Start Rashod Bateman or Cody White? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Rashod Bateman over Cody White in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Rashod Bateman at 4.6 points and Cody White at 3.8, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Cody White this week yet, so his 3.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (3.0, 5.0 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cody White yet. His market-based projections were 3.0, 5.0 and 3.6 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 3.8, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Cody White is 0.1 touchdowns (12 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.6 fantasy points for Rashod Bateman, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 20 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (11, 12 and 12 market sources).

That puts Rashod Bateman 0.7 points ahead of Cody White on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Cody White and LV host LAR on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LAR allowed 27.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 104 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against LAR.

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, Rashod Bateman has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Rashod Bateman is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Cody White played 33 percent of LV snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Cody White, Week 3 against NO: 15 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Cody White, Week 4 against KC: 52 of 84 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 36 yards.

Cody White, Week 5 against NE: 37 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 44 yards.

Cody White, Week 6 against BUF: 14 of 66 snaps, 2 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, Cody White played 10 games for SEA and scored 18.0 PPR points, 1.8 a game.

He caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 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 Cody White over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cody White.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Cody White.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Rashod Bateman over Calvin Ridley.