Start Carnell Tate or Courtland Sutton? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Carnell Tate at 10.5 points and Courtland Sutton at 9.4, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Carnell Tate, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Carnell Tate at 46.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 21% chance to score a touchdown (16, 13 and 18 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.4 fantasy points for Courtland Sutton, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Courtland Sutton at 37.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (16, 14 and 16 market sources).

That puts Carnell Tate 1.1 points ahead of Courtland Sutton on the market projections.

Injury status

Carnell Tate is listed as questionable with a back injury.

Courtland Sutton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Carnell Tate played 84 percent of TEN snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 48 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

Carnell Tate, Week 1 against NYJ: 44 of 50 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 38 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 2 against PHI: 40 of 53 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards.

Carnell Tate, Week 3 against NYG: 53 of 60 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 58 yards.

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

Through Week 4, Courtland Sutton played 78 percent of DEN snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Courtland Sutton, Week 1 against KC: 39 of 51 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 2 against JAX: 45 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 3 against LAR: 58 of 67 snaps, 7 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Courtland Sutton, Week 4 against SF: 48 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Courtland Sutton played 17 games for DEN and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets and 795 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start Davante Adams over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Courtland Sutton over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Deebo Samuel Sr. over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Denzel Boston over Courtland Sutton.