Is Jaxon Smith-Njigba playing this week?
No injury designationJaxon Smith-Njigba has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 4:25 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 25.4 points last game against a typical 12.7 (trending up).
Why we say must start
- Projected 17.8 points, #1 among WRs this week, inside the top 8 we call must-starts.
- Scored 25.4 points last game against a typical 12.7 (trending up).
- Averaging 12 targets a game.
- Played 87% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 12.7 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~25 pts
- Vegas line
- SEA favored by 7
- Game total
- 42.5
- LAC vs WRs
- 9% fewer points
- Last game snaps
- 87%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
24
Height
6'0"
Weight
198 lb
College
Ohio State
Experience
3 seasons
Draft
2023 · Pick #20 (SEA)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 91.1?
Smith-Njigba's grade is driven by how much the Seahawks throw to him and how much each target is worth. He gets 36% of the team's targets, the highest among qualifying WRs, and his targets add a lot of expected points. It's only 3 games, so the sample is small.
Lifting the grade
- EPA per target of +0.769 expected points, 11th of 62, helped by long touchdowns like the 82-yard score from Lock in week 2 vs ARI.
- Target share of 36%, 1st of 62 receivers.
- Week 1 vs NE: a 45-yard touchdown on 4th and 1 from Lock (+6.1 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
0.805
Success rate
69%
WPA (sum)
0.98
Opponent adj.
-0.035
Plays graded
36
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.1 | 6.2 | +4.3 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 6.1 | +0.8 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 4.5 | -1.2 |
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.