Is Jaylen Waddle playing this week?
No injury designationOfficial practice report (week 4): Full practice, foot injury.
Jaylen Waddle has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game at the San Francisco 49ers.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 4:25 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:33 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.
#Broncos OLB Dondrea Tillman is OUT with a hamstring injury. Everybody else — including WRs Jaylen Waddle and Marvin Mims and RB J.K. Dobbins — is off the injury report and good to play vs. San Francisco.
Parker Gabriel @ParkerJGabriel · 1d ago · View on X
Jaylen Waddle (foot) not listed on injury report for Week 4.
Underdog NFL @UnderdogNFL · 1d ago · View on X
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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. Projected 8.2 points, #22 among WRs this week.
Why we say start
- Projected 8.2 points, #22 among WRs this week, inside the top 24 we recommend starting.
- Averaging 6.7 targets a game.
- Played 73% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 9.0 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~22 pts
- Vegas line
- DEN underdogs by 3
- Game total
- 47.5
- SF vs WRs
- 1% fewer points
- Last game snaps
- 73%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
27
Height
5'10"
Weight
182 lb
College
Alabama
Experience
5 seasons
Draft
2021 · Pick #6 (MIA)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 39.5?
Waddle's grade sits a bit below average because no part of his game stood out in either direction. Production per target, success rate, target share and win probability added were all near the middle of the pack. His game grades swung from 1.0 in week 1 to 88.0 in week 2, and the sample is small at 21 targets over 3 games.
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
0.074
Success rate
38%
WPA (sum)
0.11
Opponent adj.
0.132
Plays graded
21
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4.7 | 9.6 | -0.5 |
| 3 | 2.1 | 6.1 | -2.3 |
What 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.