LB · New Orleans Saints · week 6 vs New York Giants · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Tyree Wilson
ROLE in the rotation
CLASS 2023 · R1 P7
EXP 3 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH RDE2
91%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Tyree Wilson was a DE for NO, age 26.3, 3 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 26% of snaps; his line was 3.7 tackles a game, 0.3 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 50 games (postseason included) over 3 seasons. His injury history held 3 episodes (foot 1, illness 1, knee 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was a knee injury in 2024 week 4.
The full read
How our call moved this week
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89%89%89%92%92%92%91%91%91%91%91%91%91%91%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
89% EXPECTED → 91% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Tyree Wilson is in the rotation at right defensive end for NO — 54% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has an ankle injury. His snaps dropped last week. Of players in that position who did play the following week, 43% took under 70% of their usual snaps. His team named him inactive in week 3. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 91%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 78 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade D
The only passage is a Week 5 retrospective roundup from a Raiders blog that mentions Wilson among 'a few old friends' and does not address his ankle, his practice participation, or his status for Sunday 18 Oct (P1). Nothing written contradicts the club's own report of a Wed Limited -> Thu Full progression with no designation, so the PLAY call stands on the dossier alone; the prose neither supports nor undercuts it (P1). It would need to know: Official Week 6 game-status designation (Out/Doubtful/Questionable/none) for the Sun 18 Oct game; Friday 16 Oct practice participation report for Wilson's ankle; Coach or club remark on the severity/timeline of the ankle injury; Confirmation he was active and snap-counted in last week's game, i.e. whether the ankle has cost him any time
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“let’s check in on a few old friends and see how Sunday fared for Geno Smith, Tyree Wilson and Jakobi Meyers”
source not recorded
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. Biggest move: 89% → 92%, Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Limited Participation in Practice → Full Participation in Practice).
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
91% · 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
FPdated 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 / game3.8 range 2.0–6.0
wk 1–6 · 4 games
Sacks / game0.3 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 4 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 4 games
Snap share26.6% range 0–54
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
30%wk 1
0%wk 2
54%wk 4
18%wk 5
31%wk 6
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
—
2024 · wk 2
knee
3
Out
2024 · wk 1
foot
1
—
2023 · wk 3
illness
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 4 episodes · 6 weeks on a report
2023
illness · 1w
2024
knee · 3wfoot · 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 89% ✓ 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
Zach Wood
LS
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Davon Godchaux
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Alvin Kamara
RB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Nathan Shepherd
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Kaden Elliss
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
David Long
DB
UNK
team's word
—
Anfernee Jennings
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Dillon Radunz
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Travis Etienne
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Zach Wilson
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Chris Olave
WR
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Ty Chandler
RB
UNK
team's word
—
John Ridgeway
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Colby Wooden
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Nick Saldiveri
G
UNK
team's word
—
Rejzohn Wright
DB
UNK
team's word
—
Bryan Bresee
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Mason Tipton
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Moliki Matavao
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Michael Reid
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Vernon Broughton
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
84%
LIKELY
Tyler Shough
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
78%
LIKELY
Jordyn Tyson
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Jeremiah Wright
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
73%
LIKELY
Lorenzo Styles Jr.
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
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
DE2 · 26% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 5
Per game
3.7 tackles · 0.3 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
3 seasons · 50 games before 2026
Injuries
3 episodes · last: knee, 2024 wk 4
Bio
age 26.3 · 3 seasons' experience · drafted round 1
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 right defensive end — 54% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chart
second at right defensive end
Last week
His snaps dropped last week, below his usual share
Snaps played
27% a week on average over 5 weeks, 54% at his highest, 46% on special teams
Build
6 ft 5 in · 263 lb
College
Texas Tech
Drafted
2023, round 1 pick 7, by LV
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, 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
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
41 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
91%
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 2 (listed second on his depth chart), 8 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 8 of 8.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
LTD
89%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
Named inactive in week 3
The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.