Rashod Bateman or Malachi Fields: 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 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Malachi Fields at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

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 Malachi Fields, 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, Malachi Fields has been on the field for 72 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 16.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against TEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 52 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 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.

Malachi Fields is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 72 percent.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashod Bateman is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Malachi Fields.

Rashod Bateman is listed as questionable on the injury report.