Start Carnell Tate or Kendrick Bourne? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Carnell Tate over Kendrick Bourne in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Carnell Tate at 11.3 points and Kendrick Bourne at 8.4, a gap of 2.9.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.3 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 23% chance to score a touchdown (11, 8 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.4 fantasy points for Kendrick Bourne, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kendrick Bourne is 38 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 12 market sources).

That puts Carnell Tate 2.9 points ahead of Kendrick Bourne on the market projections.

Injury status

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Kendrick Bourne is not on the injury report.

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, Kendrick Bourne played 59 percent of ARI snaps, drew 11 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 2 against SEA: 30 of 50 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 3 against SF: 48 of 87 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 4 against NYG: 42 of 66 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kendrick Bourne, Week 5 against DET: 36 of 73 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 70 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kendrick Bourne played 16 games for SF and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets and 386 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 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 Kendrick Bourne over Adonai Mitchell.
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• Start Kendrick Bourne over Chris Godwin Jr..