Start Carnell Tate or Dontayvion Wicks? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Carnell Tate over Dontayvion Wicks in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Carnell Tate at 11.4 points and Dontayvion Wicks at 9.3, a gap of 2.2. No player market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks this week yet, so his 9.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (9.0, 9.7 and 9.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.4 fantasy points for Carnell Tate, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 52 receiving yards and 4-5 receptions, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (9, 10 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks yet. His market-based projections were 9.0, 9.7 and 9.1 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 9.3, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Dontayvion Wicks a 28% chance to score a touchdown (3 market sources).

That puts Carnell Tate 2.2 points ahead of Dontayvion Wicks on these projections.

Injury status

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Carnell Tate played 82 percent of TEN snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 46 percent of the air yards and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Through Week 5, Dontayvion Wicks played 82 percent of PHI snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 3 against CHI: 44 of 50 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 32 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 4 against LAR: 56 of 61 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 18 yards.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 5 against JAX: 52 of 62 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 63 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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Chris Olave over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Dontayvion Wicks over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Dontayvion Wicks over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Denzel Boston over Dontayvion Wicks.