Is Tucker Kraft playing this week?
No injury designationTucker Kraft has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 1:00 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
Flex option. TB's defense has allowed 18% more points to TEs than the league average.
Why we say flex
- Projected 8.8 points, #14 among TEs this week: a flex-range play (straight starts run through #12).
- TB's defense has allowed 18% more points to TEs than the league average.
- Concern: Scored 6.6 points last game against a typical 11.7 (trending down).
- Averaging 5.7 targets a game.
- Played 76% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 11.7 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~21 pts
- Vegas line
- GB favored by 3
- Game total
- 38.5
- TB vs TEs
- 18% more points
- Last game snaps
- 76%
All week 4 tight end rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
25
Height
6'5"
Weight
259 lb
College
South Dakota State
Experience
3 seasons
Draft
2023 · Pick #78 (GB)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 18.8?
Kraft's grade is low because his targets rarely produced good results: he is 20th of 24 tight ends in expected points per target and 23rd in success rate. The sample is small, just 17 targets over 3 games, and his best game was week 1.
Holding it back
- Success rate on targets is 35%, 23rd of 24 tight ends, so most of his targets did not help GB's drives.
- EPA per target is only +0.033, 20th of 24, even after crediting him for tougher-than-average defenses.
- Incompletions hurt: the week 1 deep middle pass against MIN (-1.0 expected points) and two week 3 misses against ATL (-0.7 each).
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
-0.024
Success rate
35%
WPA (sum)
0.05
Opponent adj.
0.058
Plays graded
17
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | +0.9 |
| 3 | 3.0 | 4.1 | +0.9 |
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.