Drake Maye or Rashod Bateman: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Drake Maye at 18.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 15th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price Rashod Bateman at 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 88th highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake Maye: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Drake Maye has been on the field for 100 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 69 times and thrown 7.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 12 of 69 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 1 against SEA he completed 23 of 33 passes for 178 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions and ran 7 times for 47 yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he completed 14 of 22 passes for 208 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Drake Maye was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 16.9 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 and Rashod Bateman WR102, which are two different ladders.

Drake Maye is a quarterback 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

Drake Maye is off in Week 11 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.