CB · Chicago Bears · week 8 vs New England Patriots · Thu Oct 22 · 8:15 PM ET
Nick McCloud
ROLE a backup
EXP 5 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH NB2
As of week 8, Nick McCloud was a CB for CHI, age 28.1, 5 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 7 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 2 games on 8% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 66 games (postseason included) over 5 seasons. His injury history held 6 episodes (hamstring 2, illness 2, groin 1), 4 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a groin injury in 2025 week 20.
The full read
In short
Nick McCloud is a backup at nickelback for CHI — 16% of the snaps in his best week of 2. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in week 7. His team has not listed him on the final report.
His team's own announcement
This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's published inactive list, on the day.
No dated practice report for him in week 8
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
Snap share8.0% range 0–16
wk 4–6 · 2 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
0%wk 4
16%wk 6
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 20
groin
1
Out
2025 · wk 17
illness
3
Out
2024 · wk 2
knee
3
Out
2022 · wk 15
illness
1
Questionable
2022 · wk 14
hamstring
1
—
2022 · wk 2
hamstring
4
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 6 episodes · 13 weeks on a report · same site more than once: illness ×2
2022
illness · 1whamstring · 1whamstring · 4w
2024
knee · 3w
2025
illness · 3w
2026
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 7not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. 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 in week 8
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Cole Kmet
TE
UNK
team's word
—
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 8
Role
CB2 · 8% snaps
Season
2026 · 2 games through wk 7
Career
5 seasons · 66 games before 2026
Injuries
6 episodes · last: groin, 2025 wk 20
Bio
age 28.1 · 5 seasons' experience
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.