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S · New York Giants · week 6 vs New Orleans Saints · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET

Jason Pinnock

  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2021 · R5 P175
  • EXP 5 seasons
  • AGE 25-28
  • DEPTH SS2
99%PLAY EXPECTED

As of week 6, Jason Pinnock was an SAF for NYG, age 27.2, 5 seasons of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 2 games on 50% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 79 games (postseason included) over 5 seasons. His injury history held 10 episodes (abdomen 2, shoulder 2, achilles 1), 3 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an achilles injury in 2025 week 1.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)

88% EXPECTED → 99% EXPECTED

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

In short

Jason Pinnock is a starter at strong safety for NYG — 75% of the snaps in his best week of 3. He has a concussion injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 1 and 2 and 5. This week he 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. We called him PLAY in week 5 and he did not play.

The reader concurs · grade B

The club's Wednesday report of this practice week has Pinnock as a limited participant with a concussion (P1, P2) — he was on the field, not among the non-participants, and he is listed separately from the DNP group that includes Hood's concussion and Nubin's neck (P1, P2), whom the coach described only as "day to day" (P1). Nothing in the passages carries a ruling-out, a doubtful tag, or any statement that Pinnock remains in protocol, and the only other passage is a transactions list with no bearing on health (P3). That Wednesday limited line, combined with the dossier's measured Thursday and Friday full sessions, is an improving week consistent with the PLAY call; the residual risk is unresolved concussion-protocol clearance, which no passage addresses. It would need to know: Friday 16 Oct and/or Saturday 17 Oct Giants practice report line for Pinnock (the dossier lists Thu/Fri Full; a club page confirming it is still wanted); The official Week 7 final injury report game-status designation for Pinnock (Out / Doubtful / Questionable / none) for Sunday 18 Oct; An explicit statement that Pinnock has cleared the NFL concussion protocol, including independent neurological consultant clearance; A coach/club remark on safety depth for this game — whether Tyler Nubin (neck) and Colton Hood (concussion) are out, which affects Pinnock's role and the club's urgency

What the read cites

What was reportedSource
1“S Jason Pinnock | Concussion”Big Blue View · 2026-10-14
2“that Eluemunor, Hood, and Nubin would be “day to day.””Big Blue View · 2026-10-14
3“cornerback Greg Newsome (groin), and safety Jason Pinnock (concussion) were limited participants.”Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-14
4“S Jason Pinnock - Unrestricted Free Agent Signing (March 16)”New York Giants · 2026-10-13
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. Biggest move: 88% → 99%, 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

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

FriThuWed
FPdated Fri Oct 16FPdated Fri Oct 16LPdated Fri Oct 16

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

  • Snap share54.3% range 26–75

    wk 3–6 · 3 games

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

  1. 75%wk 3
  2. 26%wk 4
  3. 62%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202621

Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.

Medical history

WhenInjuryWeeks on a reportWorst status
2026 · wk 5concussion2Out
2025 · wk 1achilles1—
2024 · wk 10abdomen1Questionable
2023 · wk 18toe1Out
2023 · wk 11hand1—
2022 · wk 20abdomen1—
2022 · wk 19shoulder1—
2022 · wk 12jaw1Questionable
2022 · wk 8foot1Questionable
2022 · wk 6ankle2Out
2022 · wk 2shoulder2Out

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

Injury history by season · 11 episodes · 14 weeks on a report · same site more than once: abdomen ×2

  • 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 5PLAY 69% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play
Wk 6PLAY 88% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played

Season on him: 1 of 2 graded calls 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

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Roy Robertson-HarrisDEUNKteam's word—
Jermaine EluemunorTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Elijah CampbellSFULLoursPLAY88%EXPECTED
Braxton BerriosWRUNKteam's word—
Gunner OlszewskiWRUNKteam's word—
Brian BurnsLBUNKteam's word—
Malik HarrisonLBFULLoursPLAY92%EXPECTED
Darnell MooneyWRFULLoursPLAY91%EXPECTED
Andrew ThomasTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Najee HarrisRBFULLoursPLAY98%EXPECTED
Paulson AdeboCBUNKteam's word—
Chauncey GolstonDEUNKteam's word—
Greg Newsome IICBLTDoursPLAY94%EXPECTED
Calvin Austin IIIWRUNKteam's word—
Isaiah LikelyTEFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Jarrick Bernard-ConverseCBUNKteam's word—
Charlie JonesWRFULLoursPLAY93%EXPECTED
Jake HaenerQBUNKteam's word—
Basil OkoyeDTUNKteam's word—
Rico PaytonCBUNKteam's word—
Theo JohnsonTEDNPteam's wordOut
Tyler NubinSDNPteam's wordOut
Korie BlackCBUNKteam's word—
Abdul CarterLBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Jaxson DartQBUNKteam's word—
Thaddeus DixonCBUNKteam's word—
Colton HoodCBDNPteam's wordOut

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 6

RoleSAF2 · 50% snaps
Season2026 · 2 games through wk 5
Career5 seasons · 79 games before 2026
Injuries10 episodes · last: achilles, 2025 wk 1
Bioage 27.2 · 5 seasons' experience · drafted round 5

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

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea starter at strong safety — 75% of the snaps in his best week of 3
Listed on the depth chartsecond at strong safety
Last weekHe did not dress last week
Snaps played54% a week on average over 3 weeks, 75% at his highest, 13% on special teams
Build6 ft 0 in · 200 lb
CollegePittsburgh
Drafted2021, round 5 pick 175, by NYJ
Age25-28 at the season's start
Experience5 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. WrittenWe first said PLAY.
  2. PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
  3. KickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET78 hPLAY88%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET73 hPLAY88%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET68 hPLAY88%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET54 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET49 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET45 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET44 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET44 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET41 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET30 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET25 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET20 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET6 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET1 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore 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.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
5DNP69%PLAYbefore his team said anythingno
6LTD88%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.

Named inactive in week 1

The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

Named inactive in week 2

The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

Named inactive in week 5

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