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Justin Herbert

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Season / week
2026 / 8
Scoring
HALF · 12 teams · 1 QB
Source freshness
partial
Observed season stats
Through week 8; complete through week 7. The latest week may be partial.

Generation time is not source freshness. Individual future-projection capture dates and coverage are provided per player; not every input has an independent capture receipt.

outcomes
ready
Captured 2026-10-31T23:03:40.760224+00:00; complete through week 7
season projection
preseason prior
Captured Unknown
draft adp
preseason context
Captured Unknown
advanced stats
coverage not verified
Captured Unknown
Model version and retrieval details

Model generated: 2026-11-01T00:32:50.841496+00:00. Model generation time does not establish source freshness.

Model version: trade-value-sleeper-ros-v1

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Retrieved 2026-11-01T01:38:42.144766+00:00. This is the page retrieval time, not a source update.

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Alphabetical player research. Observed points use posted games; future estimates cover unstarted games through Week 17. Open a player for forecast dates and missing weeks. Trade values are model units.
PlayerPosTeamObserved points/gameGames playedEstimated future points/gameTrade value
Justin Herbert QBLAC 10.4614.140

Future projection context

These estimates cover unstarted games through Week 17. They do not identify who to start this week; use your league's lineup tool for that decision.

Forecast source
Captured Sleeper future projections
Forecast captured
2026-10-31T23:31:38.044520+00:00
Unstarted games through Week 17
10
Weeks with provider forecasts
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Weeks using model fallback
None recorded

Draft context

Historical context, not a weekly ranking or remaining-season forecast.

Full-season preseason projection
288
Draft average position
80.8

Observed production

Observed statistics are separate from model estimates. A missing season block means unavailable data.

This season

Fantasy points
62.4
Games played
6
Observed through week
6
passing yards
1,141
passing tds
5
interceptions
8
carries
29
rushing yards
168
rushing tds
0
targets
1
receptions
0
receiving yards
0
receiving tds
0
passing first downs
53
rushing first downs
7
receiving first downs
0
fumbles lost
2
Target share in observed games (%)
0.6
Fantasy points per game
10.4
Yards per carry
5.8
Yards per target
0
Yards per reception
Unavailable
Catch rate (%)
0
Total yards
1,309
Yards per game
218.2
touches
29
first downs
7
Expected rushing/receiving half-PPR points
21.8
Actual minus expected rushing/receiving half-PPR points
-5
Opportunity observed through week
6
Opportunity coverage
complete

Previous season

Fantasy points
284.9
Games played
16
Observed through week
17
passing yards
3,727
passing tds
26
interceptions
13
carries
83
rushing yards
498
rushing tds
2
targets
0
receptions
0
receiving yards
0
receiving tds
0
passing first downs
175
rushing first downs
37
receiving first downs
0
fumbles lost
2
Target share in observed games (%)
0
Fantasy points per game
17.81
Yards per carry
6
Yards per target
Unavailable
Yards per reception
Unavailable
Catch rate (%)
Unavailable
Total yards
4,225
Yards per game
264.1
touches
83
first downs
37
Expected rushing/receiving half-PPR points
49.8
Actual minus expected rushing/receiving half-PPR points
12
Opportunity observed through week
17
Opportunity coverage
complete

This season: advanced statistics

Snap share (%)
100
Time to throw (seconds)
2.81
Average depth of pass target (yards)
8.24
pass aggressiveness
15.56
Completion percentage above expectation
-3.49
pass air to sticks
-0.95
pass rating
68.77
rush stacked box pct
Unavailable
rush time to los
Unavailable
Rushing yards above expectation per attempt
Unavailable
rush efficiency
Unavailable
rush pct over expected
Unavailable
rec avg separation
Unavailable
rec avg cushion
Unavailable
Average depth of receiving target (yards)
Unavailable
rec air share
Unavailable
Receiving yards after catch above expectation
Unavailable
rec catch pct
Unavailable
rec drops
0
rec broken tackles
0
Rushing yards before contact per attempt
Unavailable
Rushing yards after contact per attempt
Unavailable
rush broken tackles
4
pass pressured pct
26.7
pass bad throw pct
17.8
rec drop pct
0

Previous season: advanced statistics

Snap share (%)
96.8
Time to throw (seconds)
2.9
Average depth of pass target (yards)
7.97
pass aggressiveness
14.65
Completion percentage above expectation
3.06
pass air to sticks
-0.9
pass rating
94.1
rush stacked box pct
Unavailable
rush time to los
Unavailable
Rushing yards above expectation per attempt
Unavailable
rush efficiency
Unavailable
rush pct over expected
Unavailable
rec avg separation
Unavailable
rec avg cushion
Unavailable
Average depth of receiving target (yards)
Unavailable
rec air share
Unavailable
Receiving yards after catch above expectation
Unavailable
rec catch pct
Unavailable
rec drops
Unavailable
rec broken tackles
Unavailable
Rushing yards before contact per attempt
4.65
Rushing yards after contact per attempt
1.32
rush broken tackles
3
pass pressured pct
28.9
pass bad throw pct
14.1
rec drop pct
Unavailable

Player narrative and news

Generated narrative is context, not a verified injury forecast or a weekly recommendation. Inspect its own dates before using it.

Write-up generated: 2026-07-22T02:44:42.345573+00:00

Pressure defined Herbert's 2025 season more than any other quarterback's. Only one qualifier was pressured more often than his 28.9 percent rate, yet his CPOE still landed in the 78th percentile and his bad-throw rate came in better than two-thirds of the position, which is about as direct a test of throwing well in bad conditions as charting offers. The quieter development was on the ground, 498 rushing yards, second-most among quarterbacks, at 6.0 a carry. The costs were real too: 13 interceptions, and an 18.6 points-per-game average sitting well above a median week of 15.9, meaning the good and bad versions alternated week to week. Drafters currently take him around pick 86 as QB7 in half-PPR formats, several spots ahead of his QB12 consensus projection, effectively betting that better protection or continued rushing growth closes the gap. Accuracy under duress paired with a genuine rushing contribution is the shape mid-round quarterback breakouts tend to share, which earns the optimism a little more than the projection admits.

Latest stored news context

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Profile freshness: {"writeup": "preseason_context", "news": "stale", "news_inference": "current", "injury_outlook": "unavailable", "note": "Preseason reads are historical context. News dates describe the latest captured story, not a verified current availability report."}

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