Should I start Josh Cameron or Rashod Bateman in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Josh Cameron's market-based projection is 4.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 183 players with a market-based projection.

Rashod Bateman's market-based projection is 4.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 48th highest figure of the 183 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Cameron, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Josh Cameron has been on the field for 35 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 6.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he was not given the ball.

In Week 8 against IND he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, 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 6 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against BUF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Josh Cameron is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 35 percent.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

Josh Cameron is off in Week 7 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 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.