Should I start Darnell Washington or Mason Taylor in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Washington, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 1.7 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 Mason Taylor is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 65 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 4 of 6 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Darnell Washington was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Mason Taylor scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Darnell Washington 4.6, 2.3 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 that year and Mason Taylor TE32.

Mason Taylor had 22 more targets than Darnell Washington, 65 to 43.

Mason Taylor had 5 more receiving yards than Darnell Washington, 369 to 364.

This season Darnell Washington holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 56 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 10 percent each.

Byes and availability

Darnell Washington is off in Week 9 and Mason Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.