Is Trevor Lawrence playing this week?
No injury designationTrevor Lawrence has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game at the Cincinnati Bengals.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 1:00 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:19 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
Start. Projected 18.4 points, #8 among QBs this week.
Why we say start
- Projected 18.4 points, #8 among QBs this week, inside the top 12 we recommend starting.
- Averaging 27 pass attempts a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 17.8 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~25 pts
- Vegas line
- JAX underdogs by 2.5
- Game total
- 51.5
- CIN vs QBs
- 9% more points
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Age
26
Height
6'6"
Weight
220 lb
College
Clemson
Experience
5 seasons
Draft
2021 · Pick #1 (JAX)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 90.7?
Lawrence's grade is driven by accurate passing and efficient drives. He completed passes at a rate well above what was expected, and his plays added a lot of expected points even against tougher-than-average defenses. The sample is small, just 3 games and 84 dropbacks.
Lifting the grade
- Completion percentage over expected of +8.6 points, 2nd of 27 QBs.
- EPA per dropback of +0.371 expected points, 2nd of 27, with extra credit for facing tougher defenses.
- Week 1 vs CLE, 3rd and 7: 30-yard touchdown to Washington (+3.9 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
0.268
Success rate
54%
WPA (sum)
0.31
Opponent adj.
0.095
Plays graded
84
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Time to throw | Aggressiveness | CPOE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.98s | 13.0% | +16.2% |
| 2 | 2.80s | 13.8% | -0.6% |
| 3 | 2.71s | 13.8% | +7.7% |
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.