the team did not practice, and Bachman's listing there carried only a non-injury rest tag (P3: 'The Rams did not practice Wednesday... Thus, their injury report was estimated'; P2: 'WR Alex Bachman (NIR-Rest) - Limited'). The next day he was upgraded to full work with the wrist noted (P1: 'Wide receiver Alex Bachman (wrist) returned to full participation after limited work Wednesday'), which is a trend toward availability, not away from it. Nothing in the passages contradicts a PLAY call; the residual uncertainty is about his roster role rather than his health, since no passage places him on the depth chart or on an inactive list. It would need to know: Rams' final Friday Oct 16 practice report and the official Week 7 game-status designation (Out/Doubtful/Questionable/none) for Bachman; Rams Saturday Oct 17 roster moves and the Sunday Oct 18 gameday inactive list; Any Sean McVay comment on Bachman's wrist or his offensive/special-teams role; Confirmation of Bachman's spot on the WR depth chart (whether he is a gameday dress or a fringe/elevation-only receiver)

What the read cites

How the call moved

EXPECTED since Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET · 81 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 85% → 94%, Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Limited Participation in Practice → Full Participation in Practice).

This week's call

94% · 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

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.

Head start

• Our call Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET
• Kickoff Sun Oct 18 · 4:05 PM ET

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

• Rec yds / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

  wk 4–6 · 3 games · below most of his peers

• Targets / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

  wk 4–6 · 3 games · below most of his peers

• Target share0.0% range 0–0

  wk 4–6 · 3 games · below most of his peers

• Snap share0.0% range 0–0

  wk 4–6 · 3 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

1. 0%wk 4
2. 0%wk 5
3. 0%wk 6

Our past calls vs what happened

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

The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.