Start Rome Odunze or Carnell Tate? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 8:06 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Odunze projects lower, 9.6 to 11.0, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 54 for Odunze, 81 for Tate.

Start

Rome Odunze

WR · CHI · at SEA

Market projects: 9.6; fantasy pts
SEA D vs WR: 20.9; fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 49 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 85%; Through Week 7
Target share: 17%; Through Week 7

Sit

Carnell Tate

WR · TEN · at CIN

Market projects: 11.0; recent weeks avg
CIN D vs WR: 31.4; 15th most to WRs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 46 of 100 at WR
Snap share: 82%; Through Week 7
Target share: 26%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Rome Odunze for Carnell Tate?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Carnell Tate projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.9 a game over 9 games), Rome Odunze 84 (9.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Rome Odunze over Carnell Tate. So make the move after his Week 8 game.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Rome Odunze over Carnell Tate in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Rome Odunze at 9.6 points and Carnell Tate at 11.0, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Rome Odunze still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 54 against 81, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Carnell Tate this week yet, so his 11.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (10.4, 11.2 and 11.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Carnell Tate yet. His market-based projections were 10.4, 11.2 and 11.4 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 11.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

Player markets imply 9.6 fantasy points for Rome Odunze, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Rome Odunze is 43 receiving yards and 0.3 touchdowns (3 and 7 market sources).

That puts Carnell Tate 1.4 points ahead of Rome Odunze on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

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.

Rome Odunze and CHI visit SEA on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SEA allowed 20.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 92 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against SEA.

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

Injury status

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Rome Odunze is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

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.

Through Week 7, Rome Odunze played 85 percent of CHI snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 30 percent of the air yards and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

Rome Odunze, Week 4 against NYJ: 83 of 93 snaps, 7 targets and 6 catches for 94 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 5 against GB: 68 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 3 catches for 40 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 6 against ATL: 74 of 77 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Rome Odunze, Week 7 against NE: 65 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 69 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Rome Odunze played 12 games for CHI and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 447 air yards.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Rome Odunze for Carnell Tate?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Carnell Tate projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.9 a game over 9 games), Rome Odunze 84 (9.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Rome Odunze over Carnell Tate. So make the move after his Week 8 game.
Should I drop Carnell Tate for Rome Odunze?
No. Keep Carnell Tate: he projects 98 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (10.9 a game over 9 games), Rome Odunze 84 (9.3 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Rome Odunze over Carnell Tate.