Start Carnell Tate. Tate is projected for 12.3 PPR points vs 10.6 for Ladd McConkey, and faces the 16th-softest defense against WRs this week.
Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET
| Carnell Tate WR · TEN | Ladd McConkey WR · LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 8, avg of sources) | 12.3 | 10.6 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 11.1 | 10.4 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 13.8 | 11.0 |
| StatChasers projection | 12.2 (WR24) | 10.5 (WR33) |
| Opponent | vs CIN | vs LAR |
| Opponent vs. position | 16th-softest (31.4 pts/g allowed) | 5th-toughest (26.8 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | 22% target share (last 3) | 8% target share (last 3) |
| Position | WR | WR |
| Our call | START · WR2 | FLEX · Flex |
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Start Carnell Tate. Tate projects for 12.3 PPR points vs CIN, against 10.6 for Ladd McConkey vs LAR: a 1.7-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Carnell Tate is projected to score more: 12.3 PPR points to 10.6 for Ladd McConkey.
The sources range from 11.1 to 13.8 for Tate and from 10.4 to 11.0 for McConkey. Even McConkey's highest projection is below Tate's lowest.
Carnell Tate is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Tate at 11.1 PPR points, against 10.4 for Ladd McConkey.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Carnell Tate has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Tate at 13.8 PPR points, against 11.0 for Ladd McConkey.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Carnell Tate plays CIN and Ladd McConkey plays LAR in Week 8.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Tate faces the 16th-softest defense against WRs and McConkey faces the 5th-toughest defense against WRs, so Carnell Tate has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
Over his recent games Carnell Tate has drawn 22% of his team's targets, and Ladd McConkey 8% of his team's targets.
Carnell Tate has the bigger role, and volume is the steadiest thing a projection rests on.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets, which here is Carnell Tate.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Carnell Tate nor Ladd McConkey has an injury designation for Week 8.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
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 Ladd McConkey by 5.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.