DT · #97 · Buffalo Bills · week 9 · Mon Nov 9

Greg Gaines

ROLE in the rotation
CLASS 2019 · R4 P134
EXP 7 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH NT2

Call locked

Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment

As of week 9, Greg Gaines was a DT for BUF, age 30.3, 7 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 32% of snaps; his line was 1.8 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 117 games (postseason included) over 7 seasons. His injury history held 15 episodes (ankle 4, calf 2, toe 2), 1 of them reaching OUT, 5 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a calf injury in 2026 week 8.

The full read

In short

Greg Gaines is in the rotation at nose tackle for BUF — 41% of the snaps in his best week of 6. His team named him inactive in week 8. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 8 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.

How our calls are checked

Our call

Injury report

Our scale

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.

No dated practice report for him in week 9

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 / game1.8 range 1.0–3.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share31.7% range 18–41
wk 1–6 · 6 games

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

18%wk 1
29%wk 2
32%wk 3
41%wk 4
32%wk 5
38%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

Season	Weeks on the report	Missed while listed
2026	1	1

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
2025 · wk 8	toe	1	—
2025 · wk 5	chest	1	—
2025 · wk 2	ankle	1	—
2024 · wk 15	knee	1	—
2024 · wk 14	ankle	1	—
2024 · wk 12	foot	1	Questionable
2024 · wk 8	calf	3	Out
2024 · wk 4	ankle	2	—
2022 · wk 17	shoulder	2	—
2022 · wk 10	arm	2	Doubtful
2022 · wk 9	illness	1	—
2021 · wk 21	toe	1	—
2021 · wk 16	ankle	1	Questionable
2021 · wk 15	hand	2	Questionable

Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.

Injury history by season · 15 episodes · 21 weeks on a report · same site more than once: ankle ×4

2021

ankle · 1whand · 2w

2022

shoulder · 2warm · 2willness · 1w

2024

knee · 1wankle · 1wfoot · 1wcalf · 3wankle · 2w

2025

toe · 1wchest · 1wankle · 1w

2026

calf · 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. 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
Michael Danna	LB	UNK	team's word	Out
Jalon Kilgore	SAF	UNK	team's word	Out
Ar'maj Reed-Adams	G	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	DT2 · 32% snaps
Season	2026 · 6 games through wk 8
Per game	1.8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career	7 seasons · 117 games before 2026
Injuries	15 episodes · last: calf, 2026 wk 8
Bio	age 30.3 · 7 seasons' experience · drafted round 4

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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

AI-generated · who he is

Greg Gaines is a DT from Washington, drafted by LA in 2019 in round 4 with the 134th overall pick. He has 7 years of experience, is 30.5 at the start of the week, is 73 inches and 312 lb, and is in the DL group on defense. This season he has had snaps in 6 weeks in a part-time role, and the last four weeks have also been a part-time role. The club report lists 1 week on the injury report in 2026 and 1 game missed; since 2023 he has had 3 ankle episodes, 2 calf episodes, and 1 chest, 1 foot, and 1 knee episode.

What the AI text stands on

Fact	Value	Where we hold it
Position	DT	nflverse players · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
College	Washington	nflverse players · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Draft year	2019	nflverse draft_picks · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Draft round	4	nflverse draft_picks · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Draft pick overall	134	nflverse draft_picks · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Drafted by	LA	nflverse draft_picks · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Years of experience	7	nflverse players · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Season 2026: weeks on the injury report	1	the club report · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Season 2026: of those, games missed	1	the club report · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Height (inches)	73	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Weight (lb)	312	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Age at the start of the week	30.5	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Position group	DL (defense)	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Weeks with snaps this season	6	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Role by snaps this season	a part-time role	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Role by snaps, last four weeks	a part-time role	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: ankle	3	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: calf	2	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: chest	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: foot	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: knee	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Tue Nov 3 · 6:57 PM ET

Written by grok-4.7, Tue Nov 3 · 7:05 PM ET. Every figure in it is one of these facts.

About him

About him	As the record holds it
His role	in the rotation at nose tackle — 41% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart	second at nose tackle
Last week	He did not dress last week
Snaps played	32% a week on average over 6 weeks, 41% at his highest, 17% on special teams
Build	6 ft 1 in · 312 lb
College	Washington
Drafted	2019, round 4 pick 134, by LA
Age	29-31 at the season's start
Experience	7 seasons

Last week, when he was on the report

Last week	His team said	Our call	Played
Week 8	Questionable	PLAY	no

Named inactive in week 8

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

What this page does not show

the reader's opinion — it has not read him in week 9.