Rashod Bateman or Rhamondre Stevenson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rhamondre Stevenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Rashod Bateman at 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 147th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Rhamondre Stevenson at 4.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 76 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against NO he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 4, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 62 percent of NE snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against PIT he carried 6 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rhamondre Stevenson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 8.5 a game between them.

Rashod Bateman finished WR102 and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25, which are two different ladders.

Rashod Bateman is a wide receiver and Rhamondre Stevenson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Rashod Bateman is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Rhamondre Stevenson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Rhamondre Stevenson is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.