Should I start Rashod Bateman or Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 2.1 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.

The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 77 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.

Through Week 6, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 40 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 10.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 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.

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 40 percent.

This season Ja'Kobi Lane holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Rashod Bateman is listed as out on the injury report.