Jordan Mason or Brock Bowers: who should I start?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Mason: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 115.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brock Bowers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 17; 2QB: ADP 61.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Jordan Mason at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 book. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Brock Bowers at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 book. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 45 percent of MIN snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Brock Bowers this season.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brock Bowers played 12 games and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jordan Mason was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Brock Bowers scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 6.6 a game between them.

Jordan Mason finished RB36 and Brock Bowers TE11, which are two different ladders.

Jordan Mason is a running back and Brock Bowers a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jordan Mason is off in Week 6 and Brock Bowers in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jordan Mason is listed as ir on the injury report.

Brock Bowers is listed as doubtful on the injury report.