Carnell Tate vs. Dameon Pierce: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Carnell Tate. Dameon Pierce is on a bye, and Carnell Tate is projected for 12.3 PPR points vs CIN.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Carnell Tate vs. Dameon Pierce: Week 8 side by side

Carnell Tate
WR · TEN
Dameon Pierce
RB · PHI
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)12.3—
Floor (lowest source)11.1—
Ceiling (highest source)13.8—
StatChasers projection12.2 (WR24)—
Opponentvs CINBye
Opponent vs. position16th-softest (31.4 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage22% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRRB
Our callSTART · WR2SIT · No projection

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Carnell Tate vs. Dameon Pierce Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Carnell Tate or Dameon Pierce in Week 8?

Start Carnell Tate. Dameon Pierce is on a bye, while Carnell Tate projects for 12.3 PPR points vs CIN.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Carnell Tate or Dameon Pierce?

Carnell Tate plays CIN and Dameon Pierce is on a bye in Week 8.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change Carnell Tate vs. Dameon Pierce?

These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.

Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.

Are Carnell Tate and Dameon Pierce playing in Week 8?

Carnell Tate has no injury designation, and Dameon Pierce is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the Carnell Tate and Dameon Pierce projections come from?

Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Carnell Tate is projected by 5 of them and Dameon Pierce by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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