Start Davante Adams or Carnell Tate? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 3:11 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Davante Adams over Carnell Tate

Start

Davante Adams

WR · LAR · at LV

Market projects: 14.2; recent weeks avg
LV D vs WR: 32.3; 13th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 76%; Through Week 6
Target share: 20%; Through Week 6

Sit

Carnell Tate

WR · TEN · vs CLE

Market projects: 11.1; recent weeks avg
CLE D vs WR: 36.0; 10th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 82%; Through Week 6
Target share: 27%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Carnell Tate for Davante Adams?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Davante Adams projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 10 games), Carnell Tate 105 (10.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Davante Adams over Carnell Tate. Davante Adams is listed out.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Davante Adams over Carnell Tate in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Davante Adams at 14.2 points and Carnell Tate at 11.1, a gap of 3.1. No player market is posted for Davante Adams this week yet, so his 14.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (14.1 and 14.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Carnell Tate this week yet, so his 11.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (11.8 and 10.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Davante Adams at ADP 42 and Carnell Tate at 81.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Davante Adams yet. His market-based projections were 14.1 and 14.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 14.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Carnell Tate yet. His market-based projections were 11.8 and 10.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 11.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Davante Adams 3.1 points ahead of Carnell Tate on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Davante Adams and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 32.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 167 yards and a touchdown a game against LV.

Carnell Tate and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 36.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 165 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against CLE.

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

Injury status

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Davante Adams played 76 percent of LAR snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 37 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 3 against DEN: 71 of 86 snaps, 13 targets and 7 catches for 137 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 4 against PHI: 80 of 84 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 5 against BUF: 60 of 82 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 51 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Davante Adams, Week 6 against ARI: 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Through Week 6, Carnell Tate played 82 percent of TEN snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 48 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Carnell Tate for Davante Adams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Davante Adams projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 10 games), Carnell Tate 105 (10.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Davante Adams over Carnell Tate. Davante Adams is listed out.
Should I drop Davante Adams for Carnell Tate?
No. Keep Davante Adams: he projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 10 games), Carnell Tate 105 (10.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Davante Adams over Carnell Tate. Davante Adams is listed out.