Practice report
Did not practice — rest day
Practice: NFL official injury report, week 4 (via nflverse)
Is Tyler Higbee playing this week?
Did not practiceNo game-day designation has been issued yet. On the official practice report for week 4: Did not practice, rest day.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 1:00 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:36 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
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Age
33
Height
6'6"
Weight
253 lb
College
Western Kentucky
Experience
10 seasons
Draft
2016 · Pick #110 (LAR)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 10.4?
Higbee's grade is low mainly because his targets produced little expected points, -0.178 per target, 22nd of 24 tight ends, even after credit for tougher-than-average defenses. Only 13 targets are graded, a small sample, so one or two plays can swing it a lot.
Holding it back
- EPA per target of -0.178 ranked 22nd of 24 TEs, and this pulled the grade down a lot.
- Week 1 vs SF, Q4 2nd and 2: he caught a 5-yard pass from Stafford, then fumbled, a -5.4 expected points play.
- Week 3 vs DEN, Q1 2nd and 5: deep right pass to Higbee fell incomplete (-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
-0.221
Success rate
46%
WPA (sum)
0.08
Opponent adj.
0.044
Plays graded
13
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen StatsWhat 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.