Two players, one answer.
Carnell Tate vs Jaylen Waddle
This week
Start Carnell Tate · 13.6 to 11.2 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Carnell Tate by 38% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Carnell Tate by 50% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 61% held up in 2025
Lean Carnell Tate
On Sleeper's projections, Carnell Tate is projected 2.4 points ahead of Jaylen Waddle. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 61% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
WR · TEN
Carnell Tate
13.6 projected
@ CIN · Sun 1:00 PM ETQuestionable
11 a game this season · last 3: 1.6, 19, 9.9
WR · DEN
Jaylen Waddle
11.2 projected
vs KC · Sun 4:25 PM ETQuestionable
9.1 a game this season · last 3: 4.8, 6.4, 8.8
- Carnell Tate is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
- Jaylen Waddle is questionable. The projection assumes he plays; if he's ruled out, the next player up is the call.
What the call rests on
- Carnell Tate: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:10 PM ET
- Jaylen Waddle: Sleeper's projection, last changed Wed, Oct 28, 5:10 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Wed, Oct 28, 5:19 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Wed, Oct 28, 5:19 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Tate | Waddle |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 13.6 | 11.2 |
| Half PPR | 11 | 9 |
| Standard | 8.3 | 6.8 |
What could change it before kickoff
- Carnell Tate's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Jaylen Waddle is the start.
- Jaylen Waddle's status (questionable): if he's ruled out, Carnell Tate is the start.
- A projection update of 2.4 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
- Carnell Tate plays first (Sun 1:00 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jaylen Waddle's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.