Is Malik Nabers playing this week?
No injury designationMalik Nabers has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Arizona Cardinals.
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
Bench. Projected 4.7 points, #45 among WRs this week.
Why we say bench
- Projected 4.7 points, #45 among WRs this week, outside the top 36.
- Averaging 6.3 targets a game.
- Played 78% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 6.5 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~21 pts
- Vegas line
- NYG underdogs by 2.5
- Game total
- 44.5
- ARI vs WRs
- 9% more points
- Last game snaps
- 78%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
23
Height
6'0"
Weight
200 lb
College
LSU
Experience
2 seasons
Draft
2024 · Pick #6 (NYG)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 10.5?
The grade is low mostly because his targets produced very little expected points, ranking 57th of 62 WRs. Only 19 targets over 3 games are graded, so it is a small sample. A strong week 1 against Dallas was followed by two rough games.
Lifting the grade
- Week 1 vs DAL: Dart's deep left pass to Nabers went for 16 yards (+1.7 expected points).
- Week 1 vs DAL, Q3: two short middle completions of 13 and 16 yards were each worth +1.5 expected points.
Holding it back
- EPA per target of -0.338 expected points per play ranked 57th of 62 WRs.
- Week 2 vs LA: Winston's deep middle pass intended for Nabers was intercepted on 3rd and 7 (-4.6 expected points).
- Week 3 vs TEN: incomplete short right pass on 3rd and 5 in the fourth quarter (-1.4 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
-0.265
Success rate
42%
WPA (sum)
0.06
Opponent adj.
-0.072
Plays graded
19
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.8 | 8.2 | -0.3 |
| 3 | 3.8 | 6.9 | -0.3 |
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.