Start Rashod Bateman or Tre Tucker? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Tre Tucker over Rashod Bateman in Week 1.

Tre Tucker is priced by the books at 4.9 projected points. Rashod Bateman has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Tre Tucker at ADP 141 and Rashod Bateman at 140. Market coverage on Tre Tucker is 40 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 4.9 fantasy points for Tre Tucker, with 40 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

No sportsbook posted a player market for Rashod Bateman in Week 1.

Week 1 matchups

Tre Tucker and LV host MIA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

MIA allowed 22.5 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 9th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 83 yards and a touchdown against MIA.

Rashod Bateman and BAL visit IND.

IND allowed 37.9 fantasy points to WRs in its one game this season, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 229 yards and a touchdown against IND.

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

Injury status

Tre Tucker was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Rashod Bateman was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tre Tucker played 17 games for LV and scored 161.7 PPR points, 9.5 a game, finishing WR38.

He caught 57 of 92 targets for 696 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 405 air yards.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tre Tucker, Week 18 of 2025 against KC: 1 carry for 4 yards, 6 targets and 2 catches for 30 yards, 5.4 PPR points.

Tre Tucker, Week 17 of 2025 against NYG: 59 of 59 snaps, 2 carries for 0 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 49 yards, 9.9 PPR points.

Tre Tucker, Week 16 of 2025 against HOU: 54 of 54 snaps, 2 carries for 11 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards, 9.4 PPR points.

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.

Rashod Bateman, Week 17 of 2025 against GB: 40 of 76 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1.7 PPR points.

Rashod Bateman, Week 16 of 2025 against NE: 38 of 55 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

How Week 1 went

Tre Tucker scored 4.7 PPR points and Rashod Bateman scored 0.0.

The call was right: Tre Tucker outscored Rashod Bateman by 4.7.

Tre Tucker finished 0.2 points below the 4.9 the props implied.

Tre Tucker, Week 1 against MIA: 48 of 68 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 27 yards, 4.7 PPR points.

Tre Tucker finished as the week's WR74 in PPR scoring.

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

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Tre Tucker over Denzel Boston.
• Start Tre Tucker over De'Zhaun Stribling.
• Start Jalen Coker over Tre Tucker.
• Start Rashod Bateman over Jalen McMillan.
• Start Jerry Jeudy over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Makai Lemon over Rashod Bateman.