Is Drake London playing this week?
No injury designationDrake London has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game at the New Orleans Saints.
Kickoff: Mon, Oct 5 · 8:15 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:36 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. Scored 19.4 points last game against a typical 9.6 (trending up).
Why we say start
- Projected 8.5 points, #14 among WRs this week, inside the top 24 we recommend starting.
- Scored 19.4 points last game against a typical 9.6 (trending up).
- Averaging 6.3 targets a game.
- Played 93% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 9.6 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~23 pts
- Vegas line
- ATL underdogs by 2.5
- Game total
- 47.5
- NO vs WRs
- 9% fewer points
- Last game snaps
- 93%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
25
Height
6'4"
Weight
215 lb
College
USC
Experience
4 seasons
Draft
2022 · Pick #8 (ATL)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 87.9?
London's grade is driven by efficient, high-value targets: his catches added a lot of expected points per play and most targets were successful. The sample is small, just 19 targets over 3 games, and his weekly grades climbed from 40.7 to 96.4.
Lifting the grade
- EPA per target of +0.817 ranks 9th of 62 WRs, even after a small deduction for facing easier defenses.
- Success rate of 74% is 3rd of 62.
- Week 3 vs GB, Q4: a 68-yard catch from Penix on 3rd and 2 was worth +5.2 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
0.857
Success rate
74%
WPA (sum)
0.18
Opponent adj.
-0.046
Plays graded
19
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.5 | 5.1 | +2.8 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 8.7 | -2.8 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 6.9 | +3.7 |
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.