Too close to call: Rashod Bateman (6.4) and Malachi Fields (6.3) project within 0.1 PPR points of each other in Week 7, and Rashod Bateman faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs.
Updated Oct 24, 4:47 PM ET
| Rashod Bateman WR · BAL | Malachi Fields WR · NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 7, avg of sources) | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| StatChasers projection | — | — |
| Opponent | vs CIN | vs HOU |
| Opponent vs. position | 9th-toughest (29.5 pts/g allowed) | 4th-softest (38.1 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 10% target share (last 3) | 11% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | SIT · Bench | SIT · Bench |
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It is a coin flip. Rashod Bateman projects for 6.4 PPR points and Malachi Fields for 6.3, within 0.1 of each other.
Break the tie with the floor if you are favored this week, and with the ceiling if you need a big game to win.
They are projected almost level: 6.4 PPR points for Rashod Bateman and 6.3 for Malachi Fields.
The sources range from 5.4 to 7.1 for Bateman and from 5.5 to 8.0 for Fields. Either result is well inside both ranges.
Malachi Fields is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Fields at 5.5 PPR points, against 5.4 for Rashod Bateman.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Malachi Fields has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Fields at 8.0 PPR points, against 7.1 for Rashod Bateman.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Rashod Bateman plays CIN and Malachi Fields plays HOU in Week 7.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Bateman faces the 9th-toughest defense against WRs and Fields faces the 4th-softest defense against WRs, so Malachi Fields 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 Malachi Fields 11% of his team's targets.
Malachi Fields 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 Malachi Fields.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Rashod Bateman nor Malachi Fields 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 Malachi Fields by 4.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.