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John Bates

TE · #87 · 6'6" · 258 lbs · 2025 season
Washington Commanders logoWashington Commanders
Official depth chart: TE3Contract: $7.0M/yr
Fantasy pts/G
5.7
Games
9
Value Score
36
25
Targets
2025 season
20
Receptions
249 rec yds
1
Rec TD
2025 season
42th
TE fantasy rank
PPR · 9 games
249
Rec yards
0 rush yds
56%
Consistency
Above 2.8 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
25
Receptions
20
Rec yds
249
Rec TD
1
Rush yds
0
Fantasy pts
50.9

Stat rankings vs league

TE · 2025
Targets / game#48
2.8avg 2.7
Receptions / game#45
2.2avg 1.9
Rec yards / game#36
27.7avg 19.4
Rec TD / game#56
0.10avg 0.20
Fantasy pts / game#42
5.7avg 4.8

Consistency & rec yds / game

Last 5 games · 2025 game log

Consistency — last 5

56% reliable
W10
1.6
W13
2.9
W15
2.9
W16
0.0
W18
9.3

5 of 9 games above 2.8+ 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
5.7Fantasy pts/G18.6
20Receptions126
249Rec yds1,239
1Rec TD11
25Targets169

Red zone usage

nflverse PBP · 2025
Red zone TDs
1
Total RZ touches
0
Goal-line
0
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
36
Bottom 36% of TEs for production relative to cap hit ($7.0M/yr), among 89 with 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
5.7

PPR avg / game · 2021+ seasons

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