Is Geno Smith playing this week?
No injury designationGeno Smith has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game at the Chicago Bears.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 1:00 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:16 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Bench. Projected 13.9 points, 2.1 behind #12, the last one we'd start.
Why we say bench
- Projected 13.9 points, #18 among QBs this week, 2.1 points behind #12, the last one we'd start.
- Upside: Scored 26 points last game against a typical 10.2 (trending up).
- Averaging 34 pass attempts a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 10.2 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~20 pts
- Vegas line
- NYJ underdogs by 3.5
- Game total
- 43.5
- CHI vs QBs
- 8% more points
All week 4 quarterback rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
35
Height
6'3"
Weight
221 lb
College
West Virginia
Experience
13 seasons
Draft
2013 · Pick #39 (NYJ)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 94.4?
The grade is driven by accuracy: his completion percentage over expected is the best among the 27 qualifying QBs. His per-play scoring, success rate and win probability numbers were solid but close to average impact. Defenses faced were easier than average, which trimmed the grade slightly.
Lifting the grade
- Completion percentage over expected of +10.9 points ranks 1st of 27 and lifted the grade a lot.
- Week 3 at DET, 4th and 6: a deep right pass to Wilson for 22 yards was worth +4.7 expected points.
- Week 2 vs GB, 3rd and 12: a short right pass to Hall gained 43 yards, worth +4.4 expected points.
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 3. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
0.223
Success rate
50%
WPA (sum)
0.70
Opponent adj.
-0.044
Plays graded
112
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Time to throw | Aggressiveness | CPOE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.04s | 12.5% | +9.4% |
| 2 | 2.93s | 14.6% | +7.5% |
| 3 | 2.89s | 27.0% | +21.1% |
What do these mean?
- Time to throw:
- Average seconds from snap to release.
- Aggressiveness:
- Share of throws into tight coverage, with a defender within one yard of the receiver.
- CPOE:
- Completion percentage over expected. Compares actual completions to what the difficulty of each throw predicts.
- Expected comp %:
- The completion percentage the throws would be expected to produce.
- Completed air yds:
- Average distance the ball travels in the air on completions.
- Intended air yds:
- Average distance the ball travels in the air on all attempts.
- Air yds differential:
- Completed air yards minus intended air yards. Negative means completions come shorter than the throws attempted.
- Air yds to sticks:
- How far the average throw travels past (or short of) the first-down marker.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.