Should I start Mason Taylor or Charlie Kolar in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mason Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 223rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Charlie Kolar: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 224th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mason Taylor is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

The market-based projection for Charlie Kolar is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 56 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he caught 2 of 3 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 5, Charlie Kolar has been on the field for 65 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 6.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he was not given the ball.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 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 Charlie Kolar played 17 games and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 0.9 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Charlie Kolar was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Mason Taylor scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Charlie Kolar 2.1, 4.7 a game between them.

Mason Taylor finished TE32 that year and Charlie Kolar TE62.

Mason Taylor had 50 more targets than Charlie Kolar, 65 to 15.

Mason Taylor had 227 more receiving yards than Charlie Kolar, 369 to 142.

This season Charlie Kolar holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 56 percent.

This season Charlie Kolar holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 7 percent.

Byes and availability

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