Blake Corum or Michael Mayer: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Blake Corum: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Mayer: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Blake Corum at 7.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Michael Mayer at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 108th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Blake Corum's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Blake Corum has been on the field for 27 percent of LAR snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NYG he carried 12 times for 79 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DEN he carried 6 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 5 times for 14 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 85 percent of LV snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAC he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 8 of 10 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Blake Corum played 17 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.

He carried 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 more yards.

That came to 8.5 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Blake Corum was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Blake Corum scored 7.2 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 1.5 a game between them.

Blake Corum finished RB40 and Michael Mayer TE38, which are two different ladders.

Blake Corum is a running back and Michael Mayer a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Blake Corum is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Michael Mayer.

What would change the answer

Blake Corum is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.