Is Xavier Hutchinson playing this week?
No injury designationXavier Hutchinson has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Dallas Cowboys.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 1:00 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:48 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. Projected 5.5 points, #54 among WRs this week.
Why we say bench
- Projected 5.5 points, #54 among WRs this week, outside the top 36.
- Upside: DAL's defense has allowed 20% more points to WRs than the league average.
- Averaging 7 targets a game.
- Played 54% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 4.5 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~26 pts
- Vegas line
- HOU favored by 3
- Game total
- 48.5
- DAL vs WRs
- 20% more points
- Last game snaps
- 54%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
26
Height
6'3"
Weight
210 lb
College
Iowa State
Experience
3 seasons
Draft
2023 · Pick #205 (HOU)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 20.2?
Hutchinson's targets cost his team expected points on average, even against easier-than-average defenses, and that is what drove the low grade. The other measures were close to average for his position and barely moved it. This is a small sample of 21 targets over 3 games.
Lifting the grade
- Week 1 vs BUF, 3rd and 10: Stroud's pass short middle went to him for 20 yards (+2.6 expected points).
- Week 3 vs IND: a 28-yard deep right catch on 1st and 10 (+1.9 expected points).
Holding it back
- EPA per target was -0.078 expected points per play, 48th of 62 WRs, and this pulled the grade down a lot.
- Week 3 vs IND, 3rd and 4: deep right pass incomplete (-1.5 expected points).
- Week 1 vs BUF, 3rd and 2: short left pass incomplete (-1.5 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
-0.032
Success rate
38%
WPA (sum)
-0.02
Opponent adj.
-0.045
Plays graded
21
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.2 | 5.9 | -3.4 |
| 2 | 2.6 | 5.7 | +0.6 |
| 3 | 1.1 | 2.7 | +0.1 |
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.