Is Tyler Shough playing this week?
No injury designationTyler Shough has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Atlanta Falcons.
Kickoff: Mon, Oct 5 · 8:15 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:19 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
Start. Scored 23.8 points last game against a typical 12.2 (trending up).
Why we say start
- Projected 18.9 points, #7 among QBs this week, inside the top 12 we recommend starting.
- Scored 23.8 points last game against a typical 12.2 (trending up).
- NO's offense is expected to score about 25 points, a strong scoring spot.
- Averaging 44 pass attempts a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 12.2 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~25 pts
- Vegas line
- NO favored by 2.5
- Game total
- 47.5
- ATL vs QBs
- 2% more points
All week 4 quarterback rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
27
Height
6'5"
Weight
219 lb
College
Louisville; Texas Tech; Oregon
Experience
1 season
Draft
2025 · Pick #40 (NO)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 46.3?
A middle-of-the-pack grade, 15th of 27 QBs. The one thing that lifted it was accurate passing: completion percentage over expected ranked 8th. His efficiency numbers were near average, so nothing pushed the grade further either way. This is based on 142 dropbacks over 3 games.
Lifting the grade
- Completion percentage over expected was +4.5 points, 8th of 27 QBs.
- Week 2 vs BAL, 3rd and 13: a 25-yard pass to Johnson, worth +3.5 expected points.
- Week 2 vs BAL, 3rd and 13: a 29-yard pass to Vele, also +3.5 expected points.
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
0.020
Success rate
50%
WPA (sum)
0.06
Opponent adj.
-0.016
Plays graded
142
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Time to throw | Aggressiveness | CPOE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.60s | 14.3% | -0.5% |
| 2 | 2.73s | 20.6% | +12.1% |
| 3 | 2.68s | 9.5% | +1.9% |
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.