Should I start Carnell Tate or Makai Lemon in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Carnell Tate's market-based projection is 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 75th highest figure of the 212 players with a market-based projection.

Makai Lemon's market-based projection is 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 212 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Carnell Tate, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Makai Lemon, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Carnell Tate has been on the field for 81 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 6, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 72 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 7 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Their last full seasons

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

Makai Lemon 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, 81 percent against 72 percent.

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Carnell Tate is off in Week 9 and Makai Lemon in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.5 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.