Start Rashod Bateman or Dohnte Meyers? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Dohnte Meyers over Rashod Bateman in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Dohnte Meyers at 6.0 points and Rashod Bateman at 4.8, a gap of 1.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Rashod Bateman this week yet, so his 4.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (4.5, 6.3 and 3.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.0 fantasy points for Dohnte Meyers, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dohnte Meyers is 21 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (10, 10 and 11 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Rashod Bateman yet. His market-based projections were 4.5, 6.3 and 3.6 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 4.8, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Dohnte Meyers 1.2 points ahead of Rashod Bateman on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Dohnte Meyers and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 28.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 139 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against PIT.

Rashod Bateman and BAL host LAC on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

LAC allowed 36.6 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 158 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against LAC.

By points allowed to the position, Rashod Bateman has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dohnte Meyers is not on the injury report.

Rashod Bateman is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Dohnte Meyers played 45 percent of CIN snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 5 against MIA: 19 of 65 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 7 against BAL: 20 of 53 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 8 against TEN: 44 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 34 yards.

Dohnte Meyers, Week 9 against ATL: 24 of 57 snaps, 1 carry for 16 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 47 yards.

Through Week 9, Rashod Bateman played 70 percent of BAL snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 23 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Rashod Bateman, Week 7 against CIN: 49 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 33 yards.

Rashod Bateman, Week 8 against BUF: 39 of 51 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 22 yards.

Rashod Bateman, Week 9 against JAX: 35 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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 10 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Dohnte Meyers.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Dohnte Meyers.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Efton Chism III.
• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Rashod Bateman over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Efton Chism III over Rashod Bateman.