Start Tetairoa McMillan or Carnell Tate? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Tetairoa McMillan over Carnell Tate in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tetairoa McMillan at 14.3 points and Carnell Tate at 11.8, a gap of 2.5. Drafters take Tetairoa McMillan at ADP 31 and Carnell Tate at 81.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.8 fantasy points for Carnell Tate, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Carnell Tate is 54 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (8, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.3 fantasy points for Tetairoa McMillan, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tetairoa McMillan is 65 receiving yards, 5-6 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (10, 11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Tetairoa McMillan 2.5 points ahead of Carnell Tate on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Carnell Tate and TEN visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 31.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 14th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 160 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against IND.

Tetairoa McMillan and CAR visit PHI on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PHI allowed 38.2 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 5th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 171 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against PHI.

By points allowed to the position, Tetairoa McMillan has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Carnell Tate is not on the injury report.

Tetairoa McMillan 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 4, Tetairoa McMillan played 87 percent of CAR snaps, drew 27 percent of the targets, earned 31 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 1 against CHI: 56 of 68 snaps, 8 targets and 5 catches for 75 yards.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 2 against ATL: 53 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 5 catches for 101 yards.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 3 against CLE: 73 of 77 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards.

Tetairoa McMillan, Week 4 against DET: 67 of 75 snaps, 16 targets and 14 catches for 192 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games for CAR and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets and 745 air yards.

He was on the field for 87 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 CeeDee Lamb over Tetairoa McMillan.
• Start Chris Olave over Tetairoa McMillan.
• Start Tetairoa McMillan over Christian Watson.