Should I start Cam Skattebo or Rashod Bateman in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cam Skattebo is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Rashod Bateman's market-based projection is 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 130th highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 54 percent of NYG snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 1.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he carried 17 times for 124 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -3 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 71 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 66 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 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.

Rashod Bateman was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 11.7 a game between them.

Cam Skattebo finished RB37 and Rashod Bateman WR102, which are two different ladders.

Cam Skattebo is a running back and Rashod Bateman a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cam Skattebo is off in Week 8 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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