Carnell Tate or AJ Barner: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Carnell Tate at 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

The player markets price AJ Barner at 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 129th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Carnell Tate: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Carnell Tate has been on the field for 84 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 30 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 11.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 6 of 9 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 9 of 12 targets for 145 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, AJ Barner has been on the field for 87 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 5 of 9 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Carnell Tate is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Carnell Tate is a wide receiver and AJ Barner a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Carnell Tate is off in Week 9. No bye is listed for AJ Barner.

Carnell Tate is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

4.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.