T · Chicago Bears · week 5 vs Green Bay Packers · Sun Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET
Darnell Wright
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2023 · R1 P10
EXP 3 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH RT1
99%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 5, Darnell Wright was an OT for CHI, age 25.1, 3 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 4 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 100% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 51 games (postseason included) over 3 seasons with 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 7 episodes (knee 2, arm 1, back 1), 2 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a knee injury in 2026 week 2.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
67%67%67%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:01 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
67% LIKELY → 99% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Darnell Wright is a starter at right tackle for CHI — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 7. He has an ankle injury. This week he did not practise, then 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 81 hours before kickoff.
11versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET · 57 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 67% → 99%, Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Did Not Participate In Practice → Limited Participation in Practice).
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 9
LPdated Fri Oct 9
DNPdated Fri Oct 9
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
Snap share100.0% range 100–100
wk 1–7 · 7 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
100%wk 4
100%wk 5
100%wk 6
100%wk 7
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 5
ankle
1
—
2026 · wk 2
knee
1
—
2025 · wk 17
illness
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 12
chest
1
—
2025 · wk 4
arm
2
Out
2024 · wk 10
knee
3
Out
2024 · wk 4
back
1
—
2023 · wk 7
shoulder
2
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 8 episodes · 12 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×2
2023
shoulder · 2w
2024
knee · 3wback · 1w
2025
illness · 1wchest · 1warm · 2w
2026
ankle · 1wknee · 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 5PLAY 67% ✓ 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
Grady Jarrett
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Joe Thuney
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Cam Lewis
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jonah Jackson
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
D'Andre Swift
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Kyler Gordon
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
65%
COIN FLIP
Noah Sewell
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
Caleb Williams
QB
LTD
ours
SIT
48%
COIN FLIP
Kyle Monangai
RB
DNP
team's word
Out
Shemar Turner
DE
FULL
ours
SIT
46%
COIN FLIP
Keyshaun Elliott
LB
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 5
Role
OT1 · 100% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 4
Career
3 seasons · 51 games before 2026
Honors
1× second-team All-Pro
Injuries
7 episodes · last: knee, 2026 wk 2
Bio
age 25.1 · 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.
a starter at right tackle — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 7
Listed on the depth chart
first at right tackle
Snaps played
100% a week on average over 7 weeks, 100% at his highest, 19% on special teams
Build
6 ft 5 in · 325 lb
College
Tennessee
Drafted
2023, round 1 pick 10, by CHI
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 8 · 7:01 AM ET
81 h
PLAY
67%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 12:01 PM ET
76 h
PLAY
67%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET
71 h
PLAY
67%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET
57 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 12:01 PM ET
52 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET
47 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 12:01 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 12:01 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
11 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
5
DNP
67%
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.