Is Jahan Dotson playing this week?
No injury designationJahan Dotson 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, 7:31 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
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Age
26
Height
5'11"
Weight
182 lb
College
Penn State
Experience
4 seasons
Draft
2022 · Pick #16 (WAS)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 0.1?
Dotson's grade is near the bottom of all wide receivers because of extremely poor expected-points value per target, the main driver of this low score, and this comes on just 10 targets over 3 games, a small sample. Interceptions on passes intended for him repeatedly wiped out any positive plays.
Holding it back
- EPA per target of -1.550 ranks 68th of 68 and dragged the grade down heavily.
- Week 2 vs CAR: pass intended for Dotson intercepted and returned for a touchdown (-6.8 expected points).
- Week 3 at GB and week 1 at PIT: passes intended for him were also intercepted (-4.9 and -4.8 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
-1.521
Success rate
30%
WPA (sum)
-0.25
Opponent adj.
-0.063
Plays graded
10
Advanced stats
2026 season · tracking data from NFL Next Gen StatsWhat 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.