Rashod Bateman or Deebo Samuel Sr.: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 174.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Deebo Samuel Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 125.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Rashod Bateman at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 88th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The books have Deebo Samuel Sr. at 6.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 books. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Deebo Samuel Sr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 85 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 14.8 air yards.

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

In Week 2 against NO he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Deebo Samuel Sr. has been on the field for 50 percent of SF snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he carried 1 time for 12 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 31 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.

The season feed carries no line for Deebo Samuel Sr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 50 percent.

This season Deebo Samuel Sr. holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Deebo Samuel Sr. is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.