Should I start Carnell Tate or Quinshon Judkins in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 11:11 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.

Start Carnell Tate: 83 percent of the snaps and 27 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Quinshon Judkins's 56 percent of the snaps and 64 percent of the carries. 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 Carnell Tate for Quinshon Judkins?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Quinshon Judkins projects 126 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.6 a game over 10 games), Carnell Tate 105 (10.5 a game over 10 games). Quinshon Judkins is listed out.

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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

WR26 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection: 11.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 65

Quinshon Judkins

RB25 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 2-3

Market-based projection: 10.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 66

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The gap

Board size332 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 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Carnell Tate, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Quinshon Judkins, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Carnell Tate has been on the field for 82 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 5, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 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 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Carnell Tate is a wide receiver and Quinshon Judkins a running back, 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 Quinshon Judkins in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Quinshon Judkins is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Carnell Tate for Quinshon Judkins?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Quinshon Judkins projects 126 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.6 a game over 10 games), Carnell Tate 105 (10.5 a game over 10 games). Quinshon Judkins is listed out.
Should I drop Quinshon Judkins for Carnell Tate?
No. Keep Quinshon Judkins: he projects 126 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (12.6 a game over 10 games), Carnell Tate 105 (10.5 a game over 10 games). Quinshon Judkins is listed out.