Week 5 · 2026 season

We say who plays, days before the team does

Every player on this week's injury report gets a call from us — and we write it down, timestamped, before his team has announced anything. Nothing here can be edited afterwards. See how the calls have scored.

This page shows the calls from about a day before kickoff; clients see them from Wednesday.

calls of our own

13 / 0

play / sit

35 h

ahead of kickoff, on average

ruled out by their team

Who the teams cannot easily replace

Every player here is listed first or second at his position on his team's own published depth chart, and there is something to say about his availability. The order is that rank, then what the team has said, then the share of snaps he has actually played — every input is a fact somebody else published, so the same week always produces the same list.

6Baker Mayfield

TB · Quarterback

Out — his team98% of snaps over 3 weeks

TB's starting quarterback, and his team has listed him Out. He has taken 98% of the snaps across 3 weeks.

31Antoine Winfield Jr.

TB · Free safety

Out — his team97% of snaps over 4 weeks

TB's starting free safety, and his team has listed him Out. He has taken 97% of the snaps across 4 weeks.

0DeMarvion Overshown

DAL · Left inside linebacker

Out — his team74% of snaps over 1 week

DAL's starting left inside linebacker, and his team has listed him Out. He has taken 74% of the snaps across 1 week.

21Benjamin Morrison

TB · Right cornerback

Out — his team56% of snaps over 3 weeks

TB's starting right cornerback, and his team has listed him Out. He has taken 56% of the snaps across 3 weeks.

2Cobie Durant

DAL · Left cornerback

Out — his team62% of snaps over 2 weeks

DAL's starting left cornerback, and his team has listed him Out. He has taken 62% of the snaps across 2 weeks.

8SirVocea Dennis

TB · Right inside linebacker

Out — his team20% of snaps over 4 weeks

TB's rotational right inside linebacker, and his team has listed him Out. He has taken 20% of the snaps across 4 weeks.

67Drew Shelton

DAL · Left tackle

Out — his team2% of snaps over 4 weeks

DAL's backup left tackle, and his team has listed him Out. He has taken 2% of the snaps across 4 weeks.

73Tyler Smith

DAL · Left guard

Questionable — his teama genuine coin flip — our reading

DAL's left guard, and his team has listed him Questionable.

11Alijah Clark

DAL · Strong safety

likely to play — our reading12% of snaps over 4 weeks

DAL's rotational strong safety, and we read him as likely to play. He has taken 12% of the snaps across 4 weeks.

What we say

What we expect, before anyone has announced it — least certain first. Each call carries a band: a group of players we have scored the same way in the past, with the share of them who actually played. Only the two outer bands are decisive. How this works.

Our calls for week 5 — least certain first. **Lead** is how early we FIRST made the call shown, never recounted from now.
Player	Pos	Team	Opp	Injury	Call	Band	Lead
Jonathan Mingo	WR	DAL	TB	Illness	PLAY	COIN FLIP	13 h
Tyler Smith	G	DAL	TB	Thumb	PLAY	COIN FLIP	37 h
Alijah Clark	S	DAL	TB	Ankle	PLAY	LIKELY	37 h
James Houston	LB	DAL	TB	Shoulder	PLAY confident	EXPECTED	37 h
Ko Kieft	TE	TB	DAL	Elbow	PLAY confident	EXPECTED	37 h
Tyler Goodson	RB	DAL	TB	Ankle	PLAY confident	EXPECTED	37 h
Josiah Trotter	LB	TB	DAL	Knee	PLAY confident	EXPECTED	37 h
Joey Porter Jr.	CB	DAL	TB	Ankle	PLAY confident	EXPECTED	37 h
Chase McLaughlin	K	TB	DAL	Groin	PLAY confident	EXPECTED	37 h
CeeDee Lamb	WR	DAL	TB	Thigh	PLAY confident	EXPECTED	37 h
Malik Hooker	S	DAL	TB	Forearm	PLAY confident	EXPECTED	37 h
Rueben Bain Jr.	LB	TB	DAL	Groin	PLAY confident	EXPECTED	37 h
Anthony Nelson	LB	TB	DAL	Illness	PLAY confident	EXPECTED	37 h

What the teams have already said

These are not our calls. When a team rules a player out on its own injury report, we repeat it here so the week is complete — and we take no credit for it. Anyone can read an announcement; being early is the part that is ours, and that is the table above.

Players their own team has ruled out — week 5.
Player	Pos	Team	Opp	Injury	Call	Band	Lead
Drew Shelton	T	DAL	TB	Hamstring	SIT confident	NOT EXPECTED	37 h
DeMarvion Overshown	LB	DAL	TB	Hamstring	SIT confident	NOT EXPECTED	—
Antoine Winfield Jr.	S	TB	DAL	Rib	SIT confident	NOT EXPECTED	—
Cobie Durant	CB	DAL	TB	Hamstring	SIT confident	NOT EXPECTED	—
SirVocea Dennis	LB	TB	DAL	Ankle	SIT confident	NOT EXPECTED	—
Baker Mayfield	QB	TB	DAL	Thumb	SIT confident	NOT EXPECTED	—
Benjamin Morrison	CB	TB	DAL	Quadricep	SIT confident	NOT EXPECTED	—

What a call is not

A PLAY call means we expect him on the field, not that he is healthy. Of the calls that are ours rather than a team's announcement, almost none are scratches, and that is a property of the problem rather than a gap: at this base rate almost nothing moves a case far enough to call a scratch with confidence. How this works.