Is Sam Darnold playing this week?
No injury designationSam Darnold has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 4:25 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:18 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. LAC's defense has allowed 15% fewer points to QBs than the league average.
Why we say bench
- Projected 12.4 points, #21 among QBs this week, outside the top 12.
- LAC's defense has allowed 15% fewer points to QBs than the league average.
- Upside: Scored 27.7 points last game against a typical 12.4 (trending up).
- Averaging 24 pass attempts a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 12.4 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~25 pts
- Vegas line
- SEA favored by 7
- Game total
- 42.5
- LAC vs QBs
- 15% fewer points
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Age
29
Height
6'3"
Weight
225 lb
College
USC
Experience
8 seasons
Draft
2018 · Pick #3 (NYJ)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?EPA / play
0.042
Success rate
52%
WPA (sum)
0.11
Opponent adj.
-0.083
Plays graded
48
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen StatsWhat 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.