LB · #41 · Minnesota Vikings · week 9 vs Buffalo Bills · Mon Nov 9 · 8:15 PM ET
Jake Golday
ROLE a special-teams player
CLASS 2026 · R2 P51
EXP 0 seasons
AGE under 25
DEPTH LILB2
85%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 9, Jake Golday was an LB for MIN, age 23.3, a rookie, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 7 games on 5% of snaps; his line was 1.1 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. His injury history held 1 episode (ankle 1); the last was an ankle injury in 2026 week 3.
Every call we wrote for him in week 9, earliest first, as written.
In short
Jake Golday is a special-teams player at left inside linebacker for MIN — 76% of the kicking snaps over 8 weeks. He has a calf injury. In week 9 he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 85%, in a band that plays 94% of the time. We have said PLAY since 98 hours before kickoff, and we changed our mind on the way.
The reader concurs · grade D
The only passage naming Golday is a roster-list fragment giving his number and position, with nothing on his calf, practice, or availability for Monday 9 Nov [P1].
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“41 LB Jake Golday”
Minnesota Vikings · 2026-11-03
The reader's full reasoning
The rest of the reading
Because no passage addresses this game, nothing written overturns the PLAY call, and the case card's LP final and last-game sit remain sit-risk signals that no passage answers [P1]. I concur on the call at grade D because the passages say essentially nothing about his availability.
19versions in week 9
12average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET · 57 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 84% → 51%, Thu Nov 5 · 6:00 PM ET to Thu Nov 5 · 6:10 PM ET, with no club report in between.
Our call
Injury report
Our call · week 9
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
85% · 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
Sat
Thu
FPdated Sat Nov 7
FPdated Sat Nov 7
LPdated Sat Nov 7
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
Kickoff
The evidence behind his current call
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game1.1 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–9 · 8 games · below most of his peers
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–9 · 8 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–9 · 8 games
Snap share6.5% range 0–15
wk 1–9 · 8 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
0%wk 1
0%wk 2
3%wk 3
13%wk 4
0%wk 5
15%wk 7
6%wk 8
15%wk 9
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
2
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
calf
1
—
2026 · wk 3
ankle
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 2 episodes · 2 weeks on a report
2026
calf · 1wankle · 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
Harrison Smith
S
LTD
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Kyler Murray
QB
DNP
team's word
Out
Andrew Van Ginkel
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Isaiah Rodgers
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Jauan Jennings
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Christian Darrisaw
T
DNP
ours
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
Theo Jackson
S
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jay Ward
S
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Nick Samac
C
UNK
team's word
—
Caleb Banks
DT
UNK
team's word
Out
Jakobe Thomas
SAF
UNK
team's word
Out
Charles Demmings
CB
UNK
team's word
Out
Demond Claiborne
RB
DNP
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 · 6:00 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 6:10 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 read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Nov 6 · 7:10 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 1:10 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 3:10 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 6:02 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 10:16 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Nov 7 · 4:06 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 4:02 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Mon Nov 9 · 6:02 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Mon Nov 9 · 11:02 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Mon Nov 9 · 4:06 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
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 · 5% snaps
Season
2026 · 7 games through wk 8
Per game
1.1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Injuries
1 episode · last: ankle, 2026 wk 3
Bio
age 23.3 · rookie · drafted round 2
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.
a special-teams player at left inside linebacker — 76% of the kicking snaps over 8 weeks
Listed on the depth chart
second at left inside linebacker
Snaps played
7% a week on average over 8 weeks, 15% at his highest, 77% on special teams
Build
6 ft 4 in · 240 lb
College
Cincinnati; Central Arkansas
Drafted
2026, round 2 pick 51, by MIN
Age
under 25 at the season's start
Experience
0 seasons
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 · 6:00 PM ET
98 h
PLAY
84%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Thu Nov 5 · 6:10 PM ET
98 h
SIT
51%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 3:10 AM ET
89 h
SIT
52%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 6:06 AM ET
86 h
SIT
52%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 11:06 AM ET
81 h
SIT
52%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 4:06 PM ET
76 h
SIT
52%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Fri Nov 6 · 7:10 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
85%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 1:10 AM ET
67 h
PLAY
85%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 3:10 AM ET
65 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 6:02 AM ET
62 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 10:16 AM ET
58 h
PLAY
63%
COIN FLIP
our news-aware reading (a blend that keeps at least half our own number and never changes our call), switched on for this week
Sat Nov 7 · 11:06 AM ET
57 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Nov 7 · 4:06 PM ET
52 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 6:06 AM ET
38 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 11:02 AM ET
33 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 8 · 4:02 PM ET
28 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Nov 9 · 6:02 AM ET
14 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Nov 9 · 11:02 AM ET
9 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Nov 9 · 4:06 PM ET
4 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
19 calls in week 9, flipping between PLAY and SIT 2 times. 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 would change this read
What would change this read
Minnesota's official Fri 6 Nov practice report entry for Golday, to settle whether Friday was Full (club page) or LP (case card)
Minnesota's Sat 7 Nov and Sun 8 Nov injury report entries for Golday (Calf), to see whether a game designation was assigned
Minnesota's Mon 9 Nov game-day inactive list for Golday
The club's stated reason Golday did not play in the last game (calf, workload, or inactive), to establish whether that sit was injury-related
We went and found out more
Rank 2 (listed second on his depth chart), 8 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 8 of 8.