T · DAL vs TB · week 5
Drew Shelton is a backup at left tackle for DAL — 5% of the snaps in his best week of 4. He has a hamstring injury. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he sits — 38%, in a band that plays 34% of the time. We have said SIT since 37 hours before kickoff.
OT · DAL · LT
T · DAL vs TB · Hamstring
a genuine coin flip — this band plays 34% of the time (31–38%), measured out of fold. We do not stand behind a call in this band, and say so rather than dress it up.
before his team said anything
How our call moved, earliest first
| When | Lead | Call | P(plays) | Band | On what |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 11:01 | 37 h | SIT | 38% | COIN FLIP | before his team said anything |
| 2026-10-07 16:01 | 32 h | SIT | 38% | COIN FLIP | before his team said anything |
| 2026-10-07 21:01 | 27 h | SIT | 38% | COIN FLIP | before his team said anything |
3 calls this week, and it never changed. 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.
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practised.
His record this season
| Wk | Practice | P(plays) | Call | Source | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | DNP | 38.1% | SIT | before his team said anything | — |
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
The rest of his team's report this week
| Player | Pos | Practice | P(plays) | Call | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Hooker | S | FULL | 99.0% | PLAY | EXPECTED |
| CeeDee Lamb | WR | FULL | 99.0% | PLAY | EXPECTED |
| Tyler Goodson | RB | FULL | 96.4% | PLAY | EXPECTED |
| Tyler Smith | G | LTD | 75.1% | PLAY | LIKELY |
| James Houston | LB | FULL | 89.6% | PLAY | EXPECTED |
| Cobie Durant | CB | DNP | 58.9% | PLAY | COIN FLIP |
| DeMarvion Overshown | LB | DNP | 64.6% | PLAY | COIN FLIP |
| Joey Porter Jr. | CB | FULL | 96.2% | PLAY | EXPECTED |
| Alijah Clark | S | FULL | 79.0% | PLAY | LIKELY |
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
his depth-chart position, snap history and previous injuries (research substrate, not the product database); the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.