Carnell Tate or Malik Washington: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks 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.

The player markets price Malik Washington at 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 118th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 201.

This season through Week 2

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.

Through Week 2, Malik Washington has been on the field for 85 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against LV he caught 3 of 8 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 43 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 Malik Washington played 17 games and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 6.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 82 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.