Should I start Chimere Dike or Rashod Bateman in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chimere Dike, and the board ranks him 190th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chimere Dike is 1.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 60 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 Rashod Bateman is 1.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Chimere Dike has been on the field for 12 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chimere Dike played 17 games and scored 126.1 PPR points, 7.4 a game, finishing WR50.

He caught 48 of 74 targets for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 59 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.

Chimere Dike was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chimere Dike scored 7.4 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 3.2 a game between them.

Chimere Dike finished WR50 that year and Rashod Bateman WR102.

Chimere Dike had 36 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 74 to 38.

Chimere Dike had 199 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 423 to 224.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 12 percent.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 4 percent.

Byes and availability

Chimere Dike is off in Week 9 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashod Bateman is listed as questionable on the injury report.