Injury alert
Questionable — abdomen injury
Practice: Limited in practice — abdomen injury
Updated Sat 2:05 PM ET · Est. return Oct 5 · Source: ESPN injury report · Practice: NFL official injury report, week 4 (via nflverse)
Is Noah Fant playing this week?
QuestionableNoah Fant is listed as Questionable for the week 4 game against the Atlanta Falcons (abdomen injury). Questionable means the status is uncertain, and it usually settles closer to game day.
Estimated return: Oct 5.
Official practice report (week 4): Limited in practice, abdomen injury.
Kickoff: Mon, Oct 5 · 8:15 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:31 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.
Noah Fant (abdomen) listed questionable for Week 4.
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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 — abdomen injury.
Why we say bench
- Projected 2.7 points, #60 among TEs this week, outside the top 16.
- Questionable — abdomen injury.
- If active, about 4.3 points; the projection is discounted for the chance of not playing.
- Upside: Scored 19.3 points last game against a typical 5 (trending up).
- Averaging 4 targets a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 5.0 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~25 pts
- Vegas line
- NO favored by 2.5
- Game total
- 47.5
- ATL vs TEs
- 10% fewer points
- Last game snaps
- 57%
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Age
28
Height
6'4"
Weight
249 lb
College
Iowa
Experience
7 seasons
Draft
2019 · Pick #20 (DEN)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 6.3?
Two interceptions in week 1 at Detroit sank the grade, driving down his expected points and win probability per target. He bounced back with a strong week 3 against Las Vegas, but this is a small sample of 12 targets over 2 games, so a few plays swing the grade a lot.
Holding it back
- EPA per target of -0.389 ranked 23rd of 24 tight ends.
- Win probability added of -4.66 points per target ranked 24th of 24.
- Week 1 vs DET: Shough's pass intended for Fant was intercepted by Barnes in the third quarter (-5.7 expected points), and another by Clark in the second (-4.9).
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
-0.322
Success rate
67%
WPA (sum)
-0.56
Opponent adj.
-0.065
Plays graded
12
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.