Is Justin Herbert playing this week?
No injury designationJustin Herbert has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game at the Seattle Seahawks.
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. SEA's defense has allowed 18% fewer points to QBs than the league average.
Why we say bench
- Projected 11.5 points, #25 among QBs this week, outside the top 12.
- SEA's defense has allowed 18% fewer points to QBs than the league average.
- LAC's offense is expected to score only about 18 points, a tough scoring spot.
- Averaging 29 pass attempts a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 15.9 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~18 pts
- Vegas line
- LAC underdogs by 7
- Game total
- 42.5
- SEA vs QBs
- 18% fewer points
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Age
28
Height
6'6"
Weight
237 lb
College
Oregon
Experience
6 seasons
Draft
2020 · Pick #6 (LAC)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 9.3?
Herbert's grade is very low mainly because he completed fewer passes than expected and his plays added little expected points, even against easier-than-average defenses. Three interceptions in weeks 2 and 3 were costly. The sample is small: 96 dropbacks over 3 games.
Holding it back
- Completion percentage over expected was -4.2 points, 25th of 27 QBs.
- EPA per dropback was -0.215 expected points per play, 23rd of 27, even after an adjustment for facing easier defenses.
- Week 3 at BUF, Q4 3rd and 5: his deep middle pass intended for Valdes-Scantling was intercepted by Gardner-Johnson at the BUF 1 (-5.8 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
-0.131
Success rate
40%
WPA (sum)
-0.21
Opponent adj.
-0.083
Plays graded
96
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Time to throw | Aggressiveness | CPOE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.73s | 18.5% | -1.4% |
| 2 | 2.86s | 7.4% | -4.3% |
| 3 | 2.91s | 14.7% | -5.2% |
What 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.