Should I drop Carnell Tate for Mark Andrews?

Not on these numbers alone. Carnell Tate projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games) and Mark Andrews 100 (10.0 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

Should I start Carnell Tate or Mark Andrews in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 1:26 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Carnell Tate: 79 percent of the snaps and 28 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Mark Andrews's 68 percent of the snaps and 16 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 Mark Andrews for Carnell Tate?

Not on these numbers alone. Mark Andrews projects 100 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 10 games) and Carnell Tate 105 (10.5 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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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

WR50 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection: 11.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 120

Mark Andrews

TE17 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection: 8.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 121

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The gap

Board size299 draftable players

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 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mark Andrews, and the board ranks him 121st 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 7 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 Mark Andrews is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 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, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 66 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 4 of 6 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 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 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Carnell Tate is off in Week 9 and Mark Andrews in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Mark Andrews for Carnell Tate?
Not on these numbers alone. Mark Andrews projects 100 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.0 a game over 10 games) and Carnell Tate 105 (10.5 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
Should I drop Carnell Tate for Mark Andrews?
Not on these numbers alone. Carnell Tate projects 105 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (10.5 a game over 10 games) and Mark Andrews 100 (10.0 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.