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Should I start Carnell Tate or Calvin Ridley in Week 8?

Updated Nov 3, 12:06 AM ET.

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Start Carnell Tate: 80 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Calvin Ridley's 54 percent of the snaps and 8 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Carnell Tate?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Carnell Tate projects 89 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.1 a game over 8 games), Calvin Ridley 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). Carnell Tate is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Carnell Tate

WR · TEN · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection
10.6 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
247

Calvin Ridley

WR · TEN · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 0-7

Market-based projection
4.6 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
263

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Carnell Tate, and the board ranks him 247th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Calvin Ridley, and the board ranks him 263rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Carnell Tate, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Calvin Ridley, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Carnell Tate has been on the field for 82 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 6 of 7 targets for 70 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 5 of 7 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 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 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 53 percent.

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 9, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Carnell Tate is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Calvin Ridley for Carnell Tate?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Carnell Tate projects 89 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.1 a game over 8 games), Calvin Ridley 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). Carnell Tate is listed out.

  • Should I drop Carnell Tate for Calvin Ridley?

    No. Keep Carnell Tate: he projects 89 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.1 a game over 8 games), Calvin Ridley 18 (2.3 a game over 8 games). Carnell Tate is listed out.

Both players in full

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