LB · #13 · Seattle Seahawks · week 9 vs Arizona Cardinals · Sun Nov 8 · 4:25 PM ET
Ernest Jones
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2021 · R3 P103
EXP 5 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH RILB1
99%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 9, Ernest Jones was an LB for SEA, age 26.8, 5 seasons of experience, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 8 games on 100% of snaps; his line was 10.1 tackles a game, 0.4 sacks a game and 0.5 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 84 games (postseason included) over 5 seasons with 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 17 episodes (illness 6, knee 3, arm 2), 1 of them reaching OUT, 9 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a neck injury in 2026 week 3.
The full read
In short
How our call moved in week 9
100500
72%72%72%72%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%
Thu 8:10 PM ETSun 4:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
72% LIKELY → 99% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him in week 9, earliest first, as written.
In short
Ernest Jones is a starter at right inside linebacker for SEA — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 9. He has an ankle injury. 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 68 hours before kickoff.
11versions in week 9
12average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Sat Nov 7 · 3:10 AM ET · 37 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 72% → 99%, Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET to Sat Nov 7 · 3:10 AM ET, after: hurt in practice (Full Participation in Practice).
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.
No dated practice report for him in week 9
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
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
Tackles / game9.8 range 7.0–13
wk 1–9 · 9 games · above most of his peers
Sacks / game0.3 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–9 · 9 games
Passes defended / game0.6 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–9 · 9 games
Snap share99.6% range 96–100
wk 1–9 · 9 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
96%wk 2
100%wk 3
100%wk 4
100%wk 5
100%wk 6
100%wk 7
100%wk 8
100%wk 9
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
3
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 9
ankle
1
—
2026 · wk 5
Not injury related
1
—
2026 · wk 3
neck
1
—
2025 · wk 22
chest
1
—
2025 · wk 20
illness
1
—
2025 · wk 14
Not injury related
2
—
2025 · wk 10
knee
4
Doubtful
2025 · wk 2
shoulder
4
—
2024 · wk 14
knee
5
—
2024 · wk 13
arm
1
—
2024 · wk 9
neck
1
Questionable
2024 · wk 8
Not injury related
1
—
2024 · wk 7
illness
1
—
2024 · wk 6
arm
1
—
2023 · wk 18
Not injury related
1
Doubtful
2023 · wk 17
illness
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 6
knee
6
Out
2023 · wk 2
illness
1
Questionable
2022 · wk 15
wrist
1
—
2022 · wk 13
back
1
Questionable
2022 · wk 9
illness
1
—
2021 · wk 9
illness
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 18 episodes · plus 4 not injury related · 38 weeks on a report · same site more than once: illness ×6
2021
illness · 1w
2022
wrist · 1wback · 1willness · 1w
2023
Not injury related · 1willness · 1wknee · 6willness · 1w
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
Leonard Williams
DT
DNP
team's word
Out
Quenton Nelson
G
DNP
team's word
Out
Uchenna Nwosu
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Sam Darnold
QB
DNP
team's word
Out
Drew Lock
QB
LTD
ours
COIN FLIPleans sit
47%
COIN FLIP
Rashid Shaheed
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Velus Jones Jr.
RB
LTD
team's word
—
Charles Cross
T
DNP
team's word
Out
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Brandon Pili
DT
DNP
team's word
Out
Patrick O'Connell
LB
UNK
ours
PLAY
68%
LIKELY
Anthony Bradford
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Derick Hall
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Tyrice Knight
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Connor O'Toole
LB
DNP
team's word
Questionable
Tory Horton
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Nick Emmanwori
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Jadarian Price
RB
UNK
ours
COIN FLIPleans play
55%
COIN FLIP
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 Thu Nov 5 · 8:10 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 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.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 4:02 PM 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
LB1 · 100% snaps
Season
2026 · 8 games through wk 8
Per game
10.1 tackles · 0.4 sacks · 0.5 passes defended
Career
5 seasons · 84 games before 2026
Honors
1× second-team All-Pro
Injuries
17 episodes · last: neck, 2026 wk 3
Bio
age 26.8 · 5 seasons' experience · drafted round 3
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 right inside linebacker — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 9
Listed on the depth chart
first at right inside linebacker
Snaps played
100% a week on average over 9 weeks, 100% at his highest, 13% on special teams
Build
6 ft 2 in · 233 lb
College
South Carolina
Drafted
2021, round 3 pick 103, by LA
Age
25-28 at the season's start
Experience
5 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
WrittenWe first said PLAY.
PublicOur call became public when the week settled.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Thu Nov 5 · 8:10 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
72%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 6:06 AM ET
58 h
PLAY
72%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 11:06 AM ET
53 h
PLAY
72%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET
48 h
PLAY
72%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Sat Nov 7 · 3:10 AM ET
37 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 6:02 AM ET
34 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET
29 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 4:06 PM ET
24 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET
10 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET
5 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 4:02 PM ET
0 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
11 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.
What this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him in week 9.