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S · Green Bay Packers · week 6 vs Dallas Cowboys · Sun Oct 18 · 8:20 PM ET

Evan Williams

  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2024 · R4 P111
  • EXP 2 seasons
  • AGE 25-28
  • DEPTH SS1
97%PLAY EXPECTED

As of week 6, Evan Williams was an SAF for GB, age 25.1, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 100% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 31 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 5 episodes (back 1, concussion 1, hamstring 1), 2 of them reaching OUT; the last was a knee injury in 2025 week 17.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)

99% EXPECTED → 97% EXPECTED

Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.

In short

Evan Williams is a starter at strong safety for GB — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has an illness injury. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 97%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 85 hours before kickoff.

The reader concurs · grade B

The only current item on Williams is an illness that limited him at the Oct 14 practice (P3), and illness items of that kind typically clear within the week; nothing in the passages escalates it. The Oct 15 roster piece still lists Williams among four available safeties and says the three likely inactives would all be offensive linemen, not defensive backs (P2). P1 shows him in normal public-facing activity on Oct 12 with no injury context, so nothing written here contradicts the PLAY call. It would need to know: The final Friday Oct 16 game-status designation for Evan Williams (none/questionable/doubtful) on the official injury report for the Oct 18 Cowboys game; Any Saturday Oct 17 note on Williams' illness — roster move, travel status, or removal from the injury report; Confirmation of Williams' Thursday/Friday participation level in a club-published practice report, independent of the week-shape summary; Whether safeties Javon Bullard or Kitan Oladapo appeared on the report, which would signal position workload pressure

What the read cites

What was reportedSource
1“Evan Williams (illness)”Green Bay Press-Gazette · 2026-10-14
2“were limited participants”Green Bay Press-Gazette · 2026-10-14
3“S: Xavier McKinney, Evan Williams, Javon Bullard and Kitan Oladapo”Acme Packing Company · 2026-10-15
4“the three inactives would likely all be offensive linemen, as the team currently carries 11 on the 53”Acme Packing Company · 2026-10-15
5“Green Bay Packers safety Evan Williams was the guest Monday, Oct. 12, on Clubhouse Live”Green Bay Press-Gazette · 2026-10-12
15versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

EXPECTED since Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET · 85 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 99% → 97%, 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

97% · 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

FriThuWed
FPdated Fri Oct 16FPdated Fri Oct 16LPdated 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

  • Snap share100.0% range 100–100

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

  1. 100%wk 1
  2. 100%wk 2
  3. 100%wk 3
  4. 100%wk 4
  5. 100%wk 5
  6. 100%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202610

Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.

Medical history

WhenInjuryWeeks on a reportWorst status
2026 · wk 6illness1—
2025 · wk 16knee2Questionable
2025 · wk 8back1—
2024 · wk 16quad4Out
2024 · wk 15concussion1—
2024 · wk 9hamstring3Out

Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.

Injury history by season · 6 episodes · 12 weeks on a report

  • 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 99% ✓ 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

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Javon HargraveDTDNPteam's wordOut
Keisean NixonCBLTDoursPLAY96%EXPECTED
Josh JacobsRBUNKteam's word—
Aaron BanksGLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Benjamin St-JusteCBDNPteam's wordOut
Micah ParsonsLBUNKteam's word—
Devonte WyattDTLTDoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Jonathan FordDTDNPteam's wordOut
Zach Bako-BeweleGUNKteam's word—
Skyy MooreWRDNPteam's wordOut
Jordon RileyDELTDteam's wordDoubtful
Chris BrooksRBUNKteam's word—
Lukas Van NessLBFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Luke MusgraveTEUNKteam's word—
Jayden ReedWRUNKteam's word—
Donovan JenningsOTUNKteam's word—
Jacob MonkCLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Edgerrin CooperLBUNKteam's word—
Thomas YassminTEUNKteam's word—
Savion WilliamsWRLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Collin OliverLBUNKteam's word—
Warren BrinsonDTUNKteam's word—
Johnathan BaldwinSAFUNKteam's word—
Anthony CampbellDTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Jager BurtonGUNKteam's word—
Brandon CisseCBLTDteam's wordQuestionable

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

RoleSAF1 · 100% snaps
Season2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Career2 seasons · 31 games before 2026
Injuries5 episodes · last: knee, 2025 wk 17
Bioage 25.1 · 2 seasons' experience · drafted round 4

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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea starter at strong safety — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chartfirst at strong safety
Snaps played100% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest, 32% on special teams
Build5 ft 11 in · 200 lb
CollegeOregon; Fresno State
Drafted2024, round 4 pick 111, by GB
Age25-28 at the season's start
Experience2 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. WrittenWe first said PLAY.
  2. PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
  3. KickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET85 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET80 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET75 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET61 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET56 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET53 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET51 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET51 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET48 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET37 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET32 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET27 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET13 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET8 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 5:05 PM ET3 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything

15 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.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
6LTD99%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.