Start Terry McLaurin or Carnell Tate? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Terry McLaurin over Carnell Tate in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Terry McLaurin at 9.1 points and Carnell Tate at 9.1, a gap of 0.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Carnell Tate's number is scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 9.1 fantasy points for Terry McLaurin, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Terry McLaurin at 41.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (15, 12 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 9.1 fantasy points for Carnell Tate, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The books have Carnell Tate at 38.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (15, 11 and 15 books).

That puts Terry McLaurin 0.0 points ahead of Carnell Tate on the books.

Injury status

Terry McLaurin is not on the injury report.

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Terry McLaurin played 79 percent of WAS snaps, drew 21 percent of the targets, earned 26 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Terry McLaurin, Week 1 against PHI: 61 of 70 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards.

Terry McLaurin, Week 2 against DAL: 50 of 71 snaps, 9 targets and 2 catches for 50 yards.

Through Week 2, Carnell Tate played 82 percent of TEN snaps, drew 24 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 0 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Terry McLaurin played 10 games for WAS and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Terry McLaurin, Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 4 targets and 4 catches for 57 yards, 9.7 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Adonai Mitchell over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Davante Adams over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Courtland Sutton over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Jordan Addison.
• Start Juwan Johnson over Carnell Tate.