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WR · Denver Broncos · week 5 vs Arizona Cardinals · Sun Oct 25 · 4:05 PM ET

Pat Bryant

  • TYPE Possession receiver
  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2025 · R3 P74
  • EXP 1 season
  • AGE under 25
  • DEPTH WR6

As of week 5, Pat Bryant was a WR for DEN, age 23.7, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 4 he had played 4 games on 58% of snaps; his line was 33.2 receiving yards a game, 3 targets a game and a 9.6% target share (Possession receiver by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 17 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 3 episodes (concussion 1, hamstring 1, shoulder 1), 2 of them reaching OUT; the last was a concussion injury in 2025 week 21.

The full read

How our call moved in week 5

  • our call, P(plays)

51% COIN FLIP → 51% COIN FLIP

Every call we wrote for him in week 5, earliest first, as written.

In short

Pat Bryant is a starter at wide receiver for DEN — 70% of the snaps in his best week of 4. He has a not stated injury. In week 5 he did not practise every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 7 and he did not play.

8versions in week 5
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

COIN FLIP since Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET · 57 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 51% → 51%, Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET to Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET, with no club report in between.

His team's own announcement

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 reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended).

Practice in week 5

ThuWed
DNPdated Fri Oct 9DNPdated Fri Oct 9

Shape of the week: steady. 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

  • Rec yds / game33 range 0.0–47

    wk 1–4 · 4 games

  • Targets / game3.0 range 1.0–6.0

    wk 1–4 · 4 games

  • Target share9.6% range 3–22

    wk 1–4 · 4 games

  • Snap share57.8% range 36–70

    wk 1–4 · 4 games

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

  1. 59%wk 1
  2. 66%wk 2
  3. 70%wk 3
  4. 36%wk 4

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202611

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 5ankle1—
2025 · wk 17concussion3Out
2025 · wk 14hamstring3Out
2025 · wk 13shoulder1—

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

Injury history by season · 4 episodes · 8 weeks on a report

  • ruled out
  • 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 5SIT 51% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; did not play
Wk 7PLAY 67% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play

Season on him: 1 of 2 graded calls 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 in week 5

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
D.J. JonesDTFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Zach AllenDEFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Adam TrautmanTEFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Pat Surtain IICBDNPteam's wordOut
Tyler BadieRBFULLoursPLAY90%EXPECTED
Dondrea TillmanLBFULLoursPLAY87%EXPECTED
Riley MossCBDNPteam's wordOut

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 Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 9 · 12:01 PM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 10 · 12:01 PM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 10 · 5:01 PM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Sun Oct 11 · 7:01 AM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

The evidence behind the call made Sun Oct 11 · 12:01 PM ET

We have not read the news for this player this week.

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

RoleWR6 · 58% snaps
Season2026 · 4 games through wk 4
Per game33.2 receiving yards · 3 targets · 9.6% target share
TypePossession receiver
Career1 season · 17 games before 2026
Injuries3 episodes · last: concussion, 2025 wk 21
Bioage 23.7 · 1 season' experience · drafted round 3

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 wide receiver — 70% of the snaps in his best week of 4
Listed on the depth chartnumber 6 at wide receiver
Snaps played58% a week on average over 4 weeks, 70% at his highest, 12% on special teams
Build6 ft 2 in · 204 lb
CollegeIllinois
Drafted2025, round 3 pick 74, by DEN
Ageunder 25 at the season's start
Experience1 season

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. PublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
  2. KickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET57 hSIT51%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 12:01 PM ET52 hSIT51%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET47 hSIT51%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET33 hSIT51%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 12:01 PM ET28 hSIT51%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 5:01 PM ET23 hSIT51%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 7:01 AM ET9 hSIT51%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 12:01 PM ET4 hSIT51%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything

8 calls in week 5, 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
5DNP51%SITbefore his team said anythingno
7UNK67%PLAYbefore his team said anythingno

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 in week 5.