Should I start Jacoby Brissett or Rashod Bateman in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 9:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jacoby Brissett: 100 percent of the snaps and 1 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Rashod Bateman's 55 percent of the snaps and 10 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Rashod Bateman for Jacoby Brissett?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jacoby Brissett projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 9 games), Rashod Bateman 41 (4.6 a game over 9 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Jacoby Brissett

QB23 · ARI · bye 14

2026 vs pass yds line 4-3

Market-based projection: 15.3 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 147

Rashod Bateman

WR61 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection: 4.5 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 149

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacoby Brissett, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jacoby Brissett is 0.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 302 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 51 of 302 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 5 against DET he completed 29 of 46 passes for 292 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 19 yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he completed 24 of 35 passes for 218 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 2 yards.

In Week 7 against DEN he completed 27 of 48 passes for 272 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 16 yards.

Through Week 7, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 70 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 70 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.

Jacoby Brissett was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 12.6 a game between them.

Jacoby Brissett finished QB16 and Rashod Bateman WR102, which are two different ladders.

Jacoby Brissett 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

Jacoby Brissett is off in Week 14 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Rashod Bateman for Jacoby Brissett?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jacoby Brissett projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 9 games), Rashod Bateman 41 (4.6 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Rashod Bateman?
No. Keep Jacoby Brissett: he projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 9 games), Rashod Bateman 41 (4.6 a game over 9 games).