Juwan Johnson or Carnell Tate: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Juwan Johnson at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 115th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Carnell Tate at 8.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 116th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Juwan Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 200.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Carnell Tate: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 94.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 71 percent of NO snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against DET he caught 3 of 7 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 4 of 4 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Carnell Tate has been on the field for 82 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 13 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 10.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYJ he caught 4 of 6 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Juwan Johnson played 17 games and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 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.

Side by side

Juwan Johnson is a tight end and Carnell Tate a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Juwan Johnson is off in Week 8 and Carnell Tate in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

The books have them level, so the first line either book moves is the whole answer.

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 books when it does.