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Rashod Bateman

Pos: WR2 Team: BAL YoE: 5
Draft: RD 1, PICK 27
Injury Status: H

I. Player News & Analysis

ESPN

RotoWire

Trends

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"Whiteheart will return to Cleveland on a one-year contract in 2025. He entered the offseason as an exclusive rights free agent before the Browns tendered him March 4. Whiteheart is expected to provide depth behind David Njoku in 2025 after the former registered six catches for 51 yards and one touchdown on nine targets across 11 appearances in 2024."

	Blake Whiteheart's receiving yards have decreased by 75.0+% over the past 10 weeks.
	Blake Whiteheart's target share has decreased by 28.57% over the past 6 weeks.
	Blake Whiteheart's targets have decreased by 33.33% over the past 6 weeks.
	Blake Whiteheart's receptions have increased by 100% over the past 6 weeks.
	Blake Whiteheart's total yards have decreased by 75.0+% over the past 10 weeks.

Rashod Bateman

Pos: WR2 Team: BAL YoE: 5
Draft: RD 1, PICK 27
Injury Status: H

I. Player News & Analysis

ESPN

RotoWire

Trends

"Bateman is entering his fifth season (all with Baltimore) following a big leap forward in 2024. Bateman appeared in all 17 regular season games for the first time and, though his 15.4% target share was the second lowest of his career, he posted career-best marks in yardage, touchdowns and fantasy points. Targets remained inconsistent, however, and led to extremely boom/bust production (eight single-digit fantasy point games and a 47th-place finish in PPG, the latter of which is a career best). The 25-year-old is a capable situational deep threat (he's ranked top 12 in aDOT two years in a row), but he's a good bet for touchdown regression to the mean (4.6 expected TDs last season) and his usage is too volatile to allow weekly flex consideration."

"Bateman inks a contract extension with the Ravens for a second straight offseason, after the team extended him on a two-year, $12.87 million deal through 2026 last April. The 2021 first-round pick put together the healthiest and most productive season of his career in 2024, suiting up for all 17 regular-season contests and securing 45 of 72 targets for 759 yards and nine touchdowns. He's emerged as a reliable deep threat and end zone target for Lamar Jackson, though Zay Flowers remains entrenched atop the wide receiver depth chart, and free agency signee DeAndre Hopkins is an additional competition for targets. With TEs Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely also involved in the passing game, and this team still deploying a run-first approach led by Derrick Henry, Bateman's ceiling in terms of target volume appears capped, but he figures to retain fantasy value as a boom-or-bust weekly option in 2025. Bateman's fantasy outlook is more positive in standard leagues than for PPR scoring."

	Rashod Bateman's target share has increased by 30.65% over the past 6 weeks.
	Rashod Bateman's targets have increased by 50.0% over the past 6 weeks.
	Rashod Bateman's receiving yards have increased by 43.31% over the past 8 weeks.
	Rashod Bateman's receptions have increased by 40.0% over the past 6 weeks.
	Rashod Bateman's receiving touchdowns have increased by 150.0% over the past 12 weeks.

II. Historical Performance

Season

Week

Home

Score

Away

INT

SACK

2PT

2024

18

CLE

10 - 35

BAL

0.0

0.0

0.0

2024

17

MIA

20 - 3

CLE

0.0

0.0

0.0

2024

16

CLE

6 - 24

CIN

0.0

0.0

0.0

2024

15

KC

21 - 7

CLE

0.0

0.0

0.0

2024

14

CLE

14 - 27

PIT

0.0

0.0

0.0

2024

13

CLE

32 - 41

DEN

0.0

0.0

0.0

2024

12

PIT

19 - 24

CLE

0.0

0.0

0.0

2024

5

CLE

13 - 34

WSH

0.0

0.0

0.0

2024

4

CLE

16 - 20

LV

0.0

0.0

0.0

2024

3

NYG

21 - 15

CLE

0.0

0.0

0.0

2024

2

CLE

18 - 13

JAX

0.0

0.0

0.0

2023

16

ARI

16 - 27

CHI

0.0

0.0

0.0

2023

11

ARI

16 - 21

HOU

0.0

0.0

0.0