Is Ja'Marr Chase playing this week?
No injury designationJa'Marr Chase has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 1:00 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.
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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
Must start. Scored 20.3 points last game against a typical 14 (trending up).
Why we say must start
- Projected 14.7 points, #5 among WRs this week, inside the top 8 we call must-starts.
- Scored 20.3 points last game against a typical 14 (trending up).
- CIN's offense is expected to score about 27 points, a strong scoring spot.
- Averaging 8.3 targets a game.
- Played 100% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 14.0 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~27 pts
- Vegas line
- CIN favored by 2.5
- Game total
- 51.5
- JAX vs WRs
- 2% fewer points
- Last game snaps
- 100%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
26
Height
6'0"
Weight
205 lb
College
LSU
Experience
5 seasons
Draft
2021 · Pick #5 (CIN)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 65.3?
Chase's grade of 67.7 is mostly driven by his strong points value per target, which ranked 29th of 89 qualifying receivers, even against tougher-than-average defenses. Through just 3 games, his week 3 explosion pulled the overall number up after a rough start.
Lifting the grade
- EPA per target of +0.508 ranked 29th of 89, lifting the grade
- Week 3 vs PIT: 21-yard catch on 4th and 2 worth +4.2 expected points
- Week 2 vs HOU: two touchdown catches of 32 and 18 yards, each worth over +3 expected points
Holding it back
- Week 1 vs TB: incomplete pass on 3rd and 6 cost -1.5 expected points
- Week 1 vs TB: short catch for -4 yards on 2nd and 6 cost -1.2 expected points
- Week 2 vs HOU: a completed pass under review still lost -1.9 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
0.426
Success rate
52%
WPA (sum)
0.48
Opponent adj.
0.041
Plays graded
25
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2.8 | 7.1 | +0.2 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 7.3 | +1.3 |
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.