Carnell Tate or Pat Freiermuth: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Carnell Tate at 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 109th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

The player markets price Pat Freiermuth at 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 110th highest figure of the 175 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 Pat Freiermuth: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 148.

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, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 5 of 5 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 32 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 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

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

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 9, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

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.