Start Christian Watson or Carnell Tate? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Christian Watson at 14.7 points and Carnell Tate at 11.9, a gap of 2.8. Drafters take Christian Watson at ADP 58 and Carnell Tate at 81.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.7 fantasy points for Christian Watson, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Christian Watson is 72 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0-1 touchdowns (10, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.9 fantasy points for Carnell Tate, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 0.3 touchdowns (4 market sources).

That puts Christian Watson 2.8 points ahead of Carnell Tate on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Christian Watson and GB host CAR on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CAR allowed 27.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against CAR.

Carnell Tate and TEN visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

By points allowed to the position, Carnell Tate has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Christian Watson is not on the injury report.

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Christian Watson played 81 percent of GB snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Christian Watson, Week 4 against TB: 41 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 47 yards.

Christian Watson, Week 5 against CHI: 49 of 61 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 143 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Christian Watson, Week 6 against DAL: 66 of 75 snaps, 8 targets and 3 catches for 64 yards.

Christian Watson, Week 7 against DET: 54 of 67 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 57 yards.

Through Week 7, Carnell Tate played 82 percent of TEN snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Carnell Tate, Week 4 against BAL: 54 of 64 snaps, 12 targets and 9 catches for 145 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 5 against HOU: 48 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 6 against IND: 34 of 46 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 70 yards, 1 touchdown.

Carnell Tate, Week 7 against CLE: 56 of 63 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 69 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Christian Watson played 10 games for GB and scored 132.4 PPR points, 13.2 a game, finishing WR46.

He caught 35 of 55 targets for 611 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 493 air yards.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Christian Watson.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Christian Watson.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Christian Watson.
• Start A.J. Brown over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start Carnell Tate over DJ Moore.