Should I start Colston Loveland or Jordan Mason in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Colston Loveland, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 42.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Colston Loveland is 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Jordan Mason is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 86 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 2 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 6.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against ATL he caught 6 of 7 targets for 65 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against NE he caught 7 of 12 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 54 percent of MIN snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

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

In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Colston Loveland scored 10.3 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 2.3 a game between them.

Colston Loveland finished TE12 and Jordan Mason RB36, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Colston Loveland is off in Week 10 and Jordan Mason in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.