Analysis · Nov 11, 2026 · 2 min read

The Giants have been without six regulars a game and are 5-2-1

New York has missed more of its regulars than anyone. Atlanta has missed one a game and is 3-6. Health and the standings have had little to do with each other so far.

6.3
regulars missing from each Giants game, the most in the league: 1.0
regulars missing from each Falcons game, the fewest: 3.2
the league average

Injury reports say who is hurt this week. They do not add up to an answer to a simpler question: how short-handed has each team been, game after game? This count answers it from the snap counts alone.

Regulars who did not play, per game: the five teams hit hardest and the six hit least

Average since each team's third game. The note under each name is its record.

New York Giants5-2-16.3
Philadelphia Eagles2-75.6
Carolina Panthers3-55.3
Los Angeles Chargers0-85.2
Detroit Lions6-24.8
Buffalo Bills7-12.0
Cincinnati Bengals6-22.0
Houston Texans3-51.5
Jacksonville Jaguars6-21.5
Cleveland Browns5-41.1
Atlanta Falcons3-61.0

The five teams hit hardest

New York Giants: 38 absences in six counted games. Ten regulars did not play in their last game.
Philadelphia Eagles: 39 in seven games.
Carolina Panthers: 32 in six games.
Los Angeles Chargers: 31 in six games.
Detroit Lions: 29 in six games.

The teams hit least

Atlanta Falcons: seven absences in seven counted games. Every regular played in their last game.
Cleveland Browns: eight in seven games.
Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars: nine in six games each.
Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals: 12 in six games each.

What it does and does not say

It does not say that health decides the standings. The Giants and the Lions are winning with long lists of absences, and the Falcons are losing with almost none. Across the league, the number of regulars missing and the share of games won move together hardly at all this season.

The count also treats every regular the same. A team without its quarterback and a team without its third cornerback each lose one. The timeline on a team page lists the names, game by game, so the weight of each absence is there to read.

A second count: how often the chart changes

The same timeline marks every day on which the first name at a position changed. The Chargers and the Lions lead the league with 22 changes each since their first game. The Buccaneers and the Bengals have made two.

Figures come from the depth charts and snap counts on this site, as of Nov 12.