G · #76 · Washington Commanders · week 9 vs Los Angeles Rams · Sun Nov 8 · 1:00 PM ET

Sam Cosmi

ROLE a starter
CLASS 2021 · R2 P51
EXP 5 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH RG1

99%PLAY EXPECTED

As of week 9, Sam Cosmi was an OT for WAS, age 27.5, 5 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 99% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 68 games (postseason included) over 5 seasons. His injury history held 18 episodes (knee 4, hip 3, illness 3), 6 of them reaching OUT, 8 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a concussion injury in 2026 week 5.

The full read

In short

How our call moved in week 9

100500

77%75%75%75%75%77%77%77%77%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%

Wed 8:20 PM ETSun 11:02 AM ET

our call, P(plays)

77% LIKELY → 99% EXPECTED

Every call we wrote for him in week 9, earliest first, as written.

In short

Sam Cosmi is a starter at right guard for WAS — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a knee injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 3 and 4. In week 9 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 94% of the time. We have said PLAY since 89 hours before kickoff. We called him PLAY in week 3 and he did not play.

16versions in week 9

12average, every player

54most for one player

How the call moved

EXPECTED since Fri Nov 6 · 6:10 PM ET · 43 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 77% → 99%, Fri Nov 6 · 5:50 PM ET to Fri Nov 6 · 6:10 PM ET, with no club report in between.

Our call

Injury report

Our call · week 9

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

99% · EXPECTED

we expect him to play — this band plays 94% of the time (92–96%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.

Practice in week 9

Fri	Thu	Wed
FPdated Fri Nov 6	LPdated Fri Nov 6	LPdated Fri Nov 6

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 Wed Nov 4 · 8:20 PM ET
Kickoff Sun Nov 8 · 1:00 PM ET

The evidence behind his current call

We have not read the news for this player this week.

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

Snap share98.8% range 96–100
wk 1–9 · 6 games

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

100%wk 1
96%wk 2
100%wk 5
97%wk 6
100%wk 8
100%wk 9

Missed while on the injury report

Season	Weeks on the report	Missed while listed
2026	4	2

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 9	knee	1	—
2026 · wk 3	concussion	3	Out
2025 · wk 8	back	1	—
2025 · wk 5	knee	3	Out
2024 · wk 21	knee	1	Out
2024 · wk 16	illness	1	—
2024 · wk 4	achilles	1	—
2023 · wk 12	chest	1	—
2023 · wk 8	hip	1	—
2023 · wk 7	knee	1	—
2023 · wk 2	shoulder	1	—
2022 · wk 15	ankle	1	—
2022 · wk 9	illness	1	Questionable
2022 · wk 5	hand	4	Out
2022 · wk 4	knee	1	—
2021 · wk 18	hip	1	—
2021 · wk 17	illness	1	—
2021 · wk 12	hip	1	Out
2021 · wk 6	ankle	5	Out

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

Injury history by season · 19 episodes · 30 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×5

2021

hip · 1willness · 1whip · 1wankle · 5w

2022

ankle · 1willness · 1whand · 4wknee · 1w

2023

chest · 1whip · 1wknee · 1wshoulder · 1w

2024

illness · 1wachilles · 1w

2025

back · 1wknee · 3w

2026

knee · 1wconcussion · 3w

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.

The rest of his team's report in week 9

Player	Pos	Practice	Whose word	Call	Chance he plays	Band
Stefon Diggs	WR	DNP	ours	PLAY	77%	LIKELY
Fabian Moreau	CB	UNK	team's word	Out
Deatrich Wise	DE	LTD	ours	PLAY	78%	LIKELY
Jeremy McNichols	RB	UNK	team's word	—
Daron Payne	DT	UNK	team's word	IR
Isaac Yiadom	CB	UNK	team's word	Out
Shy Tuttle	DT	LTD	ours	PLAY	97%	EXPECTED
Javon Kinlaw	DT	UNK	team's word	IR
Dyami Brown	WR	DNP	team's word	Out
John Bates	TE	LTD	ours	PLAY	92%	EXPECTED
Treylon Burks	WR	DNP	team's word	Out
Colson Yankoff	TE	FULL	ours	PLAY	90%	EXPECTED
Jer'Zhan Newton	DT	FULL	team's word	Questionable
Jayden Daniels	QB	FULL	ours	PLAY	90%	EXPECTED
Josh Conerly Jr.	T	FULL	ours	PLAY	91%	EXPECTED
Athan Kaliakmanis	QB	UNK	team's word	Out
Tanoa Togiai	G	UNK	team's word	Out

The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.

