Start Rashod Bateman or Laquon Treadwell? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Rashod Bateman over Laquon Treadwell in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Rashod Bateman at 4.4 points and Laquon Treadwell at 4.1, 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 4.4 fantasy points for Rashod Bateman, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Rashod Bateman at 17.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (13, 16 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 4.1 fantasy points for Laquon Treadwell, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Laquon Treadwell at 16.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 15 market sources).

That puts Rashod Bateman 0.3 points ahead of Laquon Treadwell on the market projections.

Injury status

Rashod Bateman is not on the injury report.

Laquon Treadwell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Rashod Bateman played 76 percent of BAL snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 21 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashod Bateman, Week 1 against IND: 53 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Laquon Treadwell played 70 percent of IND snaps, drew 9 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 1 against BAL: 19 of 54 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 2 against KC: 48 of 65 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 61 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 3 against HOU: 56 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 20 yards.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 4 against WAS: 56 of 66 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 42 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.

In 2025, Laquon Treadwell played 10 games for IND.

He caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 0 air yards.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Rashod Bateman scored 11.2 PPR points and Laquon Treadwell scored 5.4.

The call was right: Rashod Bateman outscored Laquon Treadwell by 5.8.

Rashod Bateman finished 6.8 points above the 4.4 the market projected.

Rashod Bateman, Week 5 against ATL: 6 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards, 11.2 PPR points.

Rashod Bateman finished as the week's WR29 in PPR scoring.

Laquon Treadwell finished 1.3 points above the 4.1 the market projected.

Laquon Treadwell, Week 5 against PIT: 8 targets and 2 catches for 34 yards, 5.4 PPR points.

Laquon Treadwell finished as the week's WR54 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Cody White over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Cooper Kupp over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Cody White over Laquon Treadwell.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Laquon Treadwell over Derius Davis.