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T · New York Giants · week 7 · Sun Nov 8

Marcus Mbow

  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2025 · R5 P154
  • EXP 1 season
  • AGE under 25
  • DEPTH RT2
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Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment

As of week 7, Marcus Mbow was a G for NYG, age 23.4, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 25% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 13 games (postseason included) over 1 season. No injury episode was on file.

The full read

In short

Marcus Mbow is a starter at right tackle for NYG — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. His team named him inactive in week 7. In week 7 he did not practise, then practised limited. His team has not listed him on the final report.

The reader concurs · grade B

P2 is dated inside this practice week and is explicitly framed around 'this Sunday against the Houston Texans', stating that 'backup tackle Marcus Mbow (knee)' is among those 'expected to play' (P2) — a game-specific affirmation, not a restated practice line. P1 corroborates the improving practice shape the model used: all three tackles were 'held out of practice' Wednesday and then 'practicing in some fashion on Thursday' (P1). Nothing in either passage contradicts the PLAY call; my only reservation is that neither passage covers Friday/Saturday or a final designation, which keeps this at B rather than A. It would need to know: Giants Friday (23 Oct) and Saturday (24 Oct) practice participation for Mbow; Mbow's official final game-status designation on the 24 Oct report (Out/Doubtful/Questionable/none); Any Daboll remark on Mbow's knee or whether he dresses Sunday; Whether Andrew Thomas (groin) or Jermaine Eluemunor (calf) is downgraded, which changes Mbow's role

What the read cites

What was reportedSource
1“backup tackle Marcus Mbow (knee) are all expected to play”Big Blue View · 2026-10-23
2“this Sunday against the Houston Texans”Big Blue View · 2026-10-23
3“were all practicing in some fashion on Thursday”Big Blue View · 2026-10-22
4“one day after all were held out of practice due to injuries”Big Blue View · 2026-10-22
14versions in week 7
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

COIN FLIP since Fri Oct 23 · 3:14 AM ET · 58 h before kickoff · 23 h before the club. Biggest move: 21% → 53%, Fri Oct 23 · 12:54 AM ET to Fri Oct 23 · 3:14 AM ET, after: practiced more (Did Not Participate In Practice → Limited Participation in Practice).

We have made a call on him in week 7

It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.

How our calls are checked

Our scale

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.

Practice in week 7

FriThuWed
LPdated Wed Oct 21LPdated Wed Oct 21DNPdated Wed Oct 21

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.

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

  • Snap share25.2% range 0–100

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

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

  1. 0%wk 1
  2. 0%wk 2
  3. 0%wk 3
  4. 0%wk 4
  5. 51%wk 5
  6. 100%wk 6

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 7knee1Questionable

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

Injury history by season · 1 episode · 1 week on a report

  • questionable

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 7SIT 50% ✓ rightafter his team's announcement; did not play

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 in week 7

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Chris ManhertzTEFULLoursPLAY91%EXPECTED
Jermaine EluemunorTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Tremaine EdmundsLBDNPteam's wordOut
Darnell MooneyWRFULLoursPLAY90%EXPECTED
Andrew ThomasTLTDoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Paulson AdeboCBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Greg Newsome IICBDNPteam's wordOut
Jevon HollandSLTDteam's wordOut
Josh SillsGUNKteam's word—
Kayvon ThibodeauxLBFULLoursPLAY98%EXPECTED
Jordan StoutPFULLoursPLAY98%EXPECTED
Charlie JonesWRFULLoursPLAY90%EXPECTED
Jake HaenerQBUNKteam's word—
Theo JohnsonTEDNPteam's wordDoubtful
Tyler NubinSLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Thomas Fidone IITEFULLoursPLAY93%EXPECTED
Korie BlackCBUNKteam's word—
Nikko ReedDBUNKteam's word—
Colton HoodCBFULLoursPLAY93%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 Oct 21 · 4:50 PM ET

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

The evidence behind the call made Wed Oct 21 · 5:00 PM ET

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

The evidence behind the call made Wed Oct 21 · 5:05 PM ET

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

The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 22 · 2:10 AM ET

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

The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 22 · 7:02 AM ET

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

The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 22 · 12:05 PM ET

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

The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 22 · 5:05 PM ET

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

The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 23 · 12:54 AM ET

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

The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 23 · 3:14 AM ET

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

The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 2:10 AM ET

What was reportedSource
“swing tackle Marcus Mbow were all practicing in some fashion on Thursday”Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22

From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)

What was reportedSource
“The New York Giants top three offensive tackles returned to the practice field on Thursday, one day after all were held out of practice due to injuries.”Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22

