Is Bryce Young playing this week?
No injury designationOfficial practice report (week 4): Full practice, knee injury.
Bryce Young has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Detroit Lions.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 8:20 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:20 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.
Bryce Young (knee) not listed on injury report for Week 4.
Underdog NFL @UnderdogNFL · 1d ago · View on X
Bryce Young is wearing a small brace on his left knee, which he tweaked vs. the Browns. Was a full participant yesterday and certainly appears to be again today.
Joe Person @josephperson · 2d 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
Must start. DET's defense has allowed 29% more points to QBs than the league average.
Why we say must start
- Projected 19.1 points, #6 among QBs this week, inside the top 6 we call must-starts.
- DET's defense has allowed 29% more points to QBs than the league average.
- Averaging 40 pass attempts a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 12.1 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~24 pts
- Vegas line
- CAR underdogs by 3.5
- Game total
- 50.5
- DET vs QBs
- 29% more points
All week 4 quarterback rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
25
Height
5'10"
Weight
204 lb
College
Alabama
Experience
3 seasons
Draft
2023 · Pick #1 (CAR)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 68.5?
Young's grade sits a bit above average, ranking 14th of 37 qualifying quarterbacks through three games. His completing passes above expectation stands out as the clear strength, while his other efficiency numbers were all close to typical for the position.
Lifting the grade
- Completion percentage over expected: +4.5 points, 12th of 37
- Deep touchdown to Coker for 51 yards in week 1 vs CHI
- 55-yard completion to Legette in week 2 vs ATL
Holding it back
- Fumble after a 21-yard completion to McMillan in week 1 vs CHI
- Incomplete on 4th and 2 to McMillan in week 2 vs ATL
- Sacked for -10 yards on 4th and 3 in week 3 vs CLE, part of a rough 26.4 game grade
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
0.123
Success rate
43%
WPA (sum)
0.02
Opponent adj.
0.070
Plays graded
127
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Time to throw | Aggressiveness | CPOE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.02s | 16.2% | +4.7% |
| 2 | 2.94s | 19.4% | +11.5% |
| 3 | 3.09s | 4.2% | -2.1% |
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.