Start Carnell Tate or Dontayvion Wicks? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Dontayvion Wicks over Carnell Tate in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Dontayvion Wicks at 9.6 points and Carnell Tate at 9.1, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 9.6 fantasy points for Dontayvion Wicks, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Dontayvion Wicks at 41.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 23% chance to score a touchdown (14, 10 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 9.1 fantasy points for Carnell Tate, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Carnell Tate at 38.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (15, 11 and 15 books).

That puts Dontayvion Wicks 0.5 points ahead of Carnell Tate on the books.

Injury status

Dontayvion Wicks is not on the injury report.

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Dontayvion Wicks played 74 percent of PHI snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 29 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 1 against WAS: 50 of 55 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 73 yards, 1 touchdown.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 2 against TEN: 47 of 76 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 74 yards.

Through Week 2, Carnell Tate played 82 percent of TEN snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 0 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games for GB and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 265 air yards.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 17 of 2025 against BAL: 3 of 47 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards, 1.7 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Dontayvion Wicks over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Dontayvion Wicks.
• Start Dontayvion Wicks over Chris Godwin Jr..
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Harold Fannin Jr. over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Jordan Addison.