Mason Taylor or Cole Kmet: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Mason Taylor at 4.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 160th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Cole Kmet at 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 186th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mason Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cole Kmet: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 187th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 55 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 0.3 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.

Through Week 4, Cole Kmet has been on the field for 65 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 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 Cole Kmet played 16 games and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cole Kmet was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Mason Taylor scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Cole Kmet 4.9, 1.9 a game between them.

Mason Taylor finished TE32 that year and Cole Kmet TE36.

Mason Taylor had 17 more targets than Cole Kmet, 65 to 48.

Mason Taylor had 22 more receiving yards than Cole Kmet, 369 to 347.

This season Cole Kmet holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 55 percent.

This season Cole Kmet holds the bigger target share, 6 percent against 5 percent.

What would change the answer

1.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.