Start Jordan Watkins or Rashod Bateman? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Jordan Watkins over Rashod Bateman in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Jordan Watkins at 4.9 points and Rashod Bateman at 4.5, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 4.9 fantasy points for Jordan Watkins, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jordan Watkins is 22 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 13 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.5 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 (12, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Jordan Watkins 0.3 points ahead of Rashod Bateman on the market projections.

Week 7 matchups

Jordan Watkins and SF visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 37.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 180 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against ATL.

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, Jordan Watkins has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jordan Watkins is not on the injury report.

Rashod Bateman is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Jordan Watkins played 45 percent of SF snaps, drew 3 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Jordan Watkins, Week 3 against ARI: 15 of 54 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 60 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 4 against DEN: 25 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 5 against SEA: 22 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Jordan Watkins, Week 6 against WAS: 47 of 62 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 22 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, Jordan Watkins played 4 games for SF and scored 4.6 PPR points, 1.2 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 26 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 25 air yards.

He was on the field for 7 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 Brycen Tremayne over Jordan Watkins.
• Start Darius Cooper over Jordan Watkins.
• Start Jordan Watkins over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Brycen Tremayne over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Rashod Bateman over Calvin Ridley.