DT · Tennessee Titans · week 5 vs Houston Texans · Sun Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET
Jeffery Simmons
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2019 · R1 P19
EXP 7 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH LDT1
99%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 5, Jeffery Simmons was a DT for TEN, age 29.1, 7 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 4 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 86% of snaps; his line was 6 tackles a game, 0.5 sacks a game and 0.2 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 104 games (postseason included) over 7 seasons with 2 Pro Bowls, 1 first-team All-Pro and 2 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 15 episodes (ankle 6, hamstring 3, knee 3), 3 of them reaching OUT, 9 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a hamstring injury in 2025 week 12.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
79%79%79%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:01 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
79% LIKELY → 99% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Jeffery Simmons is a starter at left defensive tackle for TEN — 98% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a back injury. This week he did not practise, then practised limited, then 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 78 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade B
The only reading this week is the Wed DNP, and the club's own head coach characterized both Simmons' and Franklin-Myers' absences as "maintenance" rather than a limiting injury (P1), which is the standard veteran rest-day pattern and supports the PLAY call despite the 28% base play rate for DNP lines. The back listing is current on this week's team injury report rather than historical (P1), but it is reported alongside an identical designation for a second veteran lineman, consistent with scheduled rest. Nothing in the passages points toward a sit, and no designation has been issued (P1), so the call stands while the probability remains hostage to a Thursday/Friday reading we do not have. It would need to know: Titans practice participation report for Thursday 8 Oct 2026 — Simmons full, limited, or DNP; Titans practice participation report for Friday 9 Oct 2026 and the final game-status designation (Out/Doubtful/Questionable/none) issued Fri/Sat for Simmons; Any Robert Saleh remark after 7 Oct on whether Simmons' back is a new issue or continued veteran maintenance; Whether John Franklin-Myers' parallel back DNP resolved to full/limited work, as a check on the 'maintenance' framing
11versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET · 54 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 79% → 99%, Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Did Not Participate In Practice → Limited Participation in Practice).
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
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Sat Oct 10
LPdated Sat Oct 10
DNPdated Sat Oct 10
Shape of the week: improving. 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
Tackles / game5.7 range 4.0–10
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Sacks / game0.7 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games · above most of his peers
Passes defended / game0.3 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share86.0% range 75–98
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
75%wk 1
87%wk 2
98%wk 3
83%wk 4
85%wk 5
88%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 5
back
1
—
2025 · wk 13
Not injury related
5
—
2025 · wk 8
hamstring
4
Out
2025 · wk 6
ankle
1
—
2025 · wk 5
Not injury related
2
—
2024 · wk 10
hamstring
1
—
2024 · wk 7
Not injury related
9
—
2024 · wk 4
arm
2
Doubtful
2024 · wk 3
Not injury related
1
—
2023 · wk 14
knee
3
Out
2023 · wk 9
ankle
1
—
2023 · wk 6
shoulder
2
—
2023 · wk 5
ankle
1
—
2022 · wk 8
ankle
11
Out
2022 · wk 4
Not injury related
1
—
2021 · wk 9
ankle
3
—
2021 · wk 5
back
1
—
2020 · wk 13
knee
4
Questionable
2020 · wk 9
ankle
1
—
2020 · wk 8
Not injury related
1
—
2019 · wk 16
knee
2
Questionable
2019 · wk 10
hamstring
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 22 episodes · 58 weeks on a report · same site more than once: not injury related ×6
2019
knee · 2whamstring · 1w
2020
knee · 4wankle · 1wNot injury related · 1w
2021
ankle · 3wback · 1w
2022
ankle · 11wNot injury related · 1w
2023
knee · 3wankle · 1wshoulder · 2wankle · 1w
2024
hamstring · 1wNot injury related · 9warm · 2wNot injury related · 1w
2025
Not injury related · 5whamstring · 4wankle · 1wNot injury related · 2w
2026
back · 1w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
doubtful
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.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 5PLAY 79% ✓ 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
John Franklin-Myers
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Tony Pollard
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Amani Hooker
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Joshua Williams
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
58%
COIN FLIP
David Martin-Robinson
TE
DNP
ours
SIT
28%
UNLIKELY
Kevin Winston Jr.
S
LTD
ours
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
Marcus Harris
CB
LTD
ours
PLAY
87%
EXPECTED
Gunnar Helm
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Carnell Tate
WR
LTD
ours
PLAY
79%
LIKELY
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
age 29.1 · 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.
a starter at left defensive tackle — 98% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
first at left defensive tackle
Snaps played
86% a week on average over 6 weeks, 98% at his highest, 20% on special teams
Build
6 ft 4 in · 305 lb
College
Mississippi State
Drafted
2019, round 1 pick 19, by TEN
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
Thu Oct 8 · 7:01 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
79%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
79%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
79%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 12:01 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 12:01 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
11 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.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
5
DNP
79%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.