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Should I start Rashod Bateman or Adonai Mitchell in Week 10?

Updated Nov 11, 1:31 PM ET.

Week 10 verdict

Start Rashod Bateman over Adonai Mitchell

Bateman projects lower, 6.0 to 7.4, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 175 for Bateman, 195 for Mitchell.

Start

WR · BAL · vs LAC

Market projects
6.0
fantasy pts
LAC D vs WR
36.6
6th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
36 of 100 at WR
Snap share
70%
Through Week 9
Target share
13%
Through Week 9
Sit

WR · NYJ · vs BUF

Market projects
7.4
recent weeks avg
BUF D vs WR
37.1
5th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Rising
76 of 100 at WR
Snap share
70%
Through Week 9
Target share
23%
Through Week 9
Start Bateman or Mitchell? The full Week 10 breakdown

Start Rashod Bateman: 71 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Adonai Mitchell's 65 percent of the snaps and 21 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Adonai Mitchell for Rashod Bateman?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashod Bateman projects 37 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.3 a game over 7 games), Adonai Mitchell 24 (3.4 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Rashod Bateman over Adonai Mitchell.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR40 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-8

Market-based projection
6.1 pts a game

WR72 · NYJ · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-4

Market-based projection
10.4 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
178

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The gap

  • Board size313 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Adonai Mitchell, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Rashod Bateman's market-based projection is 6.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 111th highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Adonai Mitchell is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Adonai Mitchell's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 70 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 49 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against JAX he caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Adonai Mitchell has been on the field for 70 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 17.6 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LV he caught 7 of 9 targets for 142 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against KC he caught 0 of 7 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Adonai Mitchell played 16 games and scored 87.9 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR73.

He caught 33 of 74 targets for 453 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.6 targets a game, a 45 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Adonai Mitchell was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Adonai Mitchell scored 5.5 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 1.2 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman finished WR102 that year and Adonai Mitchell WR73.

Adonai Mitchell had 36 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 74 to 38.

Adonai Mitchell had 229 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 453 to 224.

Their snap share this season is the same, 70 percent each.

This season Adonai Mitchell holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

Adonai Mitchell has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Adonai Mitchell for Rashod Bateman?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashod Bateman projects 37 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.3 a game over 7 games), Adonai Mitchell 24 (3.4 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Rashod Bateman over Adonai Mitchell.

  • Should I drop Rashod Bateman for Adonai Mitchell?

    No. Keep Rashod Bateman: he projects 37 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (5.3 a game over 7 games), Adonai Mitchell 24 (3.4 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Rashod Bateman over Adonai Mitchell.

Should I drop Adonai Mitchell?

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