Start Carnell Tate or Malik Washington? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Carnell Tate over Malik Washington in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Carnell Tate at 11.2 points and Malik Washington at 9.5, a gap of 1.7. Malik Washington's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.2 fantasy points for Carnell Tate, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market has Carnell Tate at 52.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (12, 9 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.5 fantasy points for Malik Washington, with 70 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market gives Malik Washington a 30% chance to score a touchdown (3 market sources).

That puts Carnell Tate 1.7 points ahead of Malik Washington on the market projections.

Injury status

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Malik Washington is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Carnell Tate played 84 percent of TEN snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 48 percent of the air yards and had 3 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.

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.

Through Week 4, Malik Washington played 86 percent of MIA snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 30 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Malik Washington, Week 1 against LV: 55 of 56 snaps, 8 targets and 3 catches for 53 yards.

Malik Washington, Week 2 against SF: 43 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 43 yards.

Malik Washington, Week 3 against KC: 63 of 73 snaps, 2 carries for 5 yards, 10 targets and 5 catches for 56 yards.

Malik Washington, Week 4 against MIN: 34 of 39 snaps, 2 carries for 3 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 67 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Malik Washington played 17 games for MIA and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets and 64 air yards.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start Davante Adams over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Deebo Samuel Sr..
• Start Malik Washington over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Christian Watson over Malik Washington.
• Start Malik Washington over Courtland Sutton.