TE · New York Giants · week 7 vs Houston Texans · Sun Oct 25 · 1:00 PM ET
Thomas Fidone II
ROLE in the rotation
CLASS 2025 · R7 P219
EXP 1 season
AGE under 25
DEPTH TE4
93%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 7, Thomas Fidone II was a TE for NYG, age 23.9, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 7. In 2026 through week 6 he had played 2 games on 19% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 7 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 1 episode (foot 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was a foot injury in 2025 week 12.
The full read
How our call moved in week 7
100500
88%88%88%88%88%88%88%93%93%93%93%93%
Wed 5:00 PM ETSun 12:05 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
88% EXPECTED → 93% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him in week 7, earliest first, as written.
In short
Thomas Fidone II is in the rotation at tight end for NYG — 38% of the snaps in his best week of 3. He has a shoulder 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 named him inactive in weeks 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. In week 7 he practised in full every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 93%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 92 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade B
The sole club-sourced report in evidence lists Fidone under 'Full participation' with a shoulder issue on 2026-10-22, inside this game's practice window and filed under the 'NY Giants at Houston Texans, Week 7' coverage (P1), matching the dossier's FULL practice line and supporting the PLAY call. Nothing in P1 carries a game-status designation, a ruling-out, or any note of a new or worsening injury, so there is no written basis to contradict the model. The passages are one practice day short of settling it — no Friday/Saturday report or final designation appears — which caps confidence at B. It would need to know: Friday 23 Oct and Saturday 24 Oct Giants practice participation for Thomas Fidone II (shoulder); Final Week 7 game-status designation (Out/Doubtful/Questionable/none) for Fidone on the Giants' report; Sunday 25 Oct inactive list for Giants at Texans; Game status of TE Theo Johnson (Neck) and TE Chris Manhertz (Calf), which sets Fidone's snap role
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“Full participation
TE Thomas Fidone II (Shoulder)”
Big Blue View · 2026-10-22
2
“More in: NY Giants at Houston Texans, Week 7: News, injuries, analysis, more”
Big Blue View · 2026-10-22
12versions in week 7
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Wed Oct 21 · 5:00 PM ET · 92 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 88% → 93%, Fri Oct 23 · 12:54 AM ET to Sat Oct 24 · 7:02 AM ET, with no club report in between.
Our call · week 7
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
93% · 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 in week 7
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Wed Oct 21
FPdated Wed Oct 21
FPdated Wed Oct 21
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.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rec yds / game15 range 0.0–29
wk 6–7 · 2 games
Targets / game0.5 range 0.0–1.0
wk 6–7 · 2 games
Target share1.9% range 0–4
wk 6–7 · 2 games
Snap share16.3% range 0–38
wk 5–7 · 3 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
0%wk 5
38%wk 6
11%wk 7
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 7
shoulder
1
—
2025 · wk 10
foot
3
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 2 episodes · 4 weeks on a report
2025
foot · 3w
2026
shoulder · 1w
Weeks 1–18
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 7PLAY 88% ✓ 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 in week 7
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Chris Manhertz
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
Jermaine Eluemunor
T
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Tremaine Edmunds
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Darnell Mooney
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Andrew Thomas
T
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Paulson Adebo
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Greg Newsome II
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Jevon Holland
S
LTD
team's word
Out
Josh Sills
G
UNK
team's word
—
Kayvon Thibodeaux
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Jordan Stout
P
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Charlie Jones
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Jake Haener
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Theo Johnson
TE
DNP
team's word
Doubtful
Tyler Nubin
S
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Marcus Mbow
T
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Korie Black
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Nikko Reed
DB
UNK
team's word
—
Colton Hood
CB
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 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 Sat Oct 24 · 7:02 AM ET
What was reported
Source
“Full participation
TE Thomas Fidone II (Shoulder)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)
What was reported
Source
“TE Theo Johnson (Neck)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
“TE Chris Manhertz (Calf)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 12:02 PM ET
What was reported
Source
“Full participation
TE Thomas Fidone II (Shoulder)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)
What was reported
Source
“TE Theo Johnson (Neck)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
“TE Chris Manhertz (Calf)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 5:02 PM ET
What was reported
Source
“Full participation
TE Thomas Fidone II (Shoulder)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)
What was reported
Source
“TE Theo Johnson (Neck)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
“TE Chris Manhertz (Calf)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
The evidence behind the call made Sun Oct 25 · 7:05 AM ET
What was reported
Source
“Full participation
TE Thomas Fidone II (Shoulder)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)
What was reported
Source
“TE Theo Johnson (Neck)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
“TE Chris Manhertz (Calf)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
The evidence behind the call made Sun Oct 25 · 12:05 PM ET
What was reported
Source
“Full participation
TE Thomas Fidone II (Shoulder)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)
What was reported
Source
“More in: NY Giants at Houston Texans, Week 7: News, injuries, analysis, more”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
“TE Theo Johnson (Neck)”
Big Blue View · Thu Oct 22
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
Role
TE4 · 19% snaps
Season
2026 · 2 games through wk 6
Career
1 season · 7 games before 2026
Injuries
1 episode · last: foot, 2025 wk 12
Bio
age 23.9 · 1 season' experience · drafted round 7
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 tight end — 38% of the snaps in his best week of 3
Listed on the depth chart
number 4 at tight end
Last week
His snaps dropped last week, below his usual share
Snaps played
16% a week on average over 3 weeks, 38% at his highest, 65% on special teams
Build
6 ft 6 in · 255 lb
College
Nebraska
Drafted
2025, round 7 pick 219, by NYG
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
Wed Oct 21 · 5:00 PM ET
92 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Wed Oct 21 · 5:05 PM ET
92 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 22 · 2:10 AM ET
83 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 22 · 7:02 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 22 · 12:05 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 22 · 5:05 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 23 · 12:54 AM ET
60 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 5:02 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 25 · 7:05 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 25 · 12:05 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
12 calls in week 7, 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
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
7
FULL
88%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
Named inactive in week 1
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.
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.
Named inactive in week 3
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.
Named inactive in week 3
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.
Named inactive in week 4
The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.