FB · #38 · Seattle Seahawks · week 8 vs Chicago Bears · Mon Nov 2 · 8:15 PM ET
Brady Russell
TYPE Committee back
ROLE in the rotation
EXP 3 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH FB1
99%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 8, Brady Russell was an RB for SEA, age 28, 3 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 7 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 7 games on 23% of snaps; his line was 0 rush yards a game, 0 carries a game and 6.7 receiving yards a game (Committee back by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 46 games (postseason included) over 3 seasons. His injury history held 6 episodes (arm 1, chest 1, foot 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was a chest injury in 2026 week 3.
The full read
In short
How our call moved in week 8
100500
99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%
Sat 2:10 AM ETMon 4:06 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
99% EXPECTED → 99% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him in week 8, earliest first, as written.
In short
Brady Russell is in the rotation at fullback for SEA — 44% of the snaps in his best week of 8. He has a wrist 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 67 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade D
Both passages are identical team photo-gallery captions tied to a June 8, 2026 roster image, naming him only as "Seahawks fullback Brady Russell (38)" (P1, P2). Neither mentions the wrist, any day of the Tue 27 Oct–Sun 01 Nov practice week, or any game-status designation for the Mon 02 Nov game (P1, P2).
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“Seahawks fullback Brady Russell (38)”
Seattle Seahawks · 2026-10-31
2
“This is a 2026 photo of Brady Russell of the Seattle Seahawks NFL football team. This image reflects the roster as of June 8, 2026.”
Seattle Seahawks · 2026-10-28
The reader's full reasoning
The rest of the reading
With no written evidence contradicting the model's inputs of FULL practice and no designation, there is nothing to dissent from, so I concur with the PLAY call while grading the passages as saying essentially nothing (P1, P2).
10versions in week 8
10average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Sat Oct 31 · 2:10 AM ET · 67 h before kickoff.
Our call
Injury report
Our call · week 8
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 8
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 read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rush yds / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Carries / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Rec yds / game5.7 range 0.0–20
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Snap share22.3% range 2–44
wk 1–8 · 8 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
34%wk 1
44%wk 2
18%wk 3
22%wk 4
10%wk 5
2%wk 6
32%wk 7
16%wk 8
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
2
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 8
wrist
1
—
2026 · wk 3
chest
1
—
2025 · wk 22
hand
1
—
2025 · wk 6
wrist
1
—
2024 · wk 11
foot
8
Out
2024 · wk 3
shoulder
5
—
2023 · wk 9
arm
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 7 episodes · 18 weeks on a report · same site more than once: wrist ×2
2023
arm · 1w
2024
foot · 8wshoulder · 5w
2025
wrist · 1w
2026
wrist · 1wchest · 1w
Weeks 1–18
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.
The rest of his team's report in week 8
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
DeMarcus Lawrence
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Leonard Williams
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
Quenton Nelson
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Uchenna Nwosu
LB
DNP
team's word
Doubtful
Drew Lock
QB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Chazz Surratt
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
Rashid Shaheed
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Velus Jones Jr.
RB
DNP
team's word
Out
Charles Cross
T
DNP
team's word
Out
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Brandon Pili
DT
DNP
team's word
Questionable
Patrick O'Connell
LB
DNP
team's word
Questionable
Drake Thomas
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Anthony Bradford
G
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Zach Charbonnet
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Byron Murphy II
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Tyrice Knight
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Terrion Arnold
CB
UNK
team's word
Out
Connor O'Toole
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
80%
LIKELY
Beau Stephens
G
UNK
team's word
Out
Jadarian Price
RB
FULL
team's word
—
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 Sat Oct 31 · 2:10 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 31 · 7:05 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 31 · 12:02 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 31 · 5:06 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 1 · 6:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 1 · 11:02 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 1 · 4:02 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Mon Nov 2 · 6:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Mon Nov 2 · 11:02 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Mon Nov 2 · 4:06 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
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 8
Role
RB1 · 23% snaps
Season
2026 · 7 games through wk 7
Per game
0 rush yards · 0 carries · 6.7 receiving yards
Type
Committee back
Career
3 seasons · 46 games before 2026
Injuries
6 episodes · last: chest, 2026 wk 3
Bio
age 28 · 3 seasons' experience
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.
in the rotation at fullback — 44% of the snaps in his best week of 8
Listed on the depth chart
first at fullback
Snaps played
22% a week on average over 8 weeks, 44% at his highest, 87% on special teams
Build
6 ft 3 in · 250 lb
College
Colorado
Drafted
undrafted
Age
25-28 at the season's start
Experience
3 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
Sat Oct 31 · 2:10 AM ET
67 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 7:05 AM ET
62 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 12:02 PM ET
57 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 5:06 PM ET
52 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 1 · 6:06 AM ET
38 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 1 · 11:02 AM ET
33 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 1 · 4:02 PM ET
28 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Nov 2 · 6:06 AM ET
14 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Nov 2 · 11:02 AM ET
9 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Nov 2 · 4:06 PM ET
4 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
10 calls in week 8, 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 would change this read
What would change this read
Seahawks official practice participation report for Tue 27 Oct, Wed 28 Oct, Thu 29 Oct, Fri 30 Oct, Sat 31 Oct, Sun 01 Nov naming Brady Russell and his wrist participation level
Final injury report game-status designation (Out/Doubtful/Questionable/none) for Russell ahead of the Mon 02 Nov game
Any Mike Macdonald or Seahawks club comment on Russell's wrist — cast, brace, surgery, blocking or special-teams restriction
Monday 02 Nov gameday inactives/actives list for Seattle
Whether Seattle signed or elevated another fullback/TE (e.g., from the practice squad) for this game, which would hint at a Russell absence
We went and found out more
Rank 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 11 of 11.