Will He Play?

Will Pat Freiermuth play Week 6 at Buccaneers?

Pittsburgh Steelers · TE #88 · Calf

Updated Sun Oct 18, 2026 8:30 AM ET · Source: official NFL injury report via nflverse

68%

chance to play

Questionable

@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers · Sun 1:00 PM ET

Probably: Pat Freiermuth has a 68% historical chance to play Week 6 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is listed Questionable (calf) and has no practice status listed. Since 2020, 68.4% of Questionable players were active on game day (n=8,682).

This week's practice report

Wed Oct 14Not captured
Thu Oct 15Not captured
Fri Oct 16Not captured

Wed/Thu/Fri statuses come from our daily snapshots of the official report; days before we began collecting show as “Not captured”. The final day's status always comes from the final report.

The evidence

GroupPlayedSample
All players: Questionable + —68.4%8,682
Our estimate (position rate shrunk toward overall, k=100)68.4%

If he finishes the week with a different practice status (Questionable)

Final practicePlayedSample95% CI
DNP48.4%1,46646%–51%
Limited70.6%5,44669%–72%
Full78.2%1,77076%–80%

Fantasy context (PPR points/game): 2026: 12.1 · 2025: 7.6

How these numbers are computed → · What “Questionable” means · DNP vs Limited vs Full

Other Pittsburgh Steelers on the report

See the full Pittsburgh Steelers Week 6 injury report → · Every Week 6 Questionable player →