Why Carnell Tate is still a fantasy ‘buy’ after slow preseason
Yahoo Fantasy's Matt Harmon and Harris Football's Chris Harris explain why Tate is a great bench stash in fantasy at the start of the season. Check out the full conversation on the "Yahoo Fantasy Forecast" podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you listen.
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I can't believe it, but the top r- rookie receiver on the board I get and like.
And, I-- you know, if people are gonna tell me Carnell Tate s- stinks because he didn't catch exhibition passes, I go, "Okay, what are we doing?
I don't care."
And almost like unfortunately, there were some practices at the end of training camp that reporters saw where Tate went nuclear and looked like the high draft pick that he was.
Yeah.
And maybe that'll, like, settle it down.
But, I think I can still get him in, like, the seventh round.
He's a bench player.
And again, I'll-- Our, our mutual friend Matt Waldman, I will-- You know, he couldn't be louder and clearer that he thinks this kid could be Justin Jefferson.
So- I get g- that guy in the seventh round, I, I would like that guy.
Yeah.
Waldman and I had a conversation, for my YouTube channel on, on Carnell Tate, and we're, we, we both really like Tate.
I think he might like him a little bit more than me, but I still really, really like Tate.
He was my wide receiver one in this draft class, super safe.
The thing is, Chris, and I know we just talked about we get offenses wrong all the time.
I feel pretty confident about just not wanting to draft anybody from the Tennessee Titans, but I hear your point that in the seventh that could be I, I t- I don't know, man.
I'm t- I'm, I'm pretty freaked out about it, but maybe I'm overreacting to I'm not overreacting to the preseason, though.
I'm just not a Brian Daboll guy, and I, I've got enough questions about Cam Ward that I've been just kind of avoiding this offense in general.
But that is a good perspective that if you get into the seventh, probably decent
