Is Chris Bell playing this week?
No injury designationOfficial practice report (week 4): Full practice, knee injury.
Chris Bell 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, 7:32 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.
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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 4.3 points, #79 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 10.7 points last game against a typical 5.1 (trending up).
- Averaging 3.3 targets a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 5.1 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
- 71%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
22
Height
6'2"
Weight
228 lb
College
Louisville
Experience
Rookie
Draft
2026 · Pick #94 (MIA)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 59.7?
Bell's grade is close to average, driven mainly by strong per-target value: he averaged +0.474 expected points per target, well above most receivers, including a 44-yard catch-and-run against Kansas City. Everything else about his season was fairly typical, and with only 10 targets in one graded game, this is a small sample.
Lifting the grade
- EPA per target of +0.474, 32nd of 89 receivers
- 44-yard reception vs Kansas City in Q2
- 25-yard catch vs Las Vegas in Q3
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
0.401
Success rate
40%
WPA (sum)
0.12
Opponent adj.
0.072
Plays graded
10
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen StatsWhat 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.