Injury alert
Questionable — rib injury
Practice: Limited in practice — rib injury
Updated Fri 5:08 PM ET · Est. return Oct 4 · Source: ESPN injury report · Practice: NFL official injury report, week 4 (via nflverse)
Is Mike Evans playing this week?
QuestionableMike Evans is listed as Questionable for the week 4 game against the Denver Broncos (rib injury). Questionable means the status is uncertain, and it usually settles closer to game day.
Estimated return: Oct 4.
Official practice report (week 4): Limited in practice, rib injury.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 4:25 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:48 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.
From the beat
What reporters are saying about him, last 3 days.
WRs available for Sunday: Turner, Mike Evans (questionable, ribs), Deebo Samuel, Jacob Cowing, Brandin Cooks and Jordan Watkins. They usually have five WRs in uniform. DE's available: Judon, Keion White (questionable, hamstring), Romello Height, Khalid Kareem, Ogbo Okoronkwo.
Matt Barrows @mattbarrows · 3h ago · View on X
-How Rams managed Puka’s injury -Mike Evans trying to play through pain -Vikings hopeful for Jefferson next week
Jeremy Fowler @JFowlerESPN · 11h ago · View on X
NEWS: #49ers WR Mike Evans is questionable for Sunday but he’s played through a rib injury before and has designs on doing it again… how that might look and how he fared then included.
Nick Wagoner @nwagoner · 1d ago · View on X
Mike Evans (ribs) said he’s pushing to play and has played through a similar injury before, via @nwagoner. “It was brutal to play through, but it’s something that I can do.”
Underdog NFL @UnderdogNFL · 1d ago · View on X
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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. Questionable — rib injury.
Why we say bench
- Projected 3.5 points, #60 among WRs this week, outside the top 36.
- Questionable — rib injury.
- Official practice report: Limited in practice, rib injury. If active, about 5.4 points; the projection is discounted for the chance of not playing.
- DEN's defense has allowed 19% fewer points to WRs than the league average.
- Upside: SF's offense is expected to score about 25 points, a strong scoring spot.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 5.5 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~25 pts
- Vegas line
- SF favored by 3
- Game total
- 47.5
- DEN vs WRs
- 19% fewer points
- Last game snaps
- 33%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
33
Height
6'5"
Weight
231 lb
College
Texas A&M
Experience
12 seasons
Draft
2014 · Pick #7 (TB)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 97.6?
Evans' grade is driven almost entirely by huge value on his targets, ranking 4th among 89 qualifying receivers in expected points added per target. Through just 3 games and 16 targets, he's been highly efficient any time the ball comes his way, even though he doesn't see a huge share of his team's throws.
Lifting the grade
- +1.427 expected points per target, 4th of 89 receivers
- Week 3 vs ARI: caught a short pass, lateraled it, and it went 80 yards for a touchdown (+7.7 expected points)
- Week 3 vs ARI: 23-yard touchdown catch (+2.5 expected points)
Holding it back
- Week 1 at LA: incomplete pass on 3rd and 3 (-1.1 expected points)
- Week 3 vs ARI: incomplete pass on 3rd and 10, was injured on the play (-0.8 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
1.399
Success rate
75%
WPA (sum)
0.53
Opponent adj.
0.027
Plays graded
16
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.9 | 5.5 | -1.4 |
| 3 | 1.4 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
What do these mean?
- Separation:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the moment of the catch.
- Cushion:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the snap.
- YAC above exp:
- Yards after catch above what the situation would be expected to produce.
- YAC / rec:
- Average yards after the catch per reception.
- Expected YAC:
- Expected yards after the catch, based on tracking data.
- Air yards share:
- Share of the team's intended air yards that were thrown toward this player.
- Intended air yds:
- Average depth of the targets thrown his way.
- Catch %:
- Receptions divided by targets.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.