CB · New England Patriots · week 6 vs New York Jets · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Marcus Jones
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2022 · R3 P85
EXP 4 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH PR1
99%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Marcus Jones was a CB for NE, age 27.9, 4 seasons of experience, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 78% of snaps; his line was 3.8 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.8 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 52 games (postseason included) over 4 seasons with 1 first-team All-Pro and 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 9 episodes (knee 2, ankle 1, arm 1), 2 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a knee injury in 2025 week 16.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
99% EXPECTED → 99% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Marcus Jones is a starter at punt returner for NE — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 7. He has an ankle injury. 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.
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.
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
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Fri Oct 16
LPdated Fri Oct 16
LPdated 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
Tackles / game4.9 range 2.0–8.0
wk 1–7 · 7 games
Sacks / game0.1 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–7 · 7 games
Passes defended / game0.7 range 0.0–3.0
wk 1–7 · 7 games · above most of his peers
Snap share83.1% range 48–100
wk 1–7 · 7 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
48%wk 1
99%wk 2
58%wk 3
100%wk 4
83%wk 5
97%wk 6
97%wk 7
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
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 6
ankle
1
—
2025 · wk 16
knee
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 11
arm
1
—
2024 · wk 16
hip
2
Out
2024 · wk 15
illness
1
—
2024 · wk 5
groin
3
Questionable
2024 · wk 3
knee
1
—
2023 · wk 3
shoulder
1
—
2022 · wk 17
concussion
2
Out
2022 · wk 12
ankle
2
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 10 episodes · 15 weeks on a report · same site more than once: ankle ×2
2022
concussion · 2wankle · 2w
2023
shoulder · 1w
2024
hip · 2willness · 1wgroin · 3wknee · 1w
2025
knee · 1warm · 1w
2026
ankle · 1w
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.
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
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Greg Van Roten
G
UNK
team's word
—
Morgan Moses
T
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Kevin Byard
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Mack Hollins
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Carlton Davis III
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Harold Landry III
LB
UNK
team's word
—
A.J. Brown
WR
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Dre'Mont Jones
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Reggie Gilliam
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Mike Onwenu
G
UNK
team's word
—
Christian Elliss
LB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Bryce Baringer
P
UNK
team's word
—
Cory Durden
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
Julian Hill
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Christian Gonzalez
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Dell Pettus
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Charles Woods
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Drake Maye
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Marcus Bryant
T
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jeremiah Webb
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Will Campbell
T
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Craig Woodson
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
TreVeyon Henderson
RB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Karon Prunty
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Dametrious Crownover
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Behren Morton
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Tanner Arkin
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Channing Canada
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Khalil Jacobs
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Myles Montgomery
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Quintayvious Hutchins
LB
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 6
Role
CB1 · 78% snaps
Season
2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Per game
3.8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.8 passes defended
Career
4 seasons · 52 games before 2026
Honors
1× first-team All-Pro · 1× second-team All-Pro
Injuries
9 episodes · last: knee, 2025 wk 16
Bio
age 27.9 · 4 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 punt returner — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 7
Listed on the depth chart
first at punt returner
Snaps played
83% a week on average over 7 weeks, 100% at his highest, 17% on special teams
Build
5 ft 8 in · 188 lb
College
Houston; Troy
Drafted
2022, round 3 pick 85, by NE
Age
25-28 at the season's start
Experience
4 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
WrittenWe first said PLAY.
PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
41 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before 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.
We went and found out more
Rank 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
LTD
99%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
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.