Carnell Tate

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• Week 2Sep 21, 2026

  Carnell Tate — Week 2: Five Targets, Twenty-Seven Yards

  Tate led the Titans with 5 targets and caught 3 for 27 yards, 15 of them with nine seconds left. Three of the five came on third down and none converted, and his targets were worth minus 3.5 expected points, the lowest figure for any Titan thrown to. Tennessee's two deep completions went to Elic Ayomanor and Calvin Ridley, in a 24–20 loss to the Eagles.

• Week 1Sep 14, 2026

  Carnell Tate — Week 1: Six Targets, Two Deep Balls, Neither Caught

  Tate caught four of six targets for thirty-eight yards in his first NFL game, tied with Wan'Dale Robinson for the most on the Titans, and his two incompletions were both deep — twenty-one yards in the air on third and three at the New York forty-nine with a minute twenty-two left in the half, and seventeen in the air on second and five in the fourth. His longest catch was fourteen, on the drive that ended in the Titans' only touchdown, in a 23–10 loss to the Jets.

• Camp · Aug 31, 2026Aug 31, 2026

  Carnell Tate Camp Update — August 31: Zero Catches on Six Preseason Targets

  Carnell Tate had his best day of camp in Thursday's joint practice — seven catches and two touchdowns by Jim Wyatt's count — and two days later closed the preseason without a catch on six targets across three games. Sunday's cutdown kept him in a six-man receiver room, which was never in doubt.

• Camp · Aug 23, 2026Aug 23, 2026

  Carnell Tate Camp Update — August 23: Catchless Again in the Joint Practice

  Carnell Tate caught zero passes in Friday's joint practice with the Seahawks — targeted on the pick-six, a drop, an offensive pass interference flag — and is now catchless in both external tests of his rookie summer. Cam Ward spent Saturday defending him on the record.

• Camp · Aug 16, 2026Aug 17, 2026

  Carnell Tate Camp Update — August 16: 0-for-3 in the Game, Perfect in the Red Zone

  Tate went zero for three on targets from Cam Ward in the preseason opener, then caught two of Ward's red-zone touchdowns in Saturday's practice. The fourth overall pick's rookie evidence is arriving exactly as scrambled as August evidence usually is.

• 2026 PreviewJul 2, 2026

  Carnell Tate 2026 Season Preview — what we know, and what nobody does

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  Show notes & transcript

  The first receiver drafted in April is the 30-first drafted in July. Carnell Tate goes at pick 71, and that gap is the whole conversation.

  On the record: Tennessee took him fourth overall — general manager Mike Borgonzi called him the best receiver in the draft, per NFL.com in April. Ohio State, three seasons, a 51-catch final year, per NFL.com. In seven open spring practices he caught 17 passes, per A to Z Sports, and Cam Ward says he wants Tate to know he trusts him early, per ESPN.

  The situation, and the numbers are stark: Tennessee's leading receiver last season was a tight end, Chig Okonkwo, at 56 catches for 560 yards. No Titan cleared 600 receiving yards. Calvin Ridley played seven games. The new regime — Robert Saleh with Brian Daboll calling the offense, hired in January per the team site — spent big on Wan'Dale Robinson from the Giants, per NFL.com, and drafted Tate to be the other half of the answer.

  We won't convert a draft slot into a stat line — we tested whether capital plus camp hype predicts rookie production, and it doesn't at a standard we'd cite. The price is a bet on talent and target vacuum. Real evidence starts in September; we'll tell you what's real in October.

  Watch: whether he's running as an every-down outside starter when camp breaks, and where the targets actually flow in September — him, Robinson, or the tight end again. If he's one of your guys, this show exists for your whole roster — every player, every week, all season.