Courtland Sutton or Rashod Bateman: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

The market-based projections

Courtland Sutton's market-based projection is 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 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.

Courtland Sutton was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 8.7 a game between them.

Courtland Sutton finished WR13 that year and Rashod Bateman WR102.

Courtland Sutton had 86 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 124 to 38.

Courtland Sutton had 793 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 1017 to 224.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 77 percent.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Rashod Bateman is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Rashod Bateman is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.