T · Tampa Bay Buccaneers · week 6 vs Pittsburgh Steelers · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Tristan Wirfs
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2020 · R1 P13
EXP 6 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH LT1
99%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Tristan Wirfs was an OT for TB, age 27.6, 6 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 100% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 100 games (postseason included) over 6 seasons with 4 Pro Bowls, 2 first-team All-Pro and 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 15 episodes (ankle 3, knee 3, abdomen 2), 3 of them reaching OUT, 7 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a toe injury in 2025 week 18.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
99% EXPECTED → 99% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Tristan Wirfs is a starter at left tackle for TB — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a knee injury. 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 in-window club document, Tampa Bay's Thursday Week 6 injury report dated 15 Oct, lists Wirfs in the FULL participation group with the knee (P1), matching the model's practice input and supporting the PLAY call. The club's flagged concerns this week are Mayfield (thumb) and Winfield (ribs) as DNP plus a set of limited participants, with Wirfs grouped separately from both (P1). Nothing in the passage suggests a new injury, a game-status designation, or any management of his snaps, so no written evidence contradicts the call; the remaining gap is the Friday report and final designation, which is why this is B rather than A. It would need to know: Buccaneers' Friday 16 Oct injury report and final game-status designation for Wirfs (none/questionable/doubtful); Any Todd Bowles comment this week on Wirfs' knee, rest days, or snap-count management for the 18 Oct game; Saturday 17 Oct inactives/elevations list or any late addition of Wirfs to the report
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“FULL
OT Tristan Wirfs (knee)”
Steelers Depot · 2026-10-15
2
“BUCCANEERS' WEEK 6 THURSDAY INJURY REPORT”
Steelers Depot · 2026-10-15
3
“DNP
QB Baker Mayfield (thumb)
S Antoine Winfield Jr. (ribs)”
Steelers Depot · 2026-10-15
14versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET · 78 h before kickoff.
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.
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.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Snap share99.8% range 99–100
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
100%wk 4
99%wk 5
100%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 6
knee
1
—
2025 · wk 17
toe
2
Out
2025 · wk 14
abdomen
2
Questionable
2025 · wk 12
shoulder
2
—
2025 · wk 1
knee
5
Out
2024 · wk 19
quad
1
—
2024 · wk 14
foot
5
—
2024 · wk 12
knee
2
Questionable
2024 · wk 4
knee
2
—
2023 · wk 19
illness
1
—
2023 · wk 18
shoulder
1
—
2023 · wk 12
ankle
2
—
2023 · wk 9
quad
1
—
2022 · wk 13
ankle
6
Out
2022 · wk 1
abdomen
2
Questionable
2021 · wk 20
ankle
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 16 episodes · 36 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×4
2022
ankle · 6wabdomen · 2w
2023
shoulder · 1wankle · 2wquad · 1w
2024
foot · 5wknee · 2wknee · 2w
2025
toe · 2wabdomen · 2wshoulder · 2wknee · 5w
2026
knee · 1w
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 99% ✓ 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
A'Shawn Robinson
DT
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Chris Godwin Jr.
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Baker Mayfield
QB
DNP
team's word
Out
David Sills
WR
FULL
team's word
Out
Antoine Winfield Jr.
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Luke Haggard
G
UNK
team's word
—
Sean Tucker
RB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
SirVocea Dennis
LB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Josh Hayes
DB
UNK
team's word
—
Jalen McMillan
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Mohamed Kamara
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Benjamin Morrison
CB
LTD
team's word
Doubtful
DeMonte Capehart
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Billy Schrauth
G
UNK
team's word
—
Ayden Garnes
CB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Josiah Trotter
LB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
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 27.6 · 6 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 tackle — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
first at left tackle
Snaps played
100% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest, 14% on special teams
Build
6 ft 5 in · 320 lb
College
Iowa
Drafted
2020, round 1 pick 13, by TB
Age
25-28 at the season's start
Experience
6 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 15 · 7:01 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
41 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
14 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.
We went and found out more
Rank 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
FULL
99%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.