Is Deebo Samuel Sr. playing this week?
No injury designationDeebo Samuel Sr. has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Denver Broncos.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 4:25 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:37 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.
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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
Start. Scored 15.4 points last game against a typical 6.5 (trending up).
Why we say start
- Projected 6.4 points, #23 among WRs this week, inside the top 24 we recommend starting.
- Scored 15.4 points last game against a typical 6.5 (trending up).
- SF's offense is expected to score about 25 points, a strong scoring spot.
- Concern: DEN's defense has allowed 19% fewer points to WRs than the league average.
- Averaging 3.7 targets a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 6.5 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
- 76%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
30
Height
6'0"
Weight
214 lb
College
South Carolina
Experience
7 seasons
Draft
2019 · Pick #36 (SF)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 62.9?
A solidly above-average grade driven mainly by strong expected-points value per target, which ranked 17th among 68 wide receivers. This is based on only 11 targets across 2 games, so a couple of plays swing things a lot. Other measures like target share and success rate landed near average and didn't move the needle much.
Lifting the grade
- EPA per target of +0.562 ranked 17th of 68 WRs
- Week 1 vs LA: 15-yard touchdown catch on 2nd and 8 (+2.5 expected points)
- Week 2 vs MIA: 21-yard catch on 3rd and 11 (+3.0 expected points)
Holding it back
- Week 1 vs LA: incomplete pass on 1st and 10 (-0.6 expected points)
- Week 2 vs MIA: incomplete pass on 1st and 10 (-0.5 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
0.451
Success rate
45%
WPA (sum)
0.10
Opponent adj.
0.063
Plays graded
11
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.