LB · Washington Commanders · week 6 vs San Francisco 49ers · Mon Oct 19 · 8:15 PM ET
Javontae Jean-Baptiste
ROLE in the rotation
CLASS 2024 · R7 P222
EXP 2 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH SLB3
As of week 6, Javontae Jean-Baptiste was an LB for WAS, age 26.3, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 7. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 3 games on 13% of snaps; his line was 1.7 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 18 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 2 episodes (ankle 1, shoulder 1); the last was a shoulder injury in 2024 week 21.
The full read
How our call moved this week
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his club's word: Out61%61%61%62%62%49%49%49%
Fri 7:01 AM ETSun 2:02 AM ET
our call, P(plays)
club report (public)
61% COIN FLIP → 49% COIN FLIP
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Javontae Jean-Baptiste is in the rotation at strong-side linebacker for WAS — 24% of the snaps in his best week of 3. He has a pectoral 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. His team named him inactive in weeks 3 and 4. His team has listed him Out. We called him PLAY in week 6 and he did not play.
8versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
COIN FLIP since Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET · 85 h before kickoff · 43 h before the club. Biggest move: 62% → 49%, Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET, with no club report in between.
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.
No dated practice report for him this week
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
His club's word
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game1.7 range 1.0–2.0
wk 1–5 · 3 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–5 · 3 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–5 · 3 games
Snap share13.3% range 0–24
wk 1–5 · 3 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
16%wk 1
24%wk 2
0%wk 5
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
1
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
chest
1
Out
2024 · wk 21
shoulder
1
Questionable
2024 · wk 12
ankle
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 3 episodes · 3 weeks on a report
2024
ankle · 1w
2026
chest · 1w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
questionable
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.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 6PLAY 61% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play
Season on him: 0 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
Stefon Diggs
WR
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Marcus Mariota
QB
DNP
team's word
Out
Laremy Tunsil
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Lucas Patrick
G
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Austin Ekeler
RB
LTD
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Fabian Moreau
CB
LTD
team's word
—
Jeremy McNichols
RB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Jeremy Reaves
S
LTD
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Isaac Yiadom
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Charles Omenihu
DE
DNP
team's word
Out
Terry McLaurin
WR
LTD
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Javon Kinlaw
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
K'Lavon Chaisson
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
Rachaad White
RB
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Nick Cross
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Treylon Burks
WR
LTD
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Leo Chenal
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Percy Butler
S
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Quan Martin
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
Jordan Magee
LB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Tyler Owens
S
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jer'Zhan Newton
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Jayden Daniels
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
T.J. Maguranyanga
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Jaylin Lane
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Jacory Croskey-Merritt
RB
DNP
team's word
Out
Trey Amos
CB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Tanoa Togiai
G
UNK
team's word
—
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
LB3 · 13% snaps
Season
2026 · 3 games through wk 5
Per game
1.7 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
2 seasons · 18 games before 2026
Injuries
2 episodes · last: shoulder, 2024 wk 21
Bio
age 26.3 · 2 seasons' experience · drafted round 7
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 strong-side linebacker — 24% of the snaps in his best week of 3
Listed on the depth chart
third at strong-side linebacker
Last week
He left last week's game — far below his usual share
Snaps played
13% a week on average over 3 weeks, 24% at his highest, 28% on special teams
Build
6 ft 4 in · 260 lb
College
Notre Dame; Ohio State
Drafted
2024, round 7 pick 222, by WAS
Age
25-28 at the season's start
Experience
2 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
Team reportHis team listed him Out.
PublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
85 h
PLAY
61%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
80 h
PLAY
61%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
76 h
PLAY
61%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
75 h
PLAY
62%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
75 h
PLAY
62%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
72 h
SIT
49%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
61 h
SIT
49%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
56 h
SIT
49%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 1:30 PM ET
55 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's Out, as ESPN's injury report carries it (the league's report had not yet)
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
51 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's Out, as ESPN's injury report carries it (the league's report had not yet)
Sun Oct 18 · 2:10 AM ET
42 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
37 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
32 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sun Oct 18 · 5:05 PM ET
27 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Mon Oct 19 · 7:01 AM ET
13 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Mon Oct 19 · 12:02 PM ET
8 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Mon Oct 19 · 5:01 PM ET
3 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
8 calls this week, flipping between PLAY and SIT 1 time. 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.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
DNP
61%
PLAY
before his team said anything
no
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.
Named inactive in week 4
The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
What this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.