Should I start Rashod Bateman or Kalif Raymond in Week 8?

The market-based projections

Rashod Bateman's market-based projection is 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 52nd highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

Kalif Raymond's market-based projection is 5.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 54th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kalif Raymond, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, 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 4 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 1 time for -2 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 0 of 2 targets 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 Kalif Raymond played 15 games and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kalif Raymond was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kalif Raymond scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 0.2 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman finished WR102 that year and Kalif Raymond WR94.

Rashod Bateman had 8 more targets than Kalif Raymond, 38 to 30.

Kalif Raymond had 65 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 289 to 224.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 61 percent.

This season Kalif Raymond holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashod Bateman is off in Week 13 and Kalif Raymond in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.7 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.