Should I start Eli Raridon or Mason Taylor in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Eli Raridon, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Mason Taylor, 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 6

Through Week 6, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 49 percent of NE snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 7.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 5 of 5 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

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

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Head to head

This season Mason Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 49 percent.

This season Mason Taylor holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Mason Taylor is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Eli Raridon.