Sunday Late · Week 4

Evidence: low. Stash priority: 71/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.

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• Breaking Down the Week 4 Dolphins Inactive Info
• Week 4 Injury Report: Vikings vs. Dolphins
• NFL Week 4 inactives, injury tracker: updates

Oct 4 game-day info has Jaylen Wright, Ollie Gordon II and Saturday practice-squad call-up Carlos Washington Jr. all active; the Oct 2 final injury report listed Wright (foot) upgraded to full participation Friday with no game designation. With De'Von Achane lost for the season to a torn ACL, Gordon is already the co-lead and would take the early-down and goal-line work if Wright could not go. Gordon is widely rostered, so he is gone in many leagues; the best lower-rostered fallback in this room is Carlos Washington Jr., free almost everywhere, but his path is far thinner - he was only promoted Saturday and sits third in line. Lead role is projected, not a reported carry split.

Backfield news: Achane's season-ending ACL tear leaves Miami with a Wright/Gordon pairing. Wright (foot) was full in Friday practice and is active Sunday after missing the Chiefs game; Gordon is active, and Carlos Washington Jr. was signed off the practice squad Saturday and is active. Because Achane is out for the year rather than week to week, Gordon is a hold for the rest of the season in redraft and a genuine dynasty asset, not a one-week fill-in.

Scouting: Took over Miami's backfield in Week 3 once Achane tore his ACL and Wright was inactive, and scored a short rushing touchdown. A big, physical runner who already owned short-yardage and goal-line work. With Achane out for the year, Sept. 30 reporting gives Wright the edge and Gordon about a third of the carries - but Gordon is the one who is healthy.

Starter injury history: Assorted lower-body issues limited his availability across 2024-2025 without a single long absence. 2026: stinger in the Week 2 loss at San Francisco, later a foot injury; limited Wed/Thu of Week 3 prep, DNP Friday, inactive Sept. 27 vs. Kansas City. Back at practice on a limited basis Wednesday, Sept. 30. No return timetable stated.

Evidence: low. Stash priority: 62/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.

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• Week 4 Injury Report: Vikings vs. Dolphins
• Breaking Down the Week 4 Dolphins Inactive Info
• NFL Week 4 inactives, injury tracker: updates

Aaron Jones Sr. was limited Wednesday on the Oct 2 report as NIR-rest and carries no game designation; he is not on Minnesota's Oct 4 inactive list, which is headed by Justin Jefferson (ankle). Jordan Mason is on injured reserve. That leaves DeeJay Dallas as the listed back behind Jones with rookie Demond Claiborne right behind him, and no dated reporting separates them, so confidence stays low. Dallas is free almost everywhere; for him to matter, Jones would have to miss and Minnesota would have to lean on the veteran rather than split evenly with Claiborne. Unresolved committee - projected role, not a reported carry split.

Backfield news: Minnesota is already down Jordan Mason (IR) behind Aaron Jones Sr., who was limited Wednesday for rest and has no Week 4 designation. The Vikings' Oct 4 inactives are led by Justin Jefferson (ankle); no running backs are inactive. If Jones went down, the work would likely be shared between DeeJay Dallas and Demond Claiborne with no clear lead reported, which makes this a wait-and-see room rather than a confident handcuff.

Scouting: Core-four special-teamer whose offensive work is situational, not a projected backfield share. Age 28. Limited with a toe issue in the same week Jones is nursing a knee. The site lists him RB2, but Minnesota's own published depth chart has rookie Demond Claiborne ahead of him, so the order behind Jones is unsettled and he is not clearly first man up.

Starter injury history: Career pattern of MCL, hamstring, knee and calf issues; a 2025 hamstring sent him to IR for at least four games. 2026: hurt the knee in the Sept. 20 win over Chicago (23 carries, 105 yards), finished in a brace, missed Monday's practice and was a DNP on Wednesday Sept. 23. No return timetable stated; O'Connell said treatment continues and a Week 3 call comes later in the week. Age 31.

Evidence: low. Stash priority: 63/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.

