Start Dontayvion Wicks or Carnell Tate? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Carnell Tate over Dontayvion Wicks in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Carnell Tate at 11.1 points and Dontayvion Wicks at 8.5, a gap of 2.6. 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, 5 and 6 (11.8, 10.4 and 11.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks this week yet, so his 8.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4, 5 and 6 (9.7, 9.1 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Carnell Tate at ADP 81 and Dontayvion Wicks at 193.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Carnell Tate yet. His market-based projections were 11.8, 10.4 and 11.2 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 11.1, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dontayvion Wicks yet. His market-based projections were 9.7, 9.1 and 6.8 points in Weeks 4, 5 and 6, an average of 8.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Carnell Tate 2.6 points ahead of Dontayvion Wicks on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

CLE allowed 33.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 12th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 155 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against CLE.

Dontayvion Wicks and PHI host DAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

DAL allowed 36.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 7th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 169 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL.

By points allowed to the position, Dontayvion Wicks has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Carnell Tate played 81 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: 34 of 46 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 70 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks played 79 percent of PHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 28 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Dontayvion Wicks, Week 6 against CAR: 40 of 64 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 24 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 7 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Carnell Tate.
• Start Chris Godwin Jr. over Dontayvion Wicks.
• Start Christian Watson over Dontayvion Wicks.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Dontayvion Wicks.