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Should I start Mason Taylor or George Kittle in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 6:11 AM ET.

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Start George Kittle: 90 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Mason Taylor's 59 percent of the snaps and 19 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.

Should I drop Mason Taylor for George Kittle?

Yes, on the rest of the season. George Kittle projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.7 a game over 8 games), Mason Taylor 41 (5.9 a game over 7 games).

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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.

Mason Taylor

TE8 · NYJ · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-6

Market-based projection
7.3 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
38

George Kittle

TE10 · SF · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 4-4

Market-based projection
16.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
51

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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 Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on George Kittle, and the board ranks him 51st 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.

The market-based projection for George Kittle is 5.0 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.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 58 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 8.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 5 of 6 targets for 62 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against LV he caught 3 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against KC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, George Kittle has been on the field for 78 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 1 of its 28 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 53 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 5 of 8 targets for 69 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ATL he caught 8 of 10 targets for 88 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 58 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 George Kittle played 11 games and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Mason Taylor was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Mason Taylor 6.8, 7.8 a game between them.

Mason Taylor finished TE32 that year and George Kittle TE13.

George Kittle had 4 more targets than Mason Taylor, 69 to 65.

George Kittle had 259 more receiving yards than Mason Taylor, 628 to 369.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 58 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Mason Taylor is off in Week 13 and George Kittle in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Mason Taylor for George Kittle?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. George Kittle projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.7 a game over 8 games), Mason Taylor 41 (5.9 a game over 7 games).

  • Should I drop George Kittle for Mason Taylor?

    No. Keep George Kittle: he projects 118 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (14.7 a game over 8 games), Mason Taylor 41 (5.9 a game over 7 games).

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