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DE · Las Vegas Raiders · week 6 vs Buffalo Bills · Sun Oct 18 · 4:25 PM ET

Patrick Johnson

  • ROLE a special-teams player
  • CLASS 2021 · R7 P234
  • EXP 5 seasons
  • AGE 25-28
  • DEPTH SLB2
99%PLAY EXPECTED

As of week 6, Patrick Johnson was a DE for LV, age 28.6, 5 seasons of experience, drafted in round 7. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 6% of snaps; his line was 0.8 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 75 games (postseason included) over 5 seasons. His injury history held 5 episodes (back 2, ankle 1, concussion 1), 2 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a knee injury in 2024 week 16.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)

99% EXPECTED → 99% EXPECTED

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

In short

Patrick Johnson is a special-teams player at strong-side linebacker for LV — 80% of the kicking snaps over 6 weeks. He has an oblique injury. This week he practised in full every day the report covers. 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 81 hours before kickoff.

15versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

EXPECTED since Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET · 81 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.

Practice this week

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

Shape of the week: steady. 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

  • Tackles / game0.8 range 0.0–1.0

    wk 1–5 · 4 games · below most of his peers

  • Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 1–5 · 4 games

  • Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 1–5 · 4 games

  • Snap share6.0% range 0–12

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

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

  1. 12%wk 1
  2. 0%wk 2
  3. 8%wk 3
  4. 5%wk 4
  5. 5%wk 5
  6. 6%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202610

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 6abdomen1—
2024 · wk 16knee1Out
2022 · wk 13ankle1—
2022 · wk 5concussion2Out
2021 · wk 19back1—
2021 · wk 15back1—

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

Injury history by season · 6 episodes · 7 weeks on a report · same site more than once: back ×2

  • ruled out
  • 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

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Foley FatukasiDTFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Malcolm KoonceDEFULLoursPLAY91%EXPECTED
Dareke YoungWRFULLoursPLAY90%EXPECTED
Jalen NailorWRFULLoursPLAY97%EXPECTED
Tristin McCollumDBUNKteam's word—
Segun OlubiLBFULLoursPLAY90%EXPECTED
Spencer BurfordGFULLoursPLAY95%EXPECTED
Aidan O'ConnellQBUNKteam's word—
Chris CollierRBUNKteam's word—
Brock BowersTEFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Chigozie AnusiemDBUNKteam's word—
Brennan JacksonLBUNKteam's word—
Ashton JeantyRBFULLoursPLAY94%EXPECTED
Tonka HemingwayDTDNPteam's wordOut
Carter RunyonTELTDteam's wordOut
Dont'e Thornton Jr.WRFULLteam's wordOut
Bryce CabeldueGUNKteam's word—
Jack BechWRUNKteam's word—
Trey Zuhn IIICLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Dalton JohnsonSAFUNKteam's word—
Justin PickettGUNKteam's word—
Corey RuckerWRUNKteam's word—
Cian SloneDEUNKteam's word—
Keyron CrawfordDEUNKteam'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 6

RoleDE2 · 6% snaps
Season2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Per game0.8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career5 seasons · 75 games before 2026
Injuries5 episodes · last: knee, 2024 wk 16
Bioage 28.6 · 5 seasons' experience · drafted round 7

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 special-teams player at strong-side linebacker — 80% of the kicking snaps over 6 weeks
Listed on the depth chartsecond at strong-side linebacker
Snaps played6% a week on average over 6 weeks, 12% at his highest, 80% on special teams
Build6 ft 2 in · 248 lb
CollegeTulane
Drafted2021, round 7 pick 234, by PHI
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 ET81 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET76 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET71 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET57 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET52 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET49 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET47 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET47 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET45 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET33 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET28 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET23 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET9 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET4 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:29 PM ET4 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything

15 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
6FULL99%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

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

What this page does not show

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