Rashod Bateman or Amon-Ra St. Brown: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Amon-Ra St. Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 11.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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.

No season market is posted for Amon-Ra St. Brown, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 77 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against DAL he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Amon-Ra St. Brown has been on the field for 88 percent of DET snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 5 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 57 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 8 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 8 of 11 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 6 of 11 targets for 69 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 Amon-Ra St. Brown played 17 games and scored 324.0 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing WR3.

He caught 117 of 172 targets for 1401 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 34 red zone targets.

That came to 10.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Amon-Ra St. Brown was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Amon-Ra St. Brown scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 14.8 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman finished WR102 that year and Amon-Ra St. Brown WR3.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 134 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 172 to 38.

Amon-Ra St. Brown had 1177 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 1401 to 224.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 77 percent.

This season Amon-Ra St. Brown holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashod Bateman is off in Week 13 and Amon-Ra St. Brown in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.