LB · #8 · Buffalo Bills · week 9 vs Minnesota Vikings · Mon Nov 9 · 8:15 PM ET
Terrel Bernard
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2022 · R3 P89
EXP 4 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH RILB1
93%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 9, Terrel Bernard was an LB for BUF, age 27.3, 4 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 7 games on 91% of snaps; his line was 7.1 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.1 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 63 games (postseason included) over 4 seasons. His injury history held 12 episodes (ankle 3, knee 3, calf 2), 5 of them reaching OUT, 5 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a knee injury in 2026 week 6.
The full read
In short
How our call moved in week 9
100500
91%91%91%91%93%93%93%
Sun 3:10 AM ETMon 4:06 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
91% EXPECTED → 93% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him in week 9, earliest first, as written.
In short
Terrel Bernard is a starter at right inside linebacker for BUF — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 8. He has a not injury related - resting player injury. In week 9 he did not practise. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 93%, in a band that plays 94% of the time. We have said PLAY since 41 hours before kickoff. We called him SIT in week 4 and he played.
7versions in week 9
12average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Sun Nov 8 · 3:10 AM ET · 41 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 91% → 93%, Sun Nov 8 · 4:02 PM ET to Mon Nov 9 · 6:02 AM ET, with no club report in between.
Our call
Injury report
Our call · week 9
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
93% · 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
Sat
DNPdated Sat Nov 7
Shape of the week: single reading. 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
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 / game7.0 range 5.0–11
wk 1–9 · 8 games · above most of his peers
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–9 · 8 games
Passes defended / game0.4 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–9 · 8 games
Snap share89.4% range 76–100
wk 1–9 · 8 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
100%wk 2
93%wk 3
92%wk 4
95%wk 5
80%wk 6
76%wk 8
79%wk 9
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
6
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
Not injury related
1
—
2026 · wk 3
knee
4
—
2026 · wk 2
calf
1
—
2025 · wk 18
calf
3
Out
2025 · wk 13
arm
4
Out
2025 · wk 8
ankle
5
Questionable
2024 · wk 18
quad
2
Out
2024 · wk 8
ankle
5
Out
2024 · wk 3
chest
5
Out
2023 · wk 17
ankle
1
—
2023 · wk 10
concussion
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 8
knee
1
—
2023 · wk 3
knee
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 12 episodes · plus 1 not injury related · 34 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×3
2023
ankle · 1wconcussion · 1wknee · 1wknee · 1w
2024
quad · 2wankle · 5wchest · 5w
2025
calf · 3warm · 4wankle · 5w
2026
Not injury related · 1wknee · 4wcalf · 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.
The rest of his team's report in week 9
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Dion Dawkins
T
DNP
team's word
Questionable
DJ Moore
WR
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Bradley Chubb
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Ed Oliver
DE
DNP
ours
PLAY
74%
LIKELY
Ty Johnson
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Greg Gaines
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Sam Franklin Jr.
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Michael Danna
LB
UNK
team's word
Out
Spencer Brown
T
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Josh Palmer
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Dee Alford
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
James Cook
RB
UNK
ours
PLAY
71%
LIKELY
Khalil Shakir
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Alec Anderson
G
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Tyrell Shavers
WR
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Dalton Kincaid
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Joe Andreessen
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
Keon Coleman
WR
LTD
ours
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
Jordan Hancock
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Deone Walker
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
T.J. Sanders
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
TJ Parker
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
Jalon Kilgore
SAF
UNK
team's word
Out
Zane Durant
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Ar'maj Reed-Adams
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
77%
LIKELY
Skyler Bell
WR
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 Sun Nov 8 · 3:10 AM 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.
The evidence behind the call made Mon Nov 9 · 6:02 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Mon Nov 9 · 11:02 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Mon Nov 9 · 4:06 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 · 91% snaps
Season
2026 · 7 games through wk 8
Per game
7.1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.1 passes defended
Career
4 seasons · 63 games before 2026
Injuries
12 episodes · last: knee, 2026 wk 6
Bio
age 27.3 · 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 right inside linebacker — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 8
Listed on the depth chart
first at right inside linebacker
Snaps played
89% a week on average over 8 weeks, 100% at his highest, 2% on special teams
Build
6 ft 1 in · 224 lb
College
Baylor
Drafted
2022, round 3 pick 89, by BUF
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 when the week settled.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Sun Nov 8 · 3:10 AM ET
41 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET
38 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET
33 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 4:02 PM ET
28 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Nov 9 · 6:02 AM ET
14 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Nov 9 · 11:02 AM ET
9 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Nov 9 · 4:06 PM ET
4 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
7 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.