Patricia Traina#84 of 87 NFL pundits · Nov 7, 2026
Traina expects wide receiver Jalin Hyatt to be elevated from the Giants' practice squad, citing their remaining elevations and Charlie Jones's hand injury.
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What Patricia Traina said
I could certainly see Hyatt getting the call-up from the practice squad.
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Roster Spot CallsJalin HyattNew York Giants
Jalin Hyatt to land on the practice squad
What happened1 week on a 530Miss · naive 1000this call−100a naive guess=−100worse than naive×1.56difficulty=−156skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- club:
- NYG
- skill:
- −156
- player:
- Jalin Hyatt
- season:
- 2026
- claimed:
- he lands on the practice squad
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- difficulty:
- 1.56
- the naive guess:
- he was on somebody's 53 last season, so he makes one again
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks on the53:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 10
- first week on the53:
- 7
- weeks on the practice squad:
- 7
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