Should I start Jordan Watkins or Rashod Bateman in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Jordan Watkins's market-based projection is 4.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 146th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Rashod Bateman's market-based projection is 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 149th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Watkins, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jordan Watkins has been on the field for 45 percent of SF snaps, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 16.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against DEN he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against SEA he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 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 Jordan Watkins played 4 games and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.8 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 13.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 7 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.

Rashod Bateman was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashod Bateman scored 4.3 PPR points a game and Jordan Watkins 1.2, 3.1 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman had 35 more targets than Jordan Watkins, 38 to 3.

Rashod Bateman had 198 more receiving yards than Jordan Watkins, 224 to 26.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 45 percent.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 3 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashod Bateman is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Jordan Watkins.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.