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Bateman

Bateman, who had just five receptions over his pervious four games, dropped a potential touchdown inside the ten yards line against the Steelers — the latest in a frustrating season for the miscast downfield threat in a run-heavy Baltimore offense. Bateman ran a pass routes on 38 of Lamar Jackson’s 45 drop backs against the Steelers. He’s only a deep league option for Week 15 against the Bengals.

He has one game over four targets or 60 yards this year — Week 3’s loss against the Ravens — and Baltimore’s passing offense can’t support many fantasy mouths with how Lamar Jackson is currently playing. Even healthy and with a good matchup, you’d have to really contort things to see a reason to play Bateman in fantasy this week.

Bateman was already off the FLEX radar, given his recent play and the Ravens’ struggles. His downgrading only furthers that notion. Bateman still has a chance to play, but he is clearly still rehabbing his high-ankle sprain. Having him on the field would at least be helpful for QB Lamar Jackson (ankle).

Bateman returned from his high-ankle sprain last week but failed to secure his only target of the night on Thanksgiving. With Lamar Jackson’s otherworldly efficiency taking a major step back this year, Bateman’s boom/bust fantasy profile has resulted in almost exclusively busts this year. Bateman is buried in the WR6 ranks for Week 14.

Bateman made his return from the high-ankle sprain that cost him two games. He ran plenty of routes, but Lamar Jackson barely noticed him, throwing just one pass his way. He should get more involved next week as he continues to put distance between himself and the ankle issue, but fantasy managers cannot trust him until they see some production. He will sit somewhere in the WR5/6 ranks for Week 14 versus the Steelers.

Bateman missed two weeks with what was reported to be a high-ankle sprain. He was limited in practice earlier in the week but was upgraded to a full session today. Lamar Jackson’s primary field-stretcher is good to go for a potential shootout with the Bengals. Bateman will return to the WR5 ranks this week.

Head coach John Harbaugh had announced both Bateman and Hamilton to be full participants on Tuesday, but the team’s official injury report has them listed as limited participants. It’s not the first time Harbaugh and the Ravens have had discrepancies in practice reporting, but we’ll take the official limited listing as the truth for now. Bateman opens the week with back-to-back limited practices and has a shot to return to his starting role on Thanksgiving against the Bengals. Meanwhile, Hamilton has played through injuries before and we would not rule out the same happening again this week.

The Ravens look likely to get their starting outside receiver back against the Bengals on Thanksgiving. There’s no reason to full send a Bateman recommendation with all 32 teams playing in Week 13, but if you’re in a deep enough league to consider it, a matchup against the league-worst Bengals defense certainly would be an understandable circumstance to start Bateman into.

Bateman has been sidelined in consecutive games after suffering an ankle injury in Week 10, but appears to be nearing a return to the game-day roster. Fantasy managers will want to monitor his status when the team takes the practice field in earnest on Tuesday before making any roster decisions for Week 13.

There are no players of note inactive for the Ravens, with all due respect to Bateman, who was ruled out before the weekend. The Ravens will be operating at full strength against a Jets team that will start Tyrod Taylor for the first time this season. DeAndre Hopkins, who ran the second-most routes of any Ravens receiver in Week 11, will take over in Bateman’s absence.