Start Carnell Tate or Rashee Rice? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Rashee Rice over Carnell Tate in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Rashee Rice at 12.1 points and Carnell Tate at 11.4, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Rashee Rice this week yet, so his 12.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (11.3 and 12.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Rashee Rice yet. His market-based projections were 11.3 and 13.0 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 12.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Rashee Rice a 41% chance to score a touchdown (6 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.4 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 26% chance to score a touchdown (9, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Rashee Rice 0.7 points ahead of Carnell Tate on these projections.

Injury status

Rashee Rice is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Rashee Rice played 64 percent of KC snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Rashee Rice, Week 1 against DEN: 57 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 1 touchdown.

Rashee Rice, Week 2 against IND: 63 of 80 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 83 yards.

Rashee Rice, Week 3 against MIA: 40 of 52 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 88 yards.

Rashee Rice, Week 4 against LV: 6 of 60 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rashee Rice played 8 games for KC and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets and 157 air yards.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Christian Watson over Rashee Rice.
• Start Davante Adams over Rashee Rice.
• Start Rashee Rice over Denzel Boston.
• Start Chris Olave over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.