Start Van Jefferson or Rashod Bateman? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Rashod Bateman over Van Jefferson in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Rashod Bateman at 4.8 points and Van Jefferson at 4.1, a gap of 0.7. 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

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.

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

The market-based projection for Van Jefferson is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 12 and 14 market sources).

That puts Rashod Bateman 0.7 points ahead of Van Jefferson on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Van Jefferson and WAS visit NYG on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NYG allowed 29.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 8 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against NYG.

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

Injury status

Rashod Bateman is not on the injury report.

Van Jefferson is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Van Jefferson played 25 percent of WAS snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Van Jefferson, Week 5 against NYG: 3 of 62 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Van Jefferson, Week 8 against PHI: 7 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Van Jefferson, Week 9 against LAR: 36 of 62 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 58 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Van Jefferson played 16 games for TEN and scored 70.0 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR88.

He caught 29 of 52 targets for 350 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets and 267 air yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Rashod Bateman over Darnell Mooney.
• Start Dohnte Meyers over Rashod Bateman.
• Start Van Jefferson over Brian Thomas Jr..
• Start Van Jefferson over Calvin Ridley.
• Start Van Jefferson over Darnell Mooney.