Carnell Tate Week 8 Outlook - Titans at Bengals

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 29th 2026, 1:35pm EDT

Carnell Tate remains a volatile receiver because of the play of Cam Ward as the WR34 in fantasy points per game. Tate has two games with at least 19 PPR points, but he also has four outings where he has failed to even have double-digit PPR points. I worry that Tate will have another quiet game this week because of DJ Turner shadowing him. Turner has followed Chris Bell, DK Metcalf, Emeka Egbuka, and Parker Washington on 63.6-82.6% of their routes. None of those receivers surpassed 53 receiving yards in Turner's coverage, and only Metcalf scored a touchdown. That touchdown also was only because Turner collided with another Cincy player during the play, which left Metcalf wide open. Tate has a 24.5% target share with 2.20 YPRR, three red zone targets, seven deep targets, and a 32.4% first-read share. Sit Tate this week. I expect Turner to shut him down.