DT · New Orleans Saints · week 6 vs New York Giants · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET

Vernon Broughton

ROLE a starter
CLASS 2025 · R3 P71
EXP 1 season
AGE 25-28
DEPTH RDE1

84%PLAY LIKELY

As of week 6, Vernon Broughton was a DT for NO, age 25.1, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 59% of snaps; his line was 1.5 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 1 games (postseason included) over 1 season. No injury episode was on file.

The full read

How our call moved this week

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97%97%97%97%97%97%97%97%97%84%84%84%84%84%

Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:02 PM ET

our call, P(plays)

97% EXPECTED → 84% LIKELY

Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.

In short

Vernon Broughton is a starter at right defensive end for NO — 68% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has an illness injury. His team named him inactive in week 5. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 84%, in a band that plays 76% of the time. We have said PLAY since 78 hours before kickoff.

14versions this week

9average, every player

29most for one player

How the call moved

LIKELY since Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET · 30 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 97% → 84%, Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET to Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET, after: practiced more (Limited Participation in Practice → Full Participation in Practice).

This week's call

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84% · LIKELY

likely to play — this band plays 76% of the time (75–78%), measured out of fold. We do not stand behind a call in this band, and say so rather than dress it up.

Practice this week

Fri	Thu	Wed
FPdated Fri Oct 16	LPdated Fri Oct 16	LPdated Fri Oct 16

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 Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET
Kickoff Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET

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

Tackles / game2.0 range 1.0–4.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Snap share57.4% range 52–68
wk 1–6 · 5 games

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

68%wk 1
57%wk 2
57%wk 3
53%wk 4
52%wk 6

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 6	illness	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

illness · 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 6PLAY 97% ✓ 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
Zach Wood	LS	FULL	team's word	Questionable
Davon Godchaux	DT	FULL	ours	PLAY	94%	EXPECTED
Alvin Kamara	RB	LTD	team's word	Questionable
Nathan Shepherd	DT	LTD	team's word	Questionable
Kaden Elliss	LB	DNP	team's word	Out
David Long	DB	UNK	team's word	—
Anfernee Jennings	LB	DNP	team's word	Out
Dillon Radunz	OT	UNK	team's word	—
Travis Etienne	RB	UNK	team's word	—
Zach Wilson	QB	UNK	team's word	—
Chris Olave	WR	LTD	team's word	Questionable
Ty Chandler	RB	UNK	team's word	—
John Ridgeway	DT	UNK	team's word	—
Colby Wooden	DT	FULL	ours	PLAY	90%	EXPECTED
Tyree Wilson	LB	FULL	ours	PLAY	91%	EXPECTED
Nick Saldiveri	G	UNK	team's word	—
Rejzohn Wright	DB	UNK	team's word	—
Bryan Bresee	DT	UNK	team's word	—
Mason Tipton	WR	UNK	team's word	—
Kelvin Banks Jr.	OT	UNK	team's word	—
Moliki Matavao	TE	UNK	team's word	—
Michael Reid	SAF	UNK	team's word	—
Tyler Shough	QB	FULL	ours	PLAY	78%	LIKELY
Jordyn Tyson	WR	UNK	team's word	—
Jeremiah Wright	G	FULL	ours	PLAY	73%	LIKELY
Lorenzo Styles Jr.	CB	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 6


Role	DT1 · 59% snaps
Season	2026 · 4 games through wk 5
Per game	1.5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career	1 season · 1 game before 2026
Injuries	none on file
Bio	age 25.1 · 1 season' experience · drafted round 3

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 him	As the record holds it
His role	a starter at right defensive end — 68% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chart	first at right defensive end
Last week	He did not dress last week
Snaps played	57% a week on average over 5 weeks, 68% at his highest, 16% on special teams
Build	6 ft 5 in · 311 lb
College	Texas
Drafted	2025, round 3 pick 71, by NO
Age	25-28 at the season's start
Experience	1 season

When this call was made, and when the world knew

Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ETWrittenWe first said PLAY.
Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ETPublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ETKickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

When	Lead	Call	Chance he plays	Band	On what
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET	78 h	PLAY	97%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET	73 h	PLAY	97%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET	68 h	PLAY	97%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET	54 h	PLAY	97%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET	49 h	PLAY	97%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET	45 h	PLAY	97%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET	44 h	PLAY	97%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET	44 h	PLAY	97%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET	41 h	PLAY	97%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET	30 h	PLAY	84%	LIKELY	before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET	25 h	PLAY	84%	LIKELY	before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET	20 h	PLAY	84%	LIKELY	before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET	6 h	PLAY	84%	LIKELY	before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET	1 h	PLAY	84%	LIKELY	before his team said anything

14 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 5 of 5.

His record this season

Wk	Practice	Chance he plays	Call	Source	Played
6	LTD	97%	PLAY	before his team said anything	yes

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

Named inactive in week 5

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

What this page does not show

the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.