Rashod Bateman or Justin Jefferson: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 15.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for Justin Jefferson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 77 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against DAL he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 5, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 74 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he carried 1 time for -11 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 79 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Justin Jefferson was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Justin Jefferson scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 7.6 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman finished WR102 that year and Justin Jefferson WR21.

Justin Jefferson had 103 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 141 to 38.

Justin Jefferson had 824 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 1048 to 224.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 74 percent.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

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