Start Carnell Tate or Terry McLaurin? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Carnell Tate over Terry McLaurin in Week 8.

Terry McLaurin is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Carnell Tate. Drafters take Carnell Tate at ADP 81 and Terry McLaurin at 47.

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.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Terry McLaurin yet. His market-based projections were 9.5 and 10.3 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 9.9, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Carnell Tate 1.1 points ahead of Terry McLaurin 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.

Terry McLaurin and WAS host PHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PHI allowed 40.1 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 184 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against PHI.

By points allowed to the position, Terry McLaurin has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Terry McLaurin is listed as out with a knee injury.

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 6, Terry McLaurin played 61 percent of WAS snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 24 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Terry McLaurin, Week 6 against SF: 7 of 67 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch 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.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Carnell Tate over Denzel Boston.
• Start DK Metcalf over Carnell Tate.
• Start Carnell Tate over Germie Bernard.
• Start Denzel Boston over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Germie Bernard over Terry McLaurin.
• Start Jameson Williams over Terry McLaurin.