Should I start Mason Taylor or Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 179th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mason Taylor is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Aaron Jones Sr. at 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Mason Taylor's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 59 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 8.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 5 of 6 targets for 62 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against LV he caught 3 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against KC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 32 percent of MIN snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 8 times for 26 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he carried 5 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BUF he carried 5 times for 16 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mason Taylor played 13 games and scored 88.9 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing TE32.

He caught 44 of 65 targets for 369 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 8.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Mason Taylor was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Mason Taylor 6.8, 3.1 a game between them.

Mason Taylor finished TE32 and Aaron Jones Sr. RB41, which are two different ladders.

Mason Taylor is a tight end and Aaron Jones Sr. a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Mason Taylor is off in Week 13 and Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.