Start Courtland Sutton or Rashod Bateman? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Courtland Sutton over Rashod Bateman in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Courtland Sutton at 8.4 points and Rashod Bateman at 6.4, a gap of 2.0. No player market is posted for Rashod Bateman this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (9.7, 5.6 and 4.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.4 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Courtland Sutton is 32 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 27% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 12 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Rashod Bateman yet. His market-based projections were 9.7, 5.6 and 4.0 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Rashod Bateman a 21% chance to score a touchdown (10 market sources).

That puts Courtland Sutton 2.0 points ahead of Rashod Bateman on these projections.

Injury status

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Rashod Bateman is listed as questionable with a shoulder injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Courtland Sutton played 78 percent of DEN snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 33 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 2 against JAX: 45 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 3 against LAR: 58 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 5 against LAC: 50 of 62 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Rashod Bateman played 77 percent of BAL snaps, drew 16 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashod Bateman, Week 2 against NO: 54 of 58 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 88 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 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 6 calls

• Start Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Rashod Bateman over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Rashod Bateman over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Rashod Bateman over DeMario Douglas.