Jaxson Dart or Rashod Bateman: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaxson Dart: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 33.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 174.

What the sportsbooks price

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Jaxson Dart, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Rashod Bateman at 10.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 89th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jaxson Dart has been on the field for 60 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 38 times and thrown 8.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 6 of 38 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 1 against DAL he completed 23 of 29 passes for 230 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 59 yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he completed 3 of 5 passes for 20 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

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 Jaxson Dart played 14 games and scored 246.6 PPR points, 17.6 a game, finishing QB14.

He threw for 2272 yards on 339 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 487 yards and 9 touchdowns.

That came to 24.2 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 76 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.

Jaxson Dart was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jaxson Dart scored 17.6 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 13.4 a game between them.

Jaxson Dart finished QB14 and Rashod Bateman WR102, which are two different ladders.

Jaxson Dart 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

Jaxson Dart is off in Week 8 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaxson Dart is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jaxson Dart has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.