Should I start Carnell Tate or Rashod Bateman in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Carnell Tate, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 115th 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 6 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 Rashod Bateman is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 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 6, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 77 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 77 percent.

This season Carnell Tate holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Rashod Bateman is listed as out on the injury report.