Should I start Michael Mayer or DeMario Douglas in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeMario Douglas, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Michael Mayer's market-based projection is 5.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 101st highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for DeMario Douglas is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 84 third down targets, had 2 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 5 of 6 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against SF he caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, DeMario Douglas has been on the field for 57 percent of NE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 10.9 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 76 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against GB he caught 5 of 9 targets for 102 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 DeMario Douglas played 17 games and scored 95.8 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing WR65.

He caught 31 of 46 targets for 447 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeMario Douglas was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Mayer scored 5.7 PPR points a game and DeMario Douglas 5.6, 0.0 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 and DeMario Douglas WR65, which are two different ladders.

Michael Mayer is a tight end and DeMario Douglas a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Mayer is off in Week 13 and DeMario Douglas in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

DeMario Douglas has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.