Start Carnell Tate or Terry McLaurin? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Carnell Tate over Terry McLaurin in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Carnell Tate at 11.3 points and Terry McLaurin at 9.5, a gap of 1.8. No player market is posted for Terry McLaurin this week yet, so his 9.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (7.9, 11.1 and 9.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.3 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 24% chance to score a touchdown (9, 10 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Terry McLaurin yet. His market-based projections were 7.9, 11.1 and 9.5 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 9.5, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

The market gives Terry McLaurin a 33% chance to score a touchdown (12 market sources).

That puts Carnell Tate 1.8 points ahead of Terry McLaurin on these projections.

Injury status

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Terry McLaurin played 73 percent of WAS snaps, drew 22 percent of the targets, earned 29 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.

Terry McLaurin, Week 3 against SEA: 52 of 69 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 77 yards, 1 touchdown.

Terry McLaurin, Week 5 against NYG: 36 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 62 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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Chris Olave over Carnell Tate.
• Start Christian Watson over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Terry McLaurin over Courtland Sutton.
• Start Denzel Boston over Terry McLaurin.