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John Bates Stats2025

TE · #87 · 6'6" · 256 lbs · 2025 season
Washington Commanders logoWashington Commanders
Official depth chart: TE3Questionable — Bates (hamstring) is set to begin practicing Tuesday, Zach Selby of the Commanders' official site reports.Contract: $7.0M/yr
Fantasy pts/G
1.8
Games
15
Value Score
24
16
Targets
2025 season
11
Receptions
103 rec yds
1
Rec TD
2025 season
81th
TE fantasy rank
PPR · 15 games
103
Rec yards
0 rush yds
89%
Consistency
Above 0.9 pts

Fantasy production — weekly

PPR · 2025

Hover a week for PPR breakdown · dashed line = league-average QB

Recent form — last 10 games

Fantasy pts per game

DVP — recent matchups

Opponent rank vs TE

How soft or tough each recent defense was vs TEs — lower rank = more fantasy points allowed.

WkOpponentDVP rankResultFantasy
W10vs DET#16 vs TEL 22–441.6
W13vs DEN#16 vs TEL 26–272.9
W15@ NYG#16 vs TEW 29–212.9
W16vs PHI#16 vs TEL 18–290.0
W18@ PHI#31 vs TEW 24–179.3

Game log

2025 regular season
WkOpponentStat lineFantasy pts
18at PHI2/2 rec · 13 yds · 1 TD9.3
16vs PHI0/1 rec · 0 yds0.0
15at NYG1/1 rec · 19 yds2.9
13vs DEN2/2 rec · 9 yds2.9
10vs DET1/2 rec · 6 yds1.6
9vs SEA2/4 rec · 20 yds4.0
8at KC1/1 rec · 22 yds3.2
7at DAL1/2 rec · 5 yds1.5
5at LAC1/1 rec · 9 yds1.9

2025 season totals

Regular season · 9 games
Targets
16
Receptions
11
Rec yds
103
Rec TD
1
Rush yds
0
Fantasy pts
27.3

Stat rankings vs league

TE · 2025
Targets / game#86
1.1avg 2.3
Receptions / game#84
0.7avg 1.7
Rec yards / game#81
6.9avg 16.8
Rec TD / game#69
0.10avg 0.10
Fantasy pts / game#81
1.8avg 4.2

Consistency & rec yds / game

Last 5 games · 2025 game log

Consistency — last 5

89% reliable
W10
1.6
W13
2.9
W15
2.9
W16
0.0
W18
9.3

8 of 9 games above 0.9+ pts

Rec yds / game

By yard bucket
0–24
9
25–49
0
50–74
0
75–99
0
100+
0

Most games in 0–24 yds range

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ARI
1.8Fantasy pts/G18.9
11Receptions126
103Rec yds1,239
1Rec TD11
16Targets169

Red zone usage

PBP · 2025
Red zone TDs
1
Total RZ touches
1
Goal-line
1
Salary & contract
Cap Hit (2026)
$5.79M
Average Salary (AAV)$7.0M
Contract Value$21M
Guaranteed$12M
Free Agent2028

Contract data from Spotrac

Value Score
24
Bottom 24% of TEs for production relative to cap hit ($5.8M/yr), among 94 with cap/salary on file.
Team context
Team record5–12
Division3rd
Depth chartTE2 usage
Offense rank
Splits
Yds/GFPts/G
Home8.82.1
Away13.63.8
vs top-10 TE D13.09.3
vs bottom-10 TE D
In wins13.74.7
In losses10.32.2
Fantasy by year
SeasonPPR / G
2025
1.8

PPR avg / game · 2021+ seasons

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