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• Seahawks vs. Chargers Week 4 Inactives
• NFL Week 4 inactives: Players ruled out for Sunday's 14 games

Reopened at kickoff-minus-15: the Chargers' official inactive list, posted Oct 4 at 11:54 AM PT, is S Derwin James, QB DJ Uiagalelei, OL Alex Harkey, G Kayode Awosika, TE Charlie Kolar, WR Brenen Thompson and DT Dalvin Tomlinson. No running back is on it, so Omarion Hampton, Kimani Vidal and Keaton Mitchell are all active and Hampton has no injury designation. Behind him the room is genuinely unresolved: Vidal is the bigger early-down body and Mitchell, a full practice participant, is the explosive passing-down back, and no dated reporting establishes who would lead if Hampton sat, so confidence stays low. Vidal is a free long shot almost everywhere; for him to matter, Hampton would have to miss and Los Angeles would have to hand Vidal the between-the-tackles and goal-line work rather than split it with Mitchell, who is usually available and would take the receiving snaps.

Backfield news: Chargers posted seven inactives at 11:54 AM PT with no running backs among them. Omarion Hampton is active with no designation, so this is a contingency room. The backup order is unsettled: Kimani Vidal profiles as the early-down and goal-line option while Keaton Mitchell, who practiced in full, is the change-of-pace and passing-down back. No coach comment or reported split this week resolves it, so treat any lead projection as thin. Scott Matlock is out.

Scouting: Back in the rotation after two quiet weeks: a 24.6% snap share in the Week 3 loss to Buffalo, 18 routes over two weeks (second in the room) and 40% of third-down snaps. Proven volume capability from 2025 (643 rush yards, 3 TD covering for Hampton) plus passing-game utility. With Mitchell's ankle limited in Week 4 prep, he is the handcuff with the clearest path to carries.

Starter injury history: 2025 (rookie): fractured his left ankle in Week 5 and went on IR, missing eight games; a later right ankle sprain cost another full game and most of a second - seven to eight games lost, finishing with 737 scrimmage yards and five TD in 10 games. 2026: no injury designation on the Sept. 30 Week 4 report. Missing injury data does not establish health.

Evidence: low. Stash priority: 61/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.

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• Seahawks vs. Chargers Week 4 Inactives
• NFL Week 4 inactives, injury tracker: updates

Reopened at kickoff-minus-15: Seattle's official inactive list, posted Oct 4 at 11:54 AM PT, is QB Jalen Milroe, CB Avery Smith, S Ty Okada, LB Chazz Surratt, WR Montorie Foster Jr., TE Nick Kallerup and NT Brandon Pili. No running back is on it, so Emanuel Wilson and George Holani are both active and Velus Jones Jr. was added to the active roster for depth. Zach Charbonnet (knee) and Jadarian Price (chest) were ruled out, with Price placed on injured reserve, which is why Wilson is leading and Holani is next man up. Holani was limited in practice all week with a rib issue but cleared the inactive list. He is usually available on the wire. Longer-term, Charbonnet is still the better back to own if you can carry him; see the overview. Lead role is projected, not a reported carry split.

Backfield news: Seattle's inactives came out at 11:54 AM PT with no running backs listed. Charbonnet (knee) and Price (chest) are both ruled out and Price went to injured reserve, leaving Emanuel Wilson leading and George Holani, limited all week with a rib issue, as the next man up. Velus Jones Jr. was added for depth. For this game Holani is the eligible pickup. For ongoing ownership Charbonnet is the more valuable hold, since his established early-down and goal-line role should return, but no credible timeline has been reported and the return timetable is unknown. Price's IR placement points to a longer absence, so he is a drop in redraft if a bench spot is tight.

Scouting: Seattle's passing-down back and now a volume beneficiary: with Price ruled out for Week 4, Macdonald named Holani and Emanuel Wilson as the backfield and Charbonnet remains PUP-ineligible. He took all 10 third-down snaps in Week 1 and was the only other RB target. Working through a rib issue but no games missed. The clear healthy-pickup case while Price's return is open-ended.

Starter injury history: An undisclosed injury sidelined him during the 2026 preseason; he was back and active for Week 1, and no significant absences are reported across his prior three seasons in Green Bay and Seattle. Not listed on Seattle's Week 3 injury report (dated Sept. 25). The nature and severity of the preseason issue were never reported.

