Should I start Rashod Bateman or Kyle Williams in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyle Williams, and the board ranks him 182nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Rashod Bateman's market-based projection is 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 149th highest figure of the 212 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Kyle Williams has been on the field for 28 percent of NE snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 16.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 91 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 1 target for 12 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 Kyle Williams played 17 games and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 1.2 targets a game, a 48 percent catch rate and 20.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Williams was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashod Bateman scored 4.3 PPR points a game and Kyle Williams 2.9, 1.4 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman finished WR102 that year and Kyle Williams WR112.

Rashod Bateman had 17 more targets than Kyle Williams, 38 to 21.

Rashod Bateman had 15 more receiving yards than Kyle Williams, 224 to 209.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 28 percent.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashod Bateman is off in Week 13 and Kyle Williams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Kyle Williams has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.