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WAS

COMMANDERS · TE · #87

John Bates

bye Week 7 Healthy

WEEK 4 · vs IND · Sun 9:30 AM · NFL Net

2.7

floor 0.8 · ceiling 5.7 · half PPR

TE45Not published yet.
Start or sit
Healthy

WEEK 4 · vs IND · Sun 9:30 AM · NFL Net

2.7

0.8 to 5.7

TE45
Not published yet. Start or sit

HOW SURE, WEEK 4

  • Projection 2.7
  • Floor 0.8
  • Ceiling 5.7

Not published yet.

Floor and ceiling are the 20th and 80th percentiles of our projection; the projection is the median. The ranking and Start or sit read the same numbers.

THE STAT LINE BEHIND IT

Standard 2.1Half PPR 2.7PPR 3.3
TGT 1.9REC 1.1 · 15REC TD 0.0RUSH 0.0 · 0RUSH TD 0.0

Std 2.1 · Half 2.7 · PPR 3.3. Source: Model · engine2-0.2.0.

OUR RECORD ON BATES, PROJECTED VS ACTUAL

  • Week 1: projected 1.8, range 0.1 to 4.2, scored 2.3
  • Week 2: projected 3.5, range 0.9 to 6.3, no stat line
  • Week 3: projected 1.8, range 0.4 to 4.0, scored 1.4
  • Week 4: projected 2.7, range 0.8 to 5.7, no stat line
  • Week 7: bye
2 of 2 Inside the band 0.0 Mean error none yet Biggest miss Not published yet. 2025

Grey bar: what we projected before kickoff, with the band. Tick: what he scored, from the official box score once it is published.

2 of 2 inside the band · mean error 0.0. Grey: our band. Green: what he scored.

REST OF SEASON

13 games left

  1. 4IND2.7
  2. 5NYG-
  3. 6@SF-
  4. 7BYEno game
  5. 8PHI-
  6. 9LA-
  7. 10@NYG-
  8. 11CIN-
  9. 12@ARI-
  10. 13@TEN-
  11. 14HOU-
  12. 15ATL-
  13. 16@MIN-
  14. 17@JAX-
  15. 18DAL-

This week's projection, then each week's opponent. Bye dashed.

RANK AT THE POSITION, BY RUN

9/8: TE103, 9/15: TE80, 9/20: TE32, 9/22: TE78, 9/24: TE78, 9/27: TE61, 9/29: TE47, 10/1: TE45, 10/4: TE45

One point per day with a run on file: its newest, none after his kickoff. Lower is better.

AROUND HIM AT TE, WEEK 4

  1. TE43D.SampleCIN2.9
  2. TE44F.MoreauHOU2.8
  3. TE45J.BatesWAS2.7
  4. TE46C.StoverHOU2.7
  5. TE47E.HigginsARI2.6
Full TE rankings

CONTEXT

DEPTH CHART
TE3 · behind him C.Yankoff
TEAM
Commanders · rating −3.0, 26th
LAST WEEK
vs SEA · 1.4 pts

Week 4 · published Sun Oct 4 · 9:26 AM ET · run 2026-04-inactives-eadf2cc3 · scored weekly against the official box score