The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 7:02 AM ET

What was reportedSource
“swing tackle Marcus Mbow were all practicing in some fashion on Thursday”Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22

From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)

What was reportedSource
“The New York Giants top three offensive tackles returned to the practice field on Thursday, one day after all were held out of practice due to injuries.”Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22

The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 12:02 PM ET

What was reportedSource
“starting offensive tackles Andrew Thomas (groin) and Jermaine Eluemunor (calf), and backup tackle Marcus Mbow (knee) are all expected to play”Big Blue View · Fri Oct 23

From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)

What was reportedSource
“will be without starting inside linebacker Tremaine Edmunds this Sunday against the Houston Texans”Big Blue View · Fri Oct 23
“were all practicing in some fashion on Thursday”Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22

The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 5:02 PM ET

What was reportedSource
“starting offensive tackles Andrew Thomas (groin) and Jermaine Eluemunor (calf), and backup tackle Marcus Mbow (knee) are all expected to play”Big Blue View · Fri Oct 23

From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)

What was reportedSource
“will be without starting inside linebacker Tremaine Edmunds this Sunday against the Houston Texans”Big Blue View · Fri Oct 23
“were all practicing in some fashion on Thursday”Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22

The evidence behind the call made Sun Oct 25 · 7:05 AM ET

What was reportedSource
“starting offensive tackles Andrew Thomas (groin) and Jermaine Eluemunor (calf), and backup tackle Marcus Mbow (knee) are all expected to play”Big Blue View · Fri Oct 23

From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)

What was reportedSource
“will be without starting inside linebacker Tremaine Edmunds this Sunday against the Houston Texans”Big Blue View · Fri Oct 23
“were all practicing in some fashion on Thursday”Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22

The evidence behind the call made Sun Oct 25 · 11:40 AM ET

What was reportedSource
“backup tackle Marcus Mbow (knee) are all expected to play”Big Blue View · Fri Oct 23
“starting offensive tackles Andrew Thomas (groin) and Jermaine Eluemunor (calf), and backup tackle Marcus Mbow (knee) are all expected to play”Big Blue View · Fri Oct 23

From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)

What was reportedSource
“this Sunday against the Houston Texans”Big Blue View · Fri Oct 23

The evidence behind the call made Sun Oct 25 · 12:05 PM ET

What was reportedSource
“backup tackle Marcus Mbow (knee) are all expected to play”Big Blue View · Fri Oct 23
“starting offensive tackles Andrew Thomas (groin) and Jermaine Eluemunor (calf), and backup tackle Marcus Mbow (knee) are all expected to play”Big Blue View · Fri Oct 23

From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)

What was reportedSource
“this Sunday against the Houston Texans”Big Blue View · Fri Oct 23
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 7

RoleG2 · 25% snaps
Season2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Career1 season · 13 games before 2026
Injuriesnone on file
Bioage 23.4 · 1 season' experience · drafted round 5

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 right tackle — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chartsecond at right tackle
Last weekHe did not dress last week
Snaps played25% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest, 16% on special teams
Build6 ft 5 in · 300 lb
CollegePurdue
Drafted2025, round 5 pick 154, by NYG
Ageunder 25 at the season's start
Experience1 season

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Wed Oct 21 · 4:50 PM ET92 hSIT50%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Wed Oct 21 · 5:00 PM ET92 hSIT50%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Wed Oct 21 · 5:05 PM ET92 hSIT50%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Thu Oct 22 · 2:10 AM ET83 hSIT21%UNLIKELYafter his team's announcement
Thu Oct 22 · 7:02 AM ET78 hSIT21%UNLIKELYafter his team's announcement
Thu Oct 22 · 12:05 PM ET73 hSIT21%UNLIKELYafter his team's announcement
Thu Oct 22 · 5:05 PM ET68 hSIT21%UNLIKELYafter his team's announcement
Fri Oct 23 · 12:54 AM ET60 hSIT21%UNLIKELYafter his team's announcement
Fri Oct 23 · 3:14 AM ET58 hPLAY53%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 24 · 2:10 AM ET35 hPLAY53%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 24 · 7:02 AM ET30 hPLAY53%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 24 · 12:02 PM ET25 hPLAY53%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 24 · 5:02 PM ET20 hPLAY53%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sun Oct 25 · 7:05 AM ET6 hPLAY53%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sun Oct 25 · 11:40 AM ET1 hhis team's word——his team's published inactive list, on the day
Sun Oct 25 · 12:05 PM ET1 hhis team's word——his team's published inactive list, on the day

14 calls in week 7, flipping between PLAY and SIT 2 times. 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
7UNK50%SITafter his team's announcementno

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

Named inactive in week 7

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.