Should I start Carnell Tate or Jaylin Noel in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 12:06 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Latest
- : Carnell Tate: Questionable to Out (Shoulder) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Texans put WR Jaylin Noel on IR with expected season-ending turf toe injury (ESPN)
- : Jaylin Noel: Questionable to IR (Toe, Sprain) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Carnell Tate: 80 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jaylin Noel's 42 percent of the snaps and 12 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.
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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.
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
WR · HOU · bye 8
2026 vs anytime td line 2-5
- Overall rank
- 249
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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 Jaylin Noel, and the board ranks him 249th 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 Jaylin Noel, 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 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, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 44 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 41 two minute targets.
His 23 targets have averaged 9.8 air yards.
In Week 5 against TEN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 4 targets for 107 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for -3 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 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.
He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.
That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 44 percent.
This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 10 percent.
Byes and availability
Carnell Tate is off in Week 9 and Jaylin Noel in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Carnell Tate is listed as out on the injury report.
Jaylin Noel is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
Week 8 on the board
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