Should I start Mason Taylor or Elijah Higgins in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elijah Higgins, and the board ranks him 182nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Elijah Higgins, 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, 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.

Through Week 6, Elijah Higgins has been on the field for 37 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 40 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 3.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 3 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Elijah Higgins played 17 games and scored 58.1 PPR points, 3.4 a game, finishing TE48.

He caught 30 of 37 targets for 301 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.2 targets a game, a 81 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Elijah Higgins was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Mason Taylor scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Elijah Higgins 3.4, 3.4 a game between them.

Mason Taylor finished TE32 that year and Elijah Higgins TE48.

Mason Taylor had 28 more targets than Elijah Higgins, 65 to 37.

Mason Taylor had 68 more receiving yards than Elijah Higgins, 369 to 301.

This season Mason Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 37 percent.

This season Mason Taylor holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Mason Taylor is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Elijah Higgins.