LB · Cincinnati Bengals · week 5 vs Miami Dolphins · Sun Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET
Barrett Carter
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2025 · R4 P119
EXP 1 season
AGE under 25
DEPTH MLB1
94%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 5, Barrett Carter was an LB for CIN, age 23.9, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 4. 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; his line was 7.2 tackles a game, 0.1 sacks a game and 0.5 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 17 games (postseason included) over 1 season. No injury episode was on file.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
89%89%89%94%94%94%94%94%94%94%94%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:01 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
89% EXPECTED → 94% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Barrett Carter is a starter at middle linebacker for CIN — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has an ankle injury. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 94%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 78 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade C
The only passage is a film review of the 4 Oct game against Jacksonville praising Carter's play (P1), which is last week's history but confirms he was active and productive days before this practice week, with no mention of an ankle problem or any new setback. Nothing in P1 contradicts the club's own report of Limited-to-Full-to-Full, an improving shape with no designation yet, so the PLAY call stands. The passages are thin on this week's status specifically -- there is no quoted coach or club statement about the ankle at all -- hence the C. It would need to know: Official Week 6 final injury report game designation (Q/D/none) for Carter issued Fri 09 Oct or Sat 10 Oct; Any Bengals beat report or Zac Taylor remark during 05-10 Oct on Carter's ankle; Sunday inactives list for CIN on 11 Oct; Confirmation Carter took first-team reps / remains the starting WILL over any replacement LB
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“Bengals Film Room: Barrett Carter and Demetrius Knight play well vs. Jaguars”
source not recorded
2
“celebrates a stop after tackling Jacksonville Jaguars running back Bhayshul Tuten (33) in the first quarter of the NFL Week 4 game”
source not recorded
11versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Thu Oct 8 · 7:01 AM ET · 78 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 89% → 94%, Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Limited Participation in Practice → Full Participation in Practice).
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
94% · 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 Sun Oct 11
FPdated Sun Oct 11
LPdated Sun Oct 11
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
Tackles / game8.0 range 5.0–11
wk 1–5 · 5 games · above most of his peers
Sacks / game0.3 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Passes defended / game0.4 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Snap share100.0% range 100–100
wk 1–5 · 5 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
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
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
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 1 episode · 1 week on a report
2026
ankle · 1w
Weeks 1–18
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 89% ✓ 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
Jonathan Allen
DT
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
B.J. Hill
DT
DNP
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Dexter Lawrence
DT
DNP
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Dalton Risner
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Kyle Dugger
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Tee Higgins
WR
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Ja'Marr Chase
WR
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Bryan Cook
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Jordan Battle
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Swayze Bozeman
LB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Colbie Young
WR
LTD
team's word
Questionable
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
LB1 · 100% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 4
Per game
7.2 tackles · 0.1 sacks · 0.5 passes defended
Career
1 season · 17 games before 2026
Injuries
none on file
Bio
age 23.9 · 1 season' 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.
a starter at middle linebacker — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chart
first at middle linebacker
Snaps played
100% a week on average over 5 weeks, 100% at his highest, 18% on special teams
Build
6 ft 0 in · 230 lb
College
Clemson
Drafted
2025, round 4 pick 119, by CIN
Age
under 25 at the season's start
Experience
1 season
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
78 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 12:01 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 12:01 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
94%
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
LTD
89%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.