Start Rashod Bateman. Bateman is projected for 6.4 PPR points vs 5.7 for Laquon Treadwell, and faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Rashod Bateman WR · BAL | Laquon Treadwell WR · IND | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs CIN | vs MIN |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-toughest (29.5 pts/g allowed) | 5th-toughest (27.1 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 10% target share (last 3) | 17% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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Start Rashod Bateman. Bateman projects for 6.4 PPR points vs CIN, against 5.7 for Laquon Treadwell vs MIN: a 0.7-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Rashod Bateman is projected to score more: 6.4 PPR points to 5.7 for Laquon Treadwell.
The sources range from 5.4 to 7.1 for Bateman and from 4.9 to 6.6 for Treadwell. The ranges overlap, so Treadwell outscoring Bateman is a realistic result.
Rashod Bateman is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Bateman at 5.4 PPR points, against 4.9 for Laquon Treadwell.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Rashod Bateman has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Bateman at 7.1 PPR points, against 6.6 for Laquon Treadwell.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Rashod Bateman plays CIN and Laquon Treadwell plays MIN in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Bateman faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs and Treadwell faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs, so Rashod Bateman has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Rashod Bateman has drawn 10% of his team's targets, and Laquon Treadwell 17% of his team's targets.
Laquon Treadwell has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Laquon Treadwell.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Rashod Bateman nor Laquon Treadwell has an injury designation for Week 7.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Rashod Bateman is projected by 3 of them and Laquon Treadwell by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.