Start Rashod Bateman or Brycen Tremayne? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Brycen Tremayne over Rashod Bateman in Week 7.

Rashod Bateman is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Brycen Tremayne.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Brycen Tremayne yet. His market-based projections were 7.4 and 3.4 points in Weeks 4 and 6, an average of 5.4, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Brycen Tremayne is 0.1 touchdowns (3 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Rashod Bateman yet. His market-based projections were 5.6, 4.0 and 4.7 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 4.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 0.3 touchdowns (3 market sources).

That puts Brycen Tremayne 0.6 points ahead of Rashod Bateman on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Brycen Tremayne and CAR host TB on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TB allowed 32.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 14th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 146 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against TB.

Rashod Bateman and BAL host CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 29.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Brycen Tremayne has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brycen Tremayne is not on the injury report.

Rashod Bateman is listed as out with a shoulder injury.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Brycen Tremayne played 49 percent of CAR snaps, drew 5 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 2 against ATL: 11 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 3 against CLE: 62 of 77 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 83 yards.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 4 against DET: 69 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Brycen Tremayne, Week 6 against PHI: 25 of 79 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 6, Rashod Bateman played 70 percent of BAL snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashod Bateman, Week 3 against DAL: 56 of 64 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 37 yards.

Rashod Bateman, Week 4 against TEN: 30 of 64 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 46 yards.

Rashod Bateman, Week 5 against ATL: 61 of 76 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards.

Rashod Bateman, Week 6 against CLE: 17 of 57 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brycen Tremayne played 16 games for CAR and scored 30.0 PPR points, 1.9 a game, finishing WR136.

He caught 14 of 18 targets for 160 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target and 102 air yards.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Rashod Bateman played 13 games for BAL 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 and 185 air yards.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Cooper Kupp over Brycen Tremayne.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darius Cooper.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Darius Cooper over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Efton Chism III over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Isaac TeSlaa over Rashod Bateman.