DT · #95 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers · week 9 vs Chicago Bears · Sun Nov 8 · 8:20 PM ET
Elijah Roberts
ROLE in the rotation
CLASS 2025 · R5 P157
EXP 1 season
AGE under 25
DEPTH LDE2
87%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 9, Elijah Roberts was a DE for TB, age 24.7, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 8 games on 22% of snaps; his line was 1.6 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 17 games (postseason included) over 1 season. No injury episode was on file.
The full read
In short
How our call moved in week 9
100500
86%86%86%86%87%87%87%87%87%87%87%87%87%87%
Thu 2:40 AM ETSun 4:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
86% EXPECTED → 87% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him in week 9, earliest first, as written.
In short
Elijah Roberts is in the rotation at left defensive end for TB — 29% of the snaps in his best week of 9. He has a not injury related - personal matter injury. His snaps dropped last week. Of players in that position who did play the following week, 43% took under 70% of their usual snaps. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 87%, in a band that plays 94% of the time. We have said PLAY since 90 hours before kickoff.
14versions in week 9
12average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Thu Nov 5 · 2:40 AM ET · 90 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 86% → 87%, Thu Nov 5 · 4:06 PM ET to Fri Nov 6 · 3:10 AM ET, after: practiced more (Did Not Participate In Practice → Full Participation in Practice).
Our call
Injury report
Our call · week 9
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
87% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 94% of the time (92–96%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
No dated practice report for him in week 9
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
The evidence behind his current call
We have not read the news for this player this week.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game1.6 range 0.0–3.0
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Snap share21.0% range 9–29
wk 1–9 · 9 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
25%wk 1
29%wk 2
29%wk 3
22%wk 4
22%wk 5
9%wk 6
29%wk 7
13%wk 8
11%wk 9
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 9
Not injury related
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 0 episodes · plus 1 not injury related · 1 week on a report
2026
Not injury related · 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.
The rest of his team's report in week 9
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
A'Shawn Robinson
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Chris Godwin Jr.
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Baker Mayfield
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Tristan Wirfs
T
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Kenny Gainwell
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Cade Otton
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Yaya Diaby
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Cody Mauch
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Trevor Keegan
G
UNK
team's word
Out
Bucky Irving
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Tykee Smith
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Emeka Egbuka
WR
FULL
team's word
Questionable
DeMonte Capehart
DT
UNK
team's word
Out
Billy Schrauth
G
UNK
team's word
Out
Ayden Garnes
CB
UNK
team's word
Out
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 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 · 4:06 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 3:10 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 6:06 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 11:06 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 6:02 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 4:06 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 4:02 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
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
DE2 · 22% snaps
Season
2026 · 8 games through wk 8
Per game
1.6 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
1 season · 17 games before 2026
Injuries
none on file
Bio
age 24.7 · 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.
in the rotation at left defensive end — 29% of the snaps in his best week of 9
Listed on the depth chart
second at left defensive end
Last week
His snaps dropped last week, below his usual share
Snaps played
21% a week on average over 9 weeks, 29% at his highest, 4% on special teams
Build
6 ft 4 in · 295 lb
College
SMU; Miami
Drafted
2025, round 5 pick 157, by TB
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 when the week settled.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Thu Nov 5 · 2:40 AM ET
90 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Nov 5 · 6:06 AM ET
86 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Nov 5 · 11:06 AM ET
81 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Nov 5 · 4:06 PM ET
76 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Nov 6 · 3:10 AM ET
65 h
PLAY
87%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Nov 6 · 6:06 AM ET
62 h
PLAY
87%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Nov 6 · 11:06 AM ET
57 h
PLAY
87%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET
52 h
PLAY
87%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 6:02 AM ET
38 h
PLAY
87%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET
33 h
PLAY
87%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 4:06 PM ET
28 h
PLAY
87%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET
14 h
PLAY
87%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET
9 h
PLAY
87%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 4:02 PM ET
4 h
PLAY
87%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
14 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 this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him in week 9.