Carnell Tate or DK Metcalf: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Carnell Tate at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price DK Metcalf at 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 184 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 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DK Metcalf: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 52nd 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, DK Metcalf has been on the field for 96 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 4 of 9 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 31 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 5 of 9 targets for 115 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 DK Metcalf played 15 games and scored 187.2 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing WR26.

He caught 59 of 99 targets for 850 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season DK Metcalf holds the bigger snap share, 96 percent against 84 percent.

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.1 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.