Should I start Rashod Bateman or Jauan Jennings in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jauan Jennings, and the board ranks him 119th 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 Jauan Jennings is 1.8 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 so far

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.

Through Week 5, Jauan Jennings has been on the field for 74 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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.

In 2025 Jauan Jennings played 15 games and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jauan Jennings was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jauan Jennings scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 7.3 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman finished WR102 that year and Jauan Jennings WR33.

Jauan Jennings had 52 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 90 to 38.

Jauan Jennings had 419 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 643 to 224.

This season Jauan Jennings holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 70 percent.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Rashod Bateman is listed as out on the injury report.