Should I start Isaac TeSlaa or Rashod Bateman in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 60th highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 so far

Through Week 5, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 63 percent of DET snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 3 of 3 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 4 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 0.2 a game between them.

Isaac TeSlaa finished WR82 that year and Rashod Bateman WR102.

Rashod Bateman had 11 more targets than Isaac TeSlaa, 38 to 27.

Isaac TeSlaa had 15 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 239 to 224.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 63 percent.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaac TeSlaa is off in Week 6 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashod Bateman is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Rashod Bateman has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.