Should I start Carnell Tate or DeMario Douglas in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 12:21 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Carnell Tate: 80 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against DeMario Douglas's 57 percent of the snaps and 19 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 DeMario Douglas for Carnell Tate?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Carnell Tate projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.9 a game over 9 games), DeMario Douglas 69 (7.7 a game over 9 games).

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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

WR42 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection: 11.3 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 107

DeMario Douglas

WR43 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 2-5

Market-based projection: 8.9 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 108

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The gap

Board size293 draftable players

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 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Carnell Tate's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

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 7, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 55 percent of NE snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 4 of 5 targets for 65 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 7 of 8 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 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 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 55 percent.

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Carnell Tate is off in Week 9 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop DeMario Douglas for Carnell Tate?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Carnell Tate projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.9 a game over 9 games), DeMario Douglas 69 (7.7 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Carnell Tate for DeMario Douglas?
No. Keep Carnell Tate: he projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.9 a game over 9 games), DeMario Douglas 69 (7.7 a game over 9 games).