Two players, one answer.
Deion Burks vs Rashod Bateman
Any format · this week start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
No call this week: one of them has no game or a projection under 4 points
Rest of season
Rashod Bateman by 36% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Rashod Bateman by 5% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 71% held up in 2025
Start Rashod Bateman
On Sleeper's projections, Rashod Bateman is projected 4.9 points ahead of Deion Burks. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 71% of the time.
WR · BAL
Rashod Bateman
5.5 projected
@ BUF · Sun 1:00 PM ET
7.2 a game this season · last 3: 11.2, 0, 5.3
WR · IND
Deion Burks
0.6 projected
@ JAX · Sun 1:00 PM ET
2.4 a game this season · last 3: 0, 6.8, 2.1
What the call rests on
- Rashod Bateman: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:30 PM ET
- Deion Burks: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 4:30 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 4:48 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Bateman | Burks |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 5.5 | 0.6 |
| Half PPR | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| Standard | 3.6 | 0.4 |
What could change it before kickoff
Nothing pending on either: both are expected to play, and the gap is wide enough that a typical projection update doesn't close it.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.