George Pickens or Carnell Tate: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price George Pickens at 14.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 48th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

The player markets price Carnell Tate at 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 78th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Pickens: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, George Pickens has been on the field for 83 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 12.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 6 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 7 of 11 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 2 of 3 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 George Pickens played 17 games and scored 291.9 PPR points, 17.2 a game, finishing WR5.

He caught 93 of 137 targets for 1429 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 15.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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

Head to head

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 83 percent.

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger target share, 30 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

George Pickens is off in Week 14 and Carnell Tate in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.9 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.