Should I start Rashod Bateman or Brycen Tremayne in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brycen Tremayne, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

The market-based projection for Brycen Tremayne is 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 70 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Brycen Tremayne has been on the field for 49 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 83 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 2 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he was not given the ball.

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 Brycen Tremayne played 16 games and scored 30.0 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing WR136.

He caught 14 of 18 targets for 160 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 1.1 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brycen Tremayne was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashod Bateman scored 4.3 PPR points a game and Brycen Tremayne 1.9, 2.4 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman finished WR102 that year and Brycen Tremayne WR136.

Rashod Bateman had 20 more targets than Brycen Tremayne, 38 to 18.

Rashod Bateman had 64 more receiving yards than Brycen Tremayne, 224 to 160.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 49 percent.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashod Bateman is off in Week 13 and Brycen Tremayne in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashod Bateman is listed as out on the injury report.