TE · Miami Dolphins · week 7 vs New York Jets · Sun Oct 25 · 1:00 PM ET

Will Kacmarek

TYPE Blocking TE
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2026 · R3 P87
EXP 0 seasons
AGE under 25
DEPTH TE2

89%PLAY EXPECTED

As of week 7, Will Kacmarek was a TE for MIA, age 23.6, a rookie, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 43% of snaps; his line was 4.8 receiving yards a game, 1.2 targets a game and a 5.2% target share (Blocking TE by the published rule). His injury history held 1 episode (calf 1); the last was a calf injury in 2026 week 1.

The full read

How our call moved in week 7

100500

83%83%61%54%54%54%54%54%83%89%89%89%89%89%89%

Wed 5:00 PM ETSun 12:05 PM ET

our call, P(plays)

83% LIKELY → 89% EXPECTED

Every call we wrote for him in week 7, earliest first, as written.

In short

Will Kacmarek is a starter at tight end for MIA — 62% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a hamstring injury. In week 7 he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 89%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 92 hours before kickoff.

15versions in week 7

9average, every player

29most for one player

How the call moved

EXPECTED since Sat Oct 24 · 2:10 AM ET · 35 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 54% → 83%, Thu Oct 22 · 7:02 PM ET to Sat Oct 24 · 12:11 AM ET, with no club report in between.

Our call · week 7

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

89% · 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 Sun Oct 25	LPdated Sun Oct 25	LPdated Sun Oct 25

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 Wed Oct 21 · 5:00 PM ET
Kickoff Sun Oct 25 · 1:00 PM ET

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

Rec yds / game4.8 range 0.0–15
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Targets / game1.2 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Target share5.2% range 0–12
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Snap share43.0% range 25–62
wk 1–7 · 6 games

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

25%wk 1
47%wk 2
41%wk 3
62%wk 4
38%wk 5
45%wk 7

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 7	hamstring	1	—
2026 · wk 1	calf	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

hamstring · 1wcalf · 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 7PLAY 83% ✓ 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
Ronnie Harrison	LB	UNK	team's word	—
Willie Gay Jr.	LB	LTD	team's word	Questionable
Jordyn Brooks	LB	FULL	ours	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED
Cole Turner	TE	UNK	team's word	—
Darrell Baker Jr.	CB	UNK	team's word	—
Jalen Tolbert	WR	UNK	team's word	—
Tucker Addington	LS	LTD	ours	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED
Malik Willis	QB	FULL	ours	PLAY	92%	EXPECTED
Reese Taylor	CB	DNP	team's word	Out
Rob Beal Jr.	DE	LTD	team's word	Doubtful
De'Von Achane	RB	UNK	team's word	—
Julius Brents	CB	FULL	ours	PLAY	92%	EXPECTED
Chukwuebuka Godrick	OT	UNK	team's word	—
Marcellas Dial Jr.	DB	UNK	team's word	—
Storm Duck	CB	UNK	team's word	—
Jaylen Wright	RB	FULL	ours	PLAY	94%	EXPECTED
Jackson Woodard	LB	FULL	ours	PLAY	89%	EXPECTED
Jonah Savaiinaea	G	FULL	ours	PLAY	95%	EXPECTED
Justin Joly	TE	UNK	ours	PLAY	58%	COIN FLIP
Rene Konga	DE	UNK	team's word	—
Caleb Douglas	WR	FULL	ours	PLAY	92%	EXPECTED
Trey Moore	LB	UNK	team's word	—
Kyle Louis	S	FULL	team's word	Questionable
Michael Taaffe	SAF	UNK	ours	PLAY	60%	COIN FLIP
DJ Campbell	G	UNK	team's word	—

The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.

The evidence behind his earlier calls