Start Carnell Tate or Malik Washington? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Carnell Tate over Malik Washington in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Carnell Tate at 11.1 points and Malik Washington at 10.5, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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 and 5 (11.8 and 10.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Malik Washington this week yet, so his 10.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (10.2 and 10.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Carnell Tate at ADP 81 and Malik Washington at 165.

What the market projects

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

No Week 7 player market is posted for Malik Washington yet. His market-based projections were 10.2 and 10.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 10.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Carnell Tate 0.6 points ahead of Malik Washington on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

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

CLE allowed 36.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 165 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against CLE.

Malik Washington and MIA visit NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 28.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 129 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against NYJ.

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

Injury status

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Malik Washington is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Carnell Tate played 82 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: 7 targets and 6 catches for 70 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Malik Washington played 85 percent of MIA snaps, drew 28 percent of the targets, earned 32 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Malik Washington, Week 5 against CIN: 53 of 66 snaps, 1 carry for 18 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 43 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 7 calls

• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Davante Adams.
• Start Christian Watson over Malik Washington.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Malik Washington.
• Start Denzel Boston over Malik Washington.