Should I start Courtland Sutton or Michael Mayer in Week 6?
Updated Oct 18, 10:31 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Start Courtland Sutton: 80 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Michael Mayer's 81 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR46 · DEN · bye 10
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- Market-based projection
- 8.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 124
TE23 · LV · bye 13
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- Market-based projection
- 7.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 126
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Courtland Sutton, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Courtland Sutton, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Michael Mayer, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 5
Through Week 5, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 8 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 20 two minute targets.
His 25 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.
In Week 3 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and did not score.
In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 5, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 82 percent of LV snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.
His 25 targets have averaged 4.7 air yards.
In Week 3 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 4 against KC he caught 8 of 10 targets for 82 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.
He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.
That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.
He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.
That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Courtland Sutton was available for 4 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 7.2 a game between them.
Courtland Sutton finished WR13 and Michael Mayer TE38, which are two different ladders.
Courtland Sutton is a wide receiver and Michael Mayer a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Courtland Sutton is off in Week 10 and Michael Mayer in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
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