John Bates

TEWASBye 7

TE68Maniacs rank, #383 overall
216.0ADP, pick 18.12
2.3'26 PPG, 1 game
0 of 1'26 spike weeks
1.5'25 PPG, TE77 finish

Stat Maniac

Through Week 2 of 2026, John Bates is averaging 2.3 half-PPR points per game on 5.7 xFP (46th percentile among TEs), 3.4 points per game below expectation, the kind of gap that tends to close. Bates has played 40% of offensive snaps (19th percentile) with -0.55 EPA per target (6th percentile).

2026 season, through Week 2, 1 game, TE52 in total points. Percentiles against the top 36 TEs by points with 2+ games (the minimum rises to 4 by Week 4).

  1. Points per game02.3
  2. xFP per game465.7
  3. Points over expected0-3.4
  4. Spike-week rate200%
  5. Ceiling week02.3
  6. Floor week02.3
  7. Boom rate370%
  8. Bust rate0100%
  9. Snap share1940%
  10. Target share3110.3%
  11. Air-yards share111.9%
  12. WOPR270.17
  13. EPA per target6-0.55

Closest seasons since 2012

  1. 90%2022 Cameron Brate: TE58 that season (3.0 PPG), no qualifying season the next year.
  2. 88%2014 Brent Celek: TE33 that season (3.4 PPG), TE28 the next year (5.9 PPG).
  3. 87%2016 Trey Burton: TE35 that season (4.1 PPG), TE26 the next year (4.9 PPG).

PoorAverageElite Half PPR, Weeks 1-17. Comps match percentile profiles across 2012-2025 at the position. xFP is expected points on the same touches; how it works.

Season lines

Half PPR, Weeks 1-17
SeasonGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDTgt shareWOPRPtsPPGSpike wksFinish
202591499006.4%0.1213.51.50TE77
202613213010.3%0.172.32.30TE52
2026Maniacs proj-------19.61.2--

A spike week is a top-12 TE finish that week, the weeks that win best ball. Finish is the season rank by half-PPR points among all TEs.

Game log

Full color = top-12 week

2026 season

Week 1 vs PHI: 2.3 pts, TE391Week 2: no game2Week 3: no game3Week 4: no game4Week 5: no game5Week 6: no game6Week 7: no game7Week 8: no game8Week 9: no game9Week 10: no game10Week 11: no game11Week 12: no game12Week 13: no game13Week 14: no game14Week 15: no game15Week 16: no game16Week 17: no game17
WkOppTgtRecRec ydsRec TDTgt shareWOPRPtsFinish
1PHI3213010.3%0.172.3TE39
2025 game log (9 games)Week 1: no game1Week 2: no game2Week 3: no game3Week 4: no game4Week 5 vs LAC: 1.4 pts, TE485Week 6: no game6Week 7 vs DAL: 1.0 pts, TE477Week 8 vs KC: 2.7 pts, TE348Week 9 vs SEA: 3.0 pts, TE389Week 10 vs DET: 1.1 pts, TE4710Week 11: no game11Week 12: no game12Week 13 vs DEN: 1.9 pts, TE4413Week 14 vs MIN: 0.0 pts, TE6314Week 15 vs NYG: 2.4 pts, TE4115Week 16 vs PHI: 0.0 pts, TE6616Week 17: no game17
WkOppTgtRecRec ydsRec TDTgt shareWOPRPtsFinish
5LAC11904.3%0.071.4TE48
7DAL21506.5%0.091.0TE47
8KC112203.3%0.092.7TE34
9SEA4220019.0%0.393.0TE38
10DET21609.1%0.141.1TE47
13DEN22904.4%0.071.9TE44
14MIN00000.0%0.000.0TE63
15NYG111906.3%0.132.4TE41
16PHI10005.0%0.120.0TE66