Start Parker Washington or Carnell Tate? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Parker Washington over Carnell Tate in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Parker Washington at 14.8 points and Carnell Tate at 11.8, a gap of 3.0. Drafters take Parker Washington at ADP 59 and Carnell Tate at 81.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.8 fantasy points for Parker Washington, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Parker Washington is 67 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.6 touchdowns (13, 10 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.8 fantasy points for Carnell Tate, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 55 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (10, 8 and 12 market sources).

That puts Parker Washington 3.0 points ahead of Carnell Tate on the market projections.

Week 8 matchups

Parker Washington and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 142 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND.

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.

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

Injury status

Parker Washington is not on the injury report.

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 6, Parker Washington played 77 percent of JAX snaps, drew 26 percent of the targets, earned 40 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Parker Washington, Week 3 against NE: 50 of 62 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards, 1 touchdown.

Parker Washington, Week 4 against CIN: 49 of 61 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 3 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Parker Washington, Week 5 against PHI: 59 of 72 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 124 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Parker Washington, Week 6 against HOU: 52 of 71 snaps, 11 targets and 4 catches for 64 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Parker Washington played 16 games for JAX and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 582 air yards.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start A.J. Brown over Parker Washington.
• Start Amon-Ra St. Brown over Parker Washington.
• Start CeeDee Lamb over Parker Washington.
• Start A.J. Brown over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.