Should I start Mason Taylor or Austin Hooper in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Austin Hooper at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

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.

No season market is posted for Austin Hooper, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 56 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against GB he was not given the ball.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 3 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Austin Hooper has been on the field for 26 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 3.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against BAL he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 1 of 1 target for 6 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 Austin Hooper played 16 games and scored 59.3 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE47.

He caught 21 of 26 targets for 263 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 81 percent catch rate and 13 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Austin Hooper was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Mason Taylor scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Austin Hooper 3.7, 3.1 a game between them.

Mason Taylor finished TE32 that year and Austin Hooper TE47.

Mason Taylor had 39 more targets than Austin Hooper, 65 to 26.

Mason Taylor had 106 more receiving yards than Austin Hooper, 369 to 263.

This season Mason Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 26 percent.

This season Mason Taylor holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Mason Taylor is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Austin Hooper.