Is Malik Willis playing this week?
No injury designationMalik Willis has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game at the Minnesota Vikings.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 4:05 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:21 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
Bench. MIN's defense has allowed 29% fewer points to QBs than the league average.
Why we say bench
- Projected 8.7 points, #31 among QBs this week, outside the top 12.
- MIN's defense has allowed 29% fewer points to QBs than the league average.
- MIA's offense is expected to score only about 14 points, a tough scoring spot.
- Averaging 29 pass attempts a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 8.5 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~14 pts
- Vegas line
- MIA underdogs by 10
- Game total
- 38.5
- MIN vs QBs
- 29% fewer points
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Age
27
Height
6'1"
Weight
225 lb
College
Liberty; Auburn
Experience
4 seasons
Draft
2022 · Pick #86 (TEN)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 5.6?
Willis's grade is near the bottom among qualifying QBs, almost entirely because he completed far fewer passes than expected. His per-play value and success rate were weak but didn't move the grade much either way. This covers 95 dropbacks over 3 games.
Holding it back
- Completion percentage over expected was -8.1 points, 26th of 27, the one factor that dragged the grade down a lot.
- Week 3 vs KC, Q4 4th and 1: his pass intended for Miller was intercepted by Karlaftis (-3.3 expected points).
- Week 3 vs KC: incomplete passes on 4th and 4 in Q2 and 4th and 5 in Q4 each cost 2.7 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
-0.093
Success rate
36%
WPA (sum)
-0.00
Opponent adj.
0.061
Plays graded
95
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Time to throw | Aggressiveness | CPOE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.21s | 22.2% | -0.4% |
| 2 | 2.98s | 8.7% | -7.1% |
| 3 | 2.68s | 27.8% | -1.7% |
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.