TE · Washington Commanders · #87
John Bates
Healthy · TE #2 on the depth chart · year 6
This week
1.6 pts
vs LAR ·
1.2 Tgt · 0.9 Rec · 7.6 ReYd · 0.1 ReTD
Matchup: neutral (LAR allows 14.5 to TEs vs 14.4 average)
Line: total 47.5, WAS +5.5, implied 21 points
Jacory Croskey-Merritt (IR), Jeremy McNichols (IR), Terry McLaurin (IR) out: carries ×1.21
Jacory Croskey-Merritt (IR), Jeremy McNichols (IR), Terry McLaurin (IR) out: targets ×1.09
Season totals
2026: 5.2 pts in 7 games (0.7 per game)
2025: 21.8 pts in 15 games (1.5 per game)
Rostered in 0% of leagues
Game log · 2026
| Week | Opp | FPts | Tgt | Rec | ReYd | ReTD | FumL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 8 | vs PHI | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Week 6 | @ SF | 0.9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Week 5 | vs NYG | 0.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Week 4 | vs IND | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Week 3 | vs SEA | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Week 2 | @ DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Week 1 | @ PHI | 2.3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Earlier seasons are in the totals above.