Should I start Mason Taylor or Cade Otton in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cade Otton, and the board ranks him 196th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Mason Taylor's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 108th highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Cade Otton is 1.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

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, Cade Otton has been on the field for 95 percent of TB snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 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 Cade Otton played 16 games and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.

He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cade Otton was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cade Otton scored 7.6 PPR points a game and Mason Taylor 6.8, 0.8 a game between them.

Mason Taylor finished TE32 that year and Cade Otton TE22.

Cade Otton had 16 more targets than Mason Taylor, 81 to 65.

Cade Otton had 203 more receiving yards than Mason Taylor, 572 to 369.

This season Cade Otton holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 56 percent.

This season Cade Otton holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Mason Taylor is off in Week 13 and Cade Otton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Cade Otton has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.