Alec Pierce or Rashod Bateman: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Alec Pierce at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 111th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Rashod Bateman at 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 118th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alec Pierce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 78.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 174.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Alec Pierce has been on the field for 59 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 17.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 78 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 23.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Alec Pierce played 15 games and scored 183.3 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR28.

He caught 47 of 84 targets for 1003 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 21.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Alec Pierce was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alec Pierce scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 8.0 a game between them.

Alec Pierce finished WR28 that year and Rashod Bateman WR102.

Alec Pierce had 46 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 84 to 38.

Alec Pierce had 779 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 1003 to 224.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 59 percent.

This season Alec Pierce holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 4 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

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.