Surely somebody at the league office must have realized by now that the removal of the "Probable" tag has had the opposite of its intended effect.

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The original was posted on /r/nfl by /u/mookiebetts on 2023-10-13 23:33:41.

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Right?

Their rationale for removing the “P” tag was that 95% of players that were “Probable” went on to play.

But now that we’ve removed the “P” tag, those players are not being removed from the injury report. They’re just being marked as “Questionable,” which paints an even murkier and less useful picture.

It turns out that the “P” does serve a vital purpose, in that they don’t have to be marked “Q” instead.

I read a conspiracy theory somewhere that it’s because of Vegas. It’s because Vegas can capitalize on the information asymmetry. I don’t buy it, but if that’s not the case, then can we please have the “P” tag back, NFL?

Thanks for reading.