Should I start Mason Taylor or Brenton Strange in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brenton Strange, and the board ranks him 201st 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.

No season market is posted for Brenton Strange, 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, Brenton Strange has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 7.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 7 of 8 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 7 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 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 Brenton Strange played 12 games and scored 118.0 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing TE23.

He caught 46 of 60 targets for 540 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Mason Taylor was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brenton Strange scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Mason Taylor 6.8, 3.0 a game between them.

Mason Taylor finished TE32 that year and Brenton Strange TE23.

Mason Taylor had 5 more targets than Brenton Strange, 65 to 60.

Brenton Strange had 171 more receiving yards than Mason Taylor, 540 to 369.

This season Brenton Strange holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 56 percent.

This season Brenton Strange holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Mason Taylor is off in Week 13 and Brenton Strange in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.