Evidence: low. Stash priority: 81/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.

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• Broncos announce inactives for Week 4 game vs. 49ers
• NFL Week 4 inactives: Players ruled out for Sunday's 14 games

Reopened at kickoff-minus-15: Denver's official inactive list, posted Oct 4 at 12:55 PM MT, is QB Sam Ehlinger, OL Kage Casey, TE Dallen Bentley, LB Dondrea Tillman and DT Tyler Onyedim. No running back is on it, so J.K. Dobbins, RJ Harvey and Tyler Badie are all active. Dobbins carries no injury designation and was a full practice participant, so this is a pure contingency room. Harvey is the designated passing-down back and the only Bronco behind Dobbins with a defined complementary role, so he inherits lead work if Dobbins cannot go. Harvey is widely rostered and already gone in many leagues; the lower-rostered fallback is Tyler Badie, free almost everywhere, but Badie has no established role and would only matter if both Dobbins and Harvey were unavailable. Lead-back share is a projected role, not a reported carry split.

Backfield news: Broncos announced five inactives at 12:55 PM MT and no running backs are among them; Tillman is the only injury-driven scratch. Dobbins practiced in full and has no designation. Harvey remains the clear No. 2 and the passing-down back. Jonah Coleman is out and is not part of the game-day picture. A Harvey-is-out item still circulating dates to Week 2 and does not apply to this game.

Scouting: Denver's passing-down back, cleared for Week 3 after missing Week 2 with a hamstring. Jonah Coleman's high-ankle IR placement on Sept. 26 removes the rookie who had been eating into this role, so Harvey is again the uncontested handcuff behind the chronically injured Dobbins. The most valuable stash in this backfield.

Starter injury history: Career: ACL tear (2021), Achilles tear (2023), MCL sprain costing four weeks (2024), Lisfranc surgery ending 2025 at 10 games; no season above 13 games since 2020. Aug. 11, 2026 (date-only): camp soft-tissue issue. Left Week 2 vs. JAX early; the team listed it as a hip, not the hamstring first reported. Full participant Thursday and Friday, no game status for Week 3 vs. LAR - no games missed.

Evidence: low. Stash priority: 77/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.

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• NFL Week 4 inactives: Players ruled out for Sunday's 14 games
• NFL Week 4 inactives, injury tracker: updates

Reopened at kickoff-minus-15 and the evidence firmed up: the league-wide Week 4 inactive list shows San Francisco scratching DL James Thompson Jr., CB Ephesians Prysock, LB Tatum Bethune, DL Nick Bosa, OL Enrique Cruz Jr., QB Kurtis Rourke and RB Jordan James. With James officially inactive and Isaac Guerendo out, Kaelon Black is the only other scrimmage back active behind Christian McCaffrey, who practiced in full and has no designation. That makes Black an unusually clean handcuff by elimination rather than by demonstrated workload: he drew a groin designation in Thursday and Friday practice but cleared the inactive list. Volume is the caveat, since his Week 3 snap share was minimal and Kyle Juszczyk would absorb some backfield snaps. Black is usually available on the wire. The nfl.com list is date-only evidence for Oct 4.

Backfield news: Jordan James is officially inactive for this game and Isaac Guerendo is out, leaving Kaelon Black as the only healthy scrimmage back behind Christian McCaffrey. McCaffrey practiced in full with no designation. Black had a groin designation during the week after two limited sessions but is active. Sincere McCormick is not on the game-day depth chart. Neither James (barely rostered) nor Guerendo is a meaningful hold here; Black is the pickup if McCaffrey were to go down.

Scouting: Third-round rookie who won the No. 2 job in camp and immediately out-carried McCaffrey 14-10 on 28 snaps (44%) in Week 1 vs. the Rams, the largest non-McCaffrey RB snap share since 2022. Questionable (groin) for Week 2. Behind a 30-year-old with McCaffrey's history, he is now the room's primary handcuff.

Starter injury history: 2024: missed 13 games (bilateral Achilles tendinitis/calf, then a right knee PCL sprain). 2025: played all 17, 2,126 scrimmage yards and 17 TD on 311 carries. 2026 camp: missed practice with 'tightness' but was active for the opener. Listed a full participant on San Francisco's Week 2 report (dated 9/18), Wednesday rest day only. Now 30; played 10 games total in 2020-2021.

