Is Malik Washington playing this week?
No injury designationMalik Washington has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game at the Minnesota Vikings.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 4:05 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.
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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. MIA's offense is expected to score only about 14 points, a tough scoring spot.
Why we say bench
- Projected 7.0 points, #50 among WRs this week, outside the top 36.
- MIA's offense is expected to score only about 14 points, a tough scoring spot.
- MIN's defense has allowed 13% fewer points to WRs than the league average.
- Upside: Scored 11.1 points last game against a typical 6.1 (trending up).
- Averaging 7.7 targets a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 6.1 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~14 pts
- Vegas line
- MIA underdogs by 10
- Game total
- 38.5
- MIN vs WRs
- 13% fewer points
- Last game snaps
- 86%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
25
Height
5'8"
Weight
194 lb
College
Virginia; Northwestern
Experience
2 seasons
Draft
2024 · Pick #184 (MIA)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 15.3?
Washington's grade is low because his targets have produced little: they cost expected points on average and only 30% were successful. He draws a big share of Miami's passes, but that made little difference. The sample is small, just 23 targets over 3 games.
Holding it back
- EPA per target is -0.154, 52nd of 62 WRs, even after credit for tougher-than-average defenses.
- Success rate on targets is 30%, 60th of 62.
- Week 3 vs KC: incomplete on 4th and 4 cost 2.7 expected points. In week 1 vs LV, a 26-yard catch on 3rd and 13 ended in a fumble recovered by LV.
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
-0.218
Success rate
30%
WPA (sum)
-0.08
Opponent adj.
0.065
Plays graded
23
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.0 | 4.6 | -0.8 |
| 2 | 4.1 | 8.1 | -1.8 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 6.6 | +3.8 |
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.