Injury alert
On injured reserve
Source: NFL roster (via nflverse)
Is David Njoku playing this week?
Injured reserveDavid Njoku is on injured reserve, so is not available to play in the week 4 game at the Seattle Seahawks.
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.
Injury ripple · Week 4
David Njoku on IR: Chargers pass-catchers all short on sample
David Njoku is on injured reserve with a lower leg injury, and he's already missed one game this season (2026 week 3) with Justin Herbert at quarterback, the same quarterback the Chargers have now. Every teammate split below is based on just one game without him, so none of it is proof of a lasting change.
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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
Ruled out — find a replacement.
Why we say out
- On injured reserve.
- Averaging 4 targets a game.
- Played 16% of the offense's snaps last game.
- No. 3 TE on the depth chart, with a teammate above him out.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 5.4 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~18 pts
- Vegas line
- LAC underdogs by 7
- Game total
- 42.5
- SEA vs TEs
- 1% more points
- Last game snaps
- 16%
All week 4 tight end rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
30
Height
6'4"
Weight
246 lb
College
Miami
Experience
9 seasons
Draft
2017 · Pick #29 (CLE)
Status
RES
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 0.1?
This grade is dragged way down by badly negative expected points per target, the worst mark among tight ends this season. Through just 8 targets in 2 games, one bad sequence can swing things heavily — and a costly interception did exactly that.
Holding it back
- EPA per target of -0.754 ranks 35th of 35 tight ends, the single biggest factor pulling the grade down.
- Week 2 vs the Raiders, a deep pass intended for him was intercepted and returned 29 yards, costing 4.6 expected points.
- Week 1 vs the Cardinals, a 15-yard catch was wiped out by an offensive penalty on him, costing 2.0 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
-0.633
Success rate
63%
WPA (sum)
-0.09
Opponent adj.
-0.123
Plays graded
8
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 1 · 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.