LB · #48 · New York Giants · week 9 vs Philadelphia Eagles · Sun Nov 8 · 1:00 PM ET
Trace Ford
ROLE in the rotation
EXP 1 season
AGE 25-28
DEPTH SLB2
88%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 9, Trace Ford was an LB for NYG, age 25.6, 1 season of experience. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 27% of snaps; his line was 2.5 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. No injury episode was on file.
The full read
In short
How our call moved in week 9
100500
88%88%88%88%88%88%88%88%88%88%88%
Fri 12:30 AM ETSun 11:02 AM ET
our call, P(plays)
88% EXPECTED → 88% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him in week 9, earliest first, as written.
In short
Trace Ford is in the rotation at strong-side linebacker for NYG — 42% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has a knee injury. He left last week's game. Of players in that position who did play the following week, 45% took under 70% of their usual snaps. In week 9 he practised in full every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 88%, in a band that plays 94% of the time. We have said PLAY since 61 hours before kickoff.
11versions in week 9
12average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Fri Nov 6 · 12:30 AM ET · 61 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 88% → 88%, Fri Nov 6 · 12:30 AM ET to Fri Nov 6 · 3:10 AM ET, after: hurt in practice (Full Participation in Practice).
Our call
Injury report
Our call · week 9
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
88% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 94% of the time (92–96%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
Practice in week 9
Fri
Thu
FPdated Fri Nov 6
FPdated Fri Nov 6
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
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 / game2.4 range 2.0–3.0
wk 4–9 · 5 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 4–9 · 5 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 4–9 · 5 games
Snap share24.2% range 5–42
wk 4–9 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
5%wk 4
26%wk 5
42%wk 6
34%wk 7
14%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
knee
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
knee · 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
DJ Reader
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jermaine Eluemunor
T
FULL
ours
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
Tremaine Edmunds
LB
UNK
team's word
IR
Malik Harrison
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Andrew Thomas
T
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Greg Newsome II
CB
UNK
team's word
Questionable
Jevon Holland
S
UNK
team's word
Questionable
Josh Sills
G
UNK
team's word
Out
Micah McFadden
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Charlie Jones
WR
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Basil Okoye
DT
UNK
team's word
Out
Malik Nabers
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Theo Johnson
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Marcus Mbow
T
FULL
team's word
Out
Thomas Fidone II
TE
FULL
team's word
Out
Korie Black
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Nikko Reed
DB
UNK
team's word
Out
Abdul Carter
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Darius Alexander
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Cam Skattebo
RB
LTD
team's word
Doubtful
Colton Hood
CB
FULL
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 Fri Nov 6 · 12:30 AM 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 · 12:20 AM 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.
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
LB2 · 27% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 8
Per game
2.5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Injuries
none on file
Bio
age 25.6 · 1 season' experience
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 strong-side linebacker — 42% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chart
second at strong-side linebacker
Last week
He left last week's game — far below his usual share
Snaps played
24% a week on average over 5 weeks, 42% at his highest, 80% on special teams
Build
6 ft 2 in · 252 lb
College
Oklahoma; Oklahoma State
Drafted
undrafted
Age
25-28 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
Fri Nov 6 · 12:30 AM ET
61 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Nov 6 · 3:10 AM ET
58 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Nov 6 · 6:06 AM ET
55 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Nov 6 · 11:06 AM ET
50 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 12:20 AM ET
37 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 6:02 AM ET
31 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET
26 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 4:06 PM ET
21 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET
7 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET
2 h
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
11 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.