Should I start Rashod Bateman or Marvin Mims in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 3:46 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Rashod Bateman: 72 percent of the snaps and 14 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Marvin Mims's 25 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Marvin Mims for Rashod Bateman?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashod Bateman projects 61 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.1 a game over 10 games), Marvin Mims 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). Rashod Bateman is listed out.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR51 · BAL · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 4.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 120
WR53 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 0-4
- Market-based projection
- 3.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 133
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Marvin Mims, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Marvin Mims is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Rashod Bateman's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 77 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, Marvin Mims has been on the field for 23 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 5 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 19 two minute targets.
His 9 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.
In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against LAC he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against SEA he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 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 Marvin Mims played 15 games and scored 93.0 PPR points, 6.2 a game, finishing WR66.
He caught 37 of 51 targets for 322 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.
That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 8.7 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 35 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Marvin Mims was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Marvin Mims scored 6.2 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 1.9 a game between them.
Rashod Bateman finished WR102 that year and Marvin Mims WR66.
Marvin Mims had 13 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 51 to 38.
Marvin Mims had 98 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 322 to 224.
This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 23 percent.
This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 8 percent.
Byes and availability
Rashod Bateman is off in Week 13 and Marvin Mims in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Rashod Bateman is listed as out on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Marvin Mims for Rashod Bateman?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Rashod Bateman projects 61 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.1 a game over 10 games), Marvin Mims 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). Rashod Bateman is listed out.
Should I drop Rashod Bateman for Marvin Mims?
No. Keep Rashod Bateman: he projects 61 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.1 a game over 10 games), Marvin Mims 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). Rashod Bateman is listed out.
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