Keenan Allen or Rashod Bateman: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Keenan Allen at 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Rashod Bateman at 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Keenan Allen's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 59 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 6.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 5 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against PIT he caught 5 of 9 targets for 45 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 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.

Keenan Allen was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 6.5 a game between them.

Keenan Allen finished WR29 that year and Rashod Bateman WR102.

Keenan Allen had 84 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 122 to 38.

Keenan Allen had 553 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 777 to 224.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 59 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.