Evidence: low. Stash priority: 63/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.

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• Week 4 Inactive Players: Chiefs vs. Raiders
• NFL Week 4 inactives: Players ruled out for Sunday's 14 games

Reopened at kickoff-minus-15: Kansas City's official inactive list, posted Oct 4 at 1:58 PM CT, is TE Jared Wiley, QB Garrett Nussmeier, DB Jadon Canady, DE Jack Pyburn, T Diego Pounds and T Josh Simmons. No running back is on it, so Kenneth Walker III, Emmett Johnson and Brashard Smith are all active, and Walker carries no injury designation this week. This is a pure contingency room. Johnson is the clear No. 2 by depth and would take the bulk of early-down work if Walker could not play, with Brashard Smith the change-of-pace and third-down option rather than a lead. Confidence is held down because Johnson has a thin usage profile and no dated reporting establishes a split. Johnson should be findable on most wires. Projected role, not a reported carry split.

Backfield news: Chiefs posted six inactives at 1:58 PM CT with no running backs among them. Kenneth Walker III has no injury designation and is active. Emmett Johnson sits second on the depth chart and is the early-down bet behind him; Brashard Smith is the change-of-pace and third-down back, not a volume option. No coach comment or reported carry split this week defines the backup hierarchy, so the lead projection rests on depth.

Scouting: Confirmed as the clear No. 2 in Week 1: 25 snaps (36%), 8 carries for 24 yards and 2 catches for 44 yards, with Brashard Smith reduced to special teams. The snap share was inflated by a 31-10 blowout, but the receiving usage is real and he is the first man up if Walker's ankle history resurfaces.

Starter injury history: 2024 (SEA): roughly six games missed to ankle, calf and oblique issues. 2025 (KC): played all 17. Aug. 2026: minor ankle irritation attributed to his shoe, which Andy Reid said was not a concern; no games missed so far in 2026. Roughly 10 games missed in four seasons to recurring lower-body issues.

Evidence: low. Stash priority: 68/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.

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• Week 4 Inactive Players: Chiefs vs. Raiders
• NFL Week 4 inactives: Players ruled out for Sunday's 14 games

Reopened at kickoff-minus-15: the official Chiefs-Raiders inactive post, published Oct 4 at 1:58 PM CT, lists Las Vegas' inactives as QB Aidan O'Connell, CB Darrell Luter Jr., S Tristin McCollum, G/C Jackson Powers-Johnson and DT Jonah Laulu. No running back is on it, so Ashton Jeanty, Mike Washington Jr. and Dylan Laube are all active. Jeanty was a full practice participant and carries no designation, making this a contingency room. Washington is the clear No. 2 by depth and score and has taken meaningful relief carries this season, so he would lead the backfield if Jeanty could not go, with Laube a third-down and return-game piece rather than a volume back. Washington is usually available on the wire. Chris Collier is out and not part of the picture. Lead share is a projected role, not a reported carry split.

Backfield news: Raiders' five inactives were announced at 1:58 PM CT and include no running backs. Ashton Jeanty practiced in full with no designation and is active. Mike Washington Jr. is the clear No. 2 and has handled relief carries this season, which separates him from Dylan Laube, whose value is on third down and in the return game. Chris Collier is out. Nothing this week changes the order behind Jeanty.

Scouting: Fourth-round rookie (6-2, 228; 4.33 forty) who is Jeanty's direct backup and was in line to start Week 1 had the ankle kept Jeanty out. Usage is small behind a healthy Jeanty — 7-41 in Week 1, 3-7 in Week 2, mostly clock-killing — but with only three backs on the 53 he is about as clean a one-man handcuff as exists.

Starter injury history: 2025 rookie year: led all rookies with 975 rushing yards, 1,321 scrimmage yards, 55 catches and 5 receiving TD, no long absence. Aug. 2026: low ankle sprain (carried forward from the prior profile) cost him the final preseason game; he played Weeks 1 and 2. In Week 2 he had a brief late-game issue but returned before the finish. No injury designation since.