LB · #44 · Miami Dolphins · week 9 vs Detroit Lions · Sun Nov 8 · 1:00 PM ET
Chop Robinson
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2024 · R1 P21
EXP 2 seasons
AGE under 25
DEPTH LDE1
99%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 9, Chop Robinson was an LB for MIA, age 23.7, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 62% of snaps; his line was 2.2 tackles a game, 0.7 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 32 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 6 episodes (concussion 3, abdomen 1, foot 1), 1 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a foot injury in 2026 week 4.
Every call we wrote for him in week 9, earliest first, as written.
In short
Chop Robinson is a starter at left defensive end for MIA — 71% of the snaps in his best week of 7. He has a knee injury. His team named him inactive in week 2. In week 9 he 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 94% of the time. We have said PLAY since 92 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade D
P1 is a Nov 4 defensive recap that credits Robinson with production, which is past performance and says nothing about his knee or his availability for Sunday Nov 8.
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“led by EDGE Chop Robinson's four”
Pride Of Detroit · 2026-11-04
The reader's full reasoning
The rest of the reading
No passage addresses his Thursday or Friday Limited Participation or the last-game sit, so the card's sit-risk signals are neither overtaken nor explained, and P1 does not bear on them. The written evidence neither supports nor contradicts PLAY, so the call rests on the measured cell rather than on passages, which is why I concur but grade D.
17versions in week 9
12average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Fri Nov 6 · 5:10 PM ET · 44 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 76% → 99%, Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET to Fri Nov 6 · 5:10 PM ET, with no club report in between.
Our call
Injury report
Our call · week 9
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
99% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 94% of the time (92–96%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
Practice in week 9
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Sun Nov 8
LPdated Sun Nov 8
LPdated Sun Nov 8
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
The evidence behind his current call
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game2.1 range 1.0–3.0
wk 1–9 · 7 games
Sacks / game0.6 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–9 · 7 games · above most of his peers
Passes defended / game0.1 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–9 · 7 games
Snap share62.4% range 55–71
wk 1–9 · 7 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
62%wk 1
71%wk 3
64%wk 4
55%wk 5
64%wk 7
55%wk 8
66%wk 9
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
4
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 9
knee
1
—
2026 · wk 4
foot
1
—
2026 · wk 2
concussion
2
Out
2025 · wk 18
concussion
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 15
abdomen
1
—
2025 · wk 10
concussion
2
Doubtful
2025 · wk 3
knee
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 7 episodes · 9 weeks on a report · same site more than once: concussion ×3
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
The rest of his team's report in week 9
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Zach Sieler
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Ronnie Harrison
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Malik Herring
DE
LTD
ours
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
Darrell Baker Jr.
CB
UNK
team's word
Out
Jalen Tolbert
WR
UNK
team's word
Out
Tucker Addington
LS
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Malik Willis
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
Reese Taylor
CB
FULL
team's word
Out
Chukwuebuka Godrick
OT
UNK
team's word
Out
Marcellas Dial Jr.
DB
UNK
team's word
Out
Christian Haynes
G
UNK
team's word
Out
Jaylen Wright
RB
LTD
ours
COIN FLIPleans play
60%
COIN FLIP
Dante Trader Jr.
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
Justin Joly
TE
UNK
team's word
Out
Kaytron Allen
RB
FULL
ours
COIN FLIPleans play
64%
COIN FLIP
Kadyn Proctor
T
FULL
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Will Kacmarek
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
Trey Moore
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Michael Taaffe
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The evidence behind his earlier calls
The evidence behind the call made Wed Nov 4 · 5:15 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 2:40 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 6:06 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 11:06 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 12:20 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 4:06 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 6:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 11:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 5:10 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 3:10 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 6:02 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 4:06 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 8:10 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
Role
Call history
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 9
Role
LB1 · 62% snaps
Season
2026 · 6 games through wk 8
Per game
2.2 tackles · 0.7 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
2 seasons · 32 games before 2026
Injuries
6 episodes · last: foot, 2026 wk 4
Bio
age 23.7 · 2 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 left defensive end — 71% of the snaps in his best week of 7
Listed on the depth chart
first at left defensive end
Snaps played
62% a week on average over 7 weeks, 71% at his highest, 1% on special teams
Build
6 ft 3 in · 265 lb
College
Penn State; Maryland
Drafted
2024, round 1 pick 21, by MIA
Age
under 25 at the season's start
Experience
2 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
WrittenWe first said PLAY.
PublicOur call became public when the week settled.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Wed Nov 4 · 5:15 PM ET
92 h
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 2:40 AM ET
82 h
PLAY
75%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 6:06 AM ET
79 h
PLAY
75%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 11:06 AM ET
74 h
PLAY
75%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 12:20 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
75%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Nov 5 · 4:06 PM ET
69 h
PLAY
75%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 6:06 AM ET
55 h
PLAY
76%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 11:06 AM ET
50 h
PLAY
76%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
76%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 5:10 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 3:10 AM ET
34 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 6:02 AM ET
31 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET
26 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 4:06 PM ET
21 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 8:10 PM ET
17 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET
7 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET
2 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
17 calls in week 9, 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.
What would change this read
What would change this read
The club's Sat Nov 7 injury report entry for Robinson (Knee), including any Sun Nov 8 game-status designation
The Sun Nov 8 pregame inactive list, to confirm whether Robinson is active
A Hafley or Dolphins remark on Robinson's knee, his Thursday and Friday Limited Participation, or his expected Sunday role
The stated reason for the last-game sit (knee management, concussion protocol, or snap count), which the card records without explanation
Reconciliation of the practice window (a single Wed Limited reading) with the card's Thursday and Friday Limited Participation entries
We went and found out more
Rank 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.
Named inactive in week 2
The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.