Should I start Malik Nabers or Rashod Bateman in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Nabers, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 27.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Malik Nabers is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

Malik Nabers's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 77 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 55 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 61 targets have averaged 11.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 112 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against WAS he caught 11 of 20 targets for 121 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NO he caught 12 of 15 targets for 165 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Malik Nabers played 4 games and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 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.

Rashod Bateman was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Nabers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 10.0 a game between them.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 that year and Rashod Bateman WR102.

Rashod Bateman had 3 more targets than Malik Nabers, 38 to 35.

Malik Nabers had 47 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 271 to 224.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 70 percent.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Nabers is off in Week 8 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashod Bateman is listed as out on the injury report.