LB · Dallas Cowboys · week 7 vs Philadelphia Eagles · Mon Oct 26 · 8:15 PM ET
Dee Winters
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2023 · R6 P216
EXP 3 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH RILB1
As of week 7, Dee Winters was an LB for DAL, age 25.9, 3 seasons of experience, drafted in round 6. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 61% of snaps; his line was 5.7 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.2 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 51 games (postseason included) over 3 seasons. His injury history held 9 episodes (ankle 3, knee 2, chest 1), 1 of them reaching OUT, 3 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an ankle injury in 2025 week 20.
The full read
In short
Dee Winters is a starter at right inside linebacker for DAL — 80% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a calf injury. He left last week's game. Of players in that position who did play the following week, 45% took under 70% of their usual snaps. This week he did not practise. His team has listed him Out.
What the reports say
our calls for this week are for members
The reports, quoted
What was reported
Source
1
“linebacker Dee Winters (calf) remained out of practice”
Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-23
2
“the team will issue their final injury report for that game on Saturday”
Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-23
3
“Dee Winters (Achilles) did not practice Wednesday and is expected to miss time.”
Blogging The Boys · 2026-10-22
4
“Barham and Overshown are a better combination at linebacker than Barham and Dee Winters.”
Blogging The Boys · 2026-10-22
5
“se suman las lesiones del linebacker Dee Winters”
Dallas Cowboys · 2026-10-20
His team's word: Out
This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's own word, restated.
Practice this week
Thu
DNPdated Fri Oct 23
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.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game5.7 range 0.0–9.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Passes defended / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share61.2% range 21–80
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
58%wk 1
75%wk 2
69%wk 3
80%wk 4
64%wk 5
21%wk 6
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 7
calf
1
—
2025 · wk 19
ankle
2
Questionable
2025 · wk 16
wrist
1
—
2025 · wk 9
knee
4
Questionable
2025 · wk 5
knee
1
—
2024 · wk 17
chest
1
—
2024 · wk 16
neck
1
—
2024 · wk 15
ankle
1
—
2024 · wk 10
concussion
1
—
2024 · wk 1
ankle
5
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 10 episodes · 18 weeks on a report · same site more than once: ankle ×3
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 this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
P.J. Locke
S
LTD
team's word
Questionable
KaVontae Turpin
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Marist Liufau
LB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Drew Shelton
T
DNP
team's word
Out
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 7
Role
LB1 · 61% snaps
Season
2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game
5.7 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.2 passes defended
Career
3 seasons · 51 games before 2026
Injuries
9 episodes · last: ankle, 2025 wk 20
Bio
age 25.9 · 3 seasons' experience · drafted round 6
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.