Should I start Carnell Tate or Jauan Jennings in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 9:21 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Carnell Tate: 83 percent of the snaps and 27 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jauan Jennings's 82 percent of the snaps and 5 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 Jauan Jennings for Carnell Tate?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Carnell Tate projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games), Jauan Jennings 28 (2.5 a game over 11 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

WR48 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection: 11.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 109

Jauan Jennings

WR51 · MIN · bye 6

2026 vs anytime td line 0-4

Overall rank: 117

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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 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jauan Jennings, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. 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 Jauan Jennings is 1.8 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 so far

Through Week 6, Carnell Tate has been on the field for 82 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

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

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.

Through Week 5, Jauan Jennings has been on the field for 74 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Jauan Jennings played 15 games and scored 173.3 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing WR33.

He caught 55 of 90 targets for 643 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 74 percent.

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Carnell Tate is off in Week 9 and Jauan Jennings in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jauan Jennings for Carnell Tate?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Carnell Tate projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games), Jauan Jennings 28 (2.5 a game over 11 games).
Should I drop Carnell Tate for Jauan Jennings?
No. Keep Carnell Tate: he projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games), Jauan Jennings 28 (2.5 a game over 11 games).