Injury alert
Questionable — ankle injury
Practice: Full practice — ankle injury
Updated Fri 4:13 PM ET · Est. return Oct 4 · Source: ESPN injury report · Practice: NFL official injury report, week 4 (via nflverse)
Is Tyjae Spears playing this week?
QuestionableTyjae Spears is listed as Questionable for the week 4 game at the Baltimore Ravens (ankle injury). Questionable means the status is uncertain, and it usually settles closer to game day.
Estimated return: Oct 4.
Official practice report (week 4): Full practice, ankle injury.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 1:00 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:32 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.
From the beat
What reporters are saying about him, last 3 days.
#Titans injury report for Friday and game status ahead of Sunday vs the Ravens. (Updated w/Baltimore side - a lot of names) FULL John Franklin-Myers (back) Tony Pollard (ankle) Tyjae Spears (ankle) DNP Kevin Winston Jr. Spears and Winston are QUESTIONABLE.
TURRON DAVENPORT @TDavenport_NFL · 1d ago · View on X
#Titans injury report for Friday and game status ahead of Sunday vs the Ravens. FULL John Franklin-Myers (back) Tony Pollard (ankle) Tyjae Spears (ankle) DNP Kevin Winston Jr. Spears and Winston are QUESTIONABLE.
TURRON DAVENPORT @TDavenport_NFL · 1d ago · View on X
Tony Pollard (foot) not listed on injury report for Week 4. Tyjae Spears (ankle) listed questionable but fully practices Friday.
Underdog NFL @UnderdogNFL · 1d ago · View on X
#Titans' final Week 4 inj. report: --Spears, Winston questionable
John Glennon @glennonsports · 1d ago · View on X
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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. Questionable — ankle injury.
Why we say bench
- Projected 3.7 points, #49 among RBs this week, outside the top 32.
- Questionable — ankle injury.
- Official practice report: Full practice, ankle injury. If active, about 4.9 points; the projection is discounted for the chance of not playing.
- Scored 0.5 points last game against a typical 7.4 (trending down).
- TEN's offense is expected to score only about 16 points, a tough scoring spot.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 7.4 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~16 pts
- Vegas line
- TEN underdogs by 11.5
- Game total
- 42.5
- BAL vs RBs
- 4% more points
- Last game snaps
- 47%
All week 4 running back rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
25
Height
5'11"
Weight
200 lb
College
Tulane
Experience
3 seasons
Draft
2023 · Pick #81 (TEN)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 47.0?
A middling grade: nothing pushed it clearly up or down. His rushing success rate, expected points per touch and win probability added all landed close to the average back. The sample is small, just 19 touches over 3 games, and one big week 2 sat between two weak games.
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 4. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
-0.026
Success rate
31%
WPA (sum)
0.04
Opponent adj.
0.004
Plays graded
19
Advanced stats
2026 season · tracking data from NFL Next Gen StatsWhat do these mean?
- Rush yds over expected:
- Rushing yards above what the blocking and defenders in each carry would be expected to produce.
- Yds over exp / att:
- Rush yards over expected per carry.
- Carries over expected:
- Share of carries that gained more than expected.
- Expected rush yds:
- Yards the carries would be expected to gain on average, based on tracking data.
- Efficiency:
- Distance traveled per yard gained. Lower means a more direct, north-south runner.
- Vs 8+ in the box:
- Share of carries against eight or more defenders near the line.
- Time to line:
- Average seconds from the handoff to reaching the line of scrimmage.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.