Start Jameson Williams or Carnell Tate? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Jameson Williams over Carnell Tate in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jameson Williams at 10.8 points and Carnell Tate at 11.0, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jameson Williams still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 44 against 81, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Carnell Tate this week yet, so his 11.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (10.4, 11.2 and 11.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Carnell Tate yet. His market-based projections were 10.4, 11.2 and 11.4 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 11.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

Player markets imply 10.8 fantasy points for Jameson Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jameson Williams is 51 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (10, 8 and 12 market sources).

That puts Carnell Tate 0.2 points ahead of Jameson Williams on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Carnell Tate and TEN visit CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 31.4 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 15th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 138 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

Jameson Williams and DET host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIN allowed 25.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 124 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIN.

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

Injury status

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Jameson Williams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Carnell Tate played 82 percent of TEN snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Carnell Tate, Week 7 against CLE: 56 of 63 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 69 yards.

Through Week 7, Jameson Williams played 89 percent of DET snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Jameson Williams, Week 3 against NYJ: 53 of 65 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 49 yards.

Jameson Williams, Week 4 against CAR: 70 of 71 snaps, 8 targets and 6 catches for 102 yards.

Jameson Williams, Week 5 against ARI: 59 of 66 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 47 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jameson Williams, Week 7 against GB: 57 of 68 snaps, 9 targets and 5 catches for 91 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jameson Williams played 17 games for DET and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets and 676 air yards.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start DK Metcalf over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Germie Bernard.
• Start Jameson Williams over Denzel Boston.
• Start Jameson Williams over DK Metcalf.
• Start Jameson Williams over Germie Bernard.