The evidence behind his earlier calls

The evidence behind the call made Wed Nov 4 · 8:20 PM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 2:40 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 6:06 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 11:06 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 4:06 PM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 6:06 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 11:06 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 5:50 PM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 6:10 PM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 3:10 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 6:02 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 4:06 PM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

Role

Call history

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	OT1 · 99% snaps
Season	2026 · 5 games through wk 8
Career	5 seasons · 68 games before 2026
Injuries	18 episodes · last: concussion, 2026 wk 5
Bio	age 27.5 · 5 seasons' experience · drafted round 2

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

Sam Cosmi, an offensive tackle, is on this week’s club report with a knee injury. The club had him at limited participation in Thursday’s practice for the knee, and his final practice status was limited participation. He sat the last game. Over the last four weeks he took nearly every snap, and he has had 3 knee injury episodes since 2023.

What the AI text stands on

Fact	Value	Where we hold it
Role	OL, offense	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Role by snaps, last four weeks	nearly every snap	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Why he is on this week's watch list	on this week's club report	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Injury named by the club	Knee	the club report · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Practice Thursday	Limited Participation in Practice (Knee)	the club report · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
practice.final	LP	the club report · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
last_game.status	sat	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
baseline.missing	false	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
baseline.n_games	5	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
return_state.activated	false	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
team.q_play_rate_shrunk	0.8147	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
team.style	aggressive	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
team.late_add_rate	0.875	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
lookback.reason	injury_not_healed — Cosmi was in the NFL concussion protocol after a Week 2 helmet-to-helmet hit. An independent neurologist did not clear him, so he was ruled out for the Week 3 home game against Seattle. [2026-09-25 https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/commanders-sam	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Earlier knee injury episodes since 2023	3	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
episode.site	knee	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
episode.typical_missed	1.0	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Reserve list PUP, season 2025	placed week 1, activated week 7	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Reserve list IR, season 2025	placed week 17	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
For OL players, a lower leg joint injury costs a game	sometimes	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Position	OT	nflverse players · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Years of experience	5	nflverse players · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
College	Texas	nflverse players · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Drafted	round 2, pick 51, WAS 2021	nflverse draft_picks · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Height (inches)	78	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Weight (lb)	309	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Age at the start of the week	27.7	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Weeks with snaps this season	5	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: knee	3	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: achilles	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: back	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: chest	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: concussion	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET

Written by grok-4.7, Thu Nov 5 · 4:52 PM ET. Every figure in it is one of these facts.

About him

About him	As the record holds it
His role	a starter at right guard — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart	first at right guard
Snaps played	99% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest, 14% on special teams
Build	6 ft 6 in · 309 lb
College	Texas
Drafted	2021, round 2 pick 51, by WAS
Age	25-28 at the season's start
Experience	5 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

Wed Nov 4 · 8:20 PM ETWrittenWe first said PLAY.
Sun Nov 8 · 1:00 PM ETPublicOur call became public when the week settled.
Sun Nov 8 · 1:00 PM ETKickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

When	Lead	Call	Chance he plays	Band	On what
Wed Nov 4 · 8:20 PM ET	89 h	PLAY	77%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 2:40 AM ET	82 h	PLAY	75%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 6:06 AM ET	79 h	PLAY	75%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 11:06 AM ET	74 h	PLAY	75%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 4:06 PM ET	69 h	PLAY	75%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 6:06 AM ET	55 h	PLAY	77%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 11:06 AM ET	50 h	PLAY	77%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET	45 h	PLAY	77%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 5:50 PM ET	43 h	PLAY	77%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 6:10 PM ET	43 h	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 3:10 AM ET	34 h	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 6:02 AM ET	31 h	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET	26 h	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 4:06 PM ET	21 h	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET	7 h	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET	2 h	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything

16 calls in week 9, 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.

Named inactive in week 3

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

Named inactive in week 4

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.