Rashod Bateman or Chris Godwin Jr.: 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 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Godwin Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 21; 2QB: ADP 45.

What the player markets price

The market has Rashod Bateman at 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Chris Godwin Jr. at 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

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, Chris Godwin Jr. has been on the field for 82 percent of TB snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 3.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 6 of 7 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 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 Chris Godwin Jr. played 9 games and scored 83.0 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing WR78.

He caught 33 of 51 targets for 360 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.7 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 10.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 71 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rashod Bateman was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Godwin Jr. scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 5.0 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman finished WR102 that year and Chris Godwin Jr. WR78.

Chris Godwin Jr. had 13 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 51 to 38.

Chris Godwin Jr. had 136 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 360 to 224.

This season Chris Godwin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 77 percent.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashod Bateman is off in Week 13 and Chris Godwin Jr. in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.