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Should I start Carnell Tate or Trevor Lawrence in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 1:21 PM ET.

Start Trevor Lawrence: 94 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Carnell Tate's 80 percent of the snaps and 22 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 Carnell Tate for Trevor Lawrence?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Trevor Lawrence projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 8 games), Carnell Tate 89 (11.1 a game over 8 games). Carnell Tate 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.

WR47 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Overall rank
108

QB14 · JAX · bye 7

2026 vs pass yds line 4-4

Market-based projection
17.2 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
109

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The gap

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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 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trevor Lawrence, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 1.9 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 Trevor Lawrence is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback'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 so far

Through Week 7, Carnell Tate has been on the field for 82 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 12 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

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.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 5 of 7 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Trevor Lawrence has been on the field for 96 percent of JAX snaps, dropped back 245 times and thrown 8.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 37 of 245 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 6 against HOU he completed 24 of 41 passes for 306 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 8 against IND he completed 10 of 14 passes for 210 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 10 yards.

In Week 9 against BAL he completed 16 of 26 passes for 242 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

Carnell Tate is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Trevor Lawrence played 17 games and scored 350.2 PPR points, 20.6 a game, finishing QB4.

He threw for 4007 yards on 560 attempts with 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, and ran for 359 yards and 9 touchdowns.

That came to 32.9 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Carnell Tate is a wide receiver and Trevor Lawrence a quarterback, 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 Trevor Lawrence in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Carnell Tate is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Carnell Tate for Trevor Lawrence?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Trevor Lawrence projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 8 games), Carnell Tate 89 (11.1 a game over 8 games). Carnell Tate is listed out.

  • Should I drop Trevor Lawrence for Carnell Tate?

    No. Keep Trevor Lawrence: he projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 8 games), Carnell Tate 89 (11.1 a game over 8 games). Carnell Tate is listed out.

Both players in full

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