Should I start Harold Fannin Jr. or Jordan Mason in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin Jr., and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Harold Fannin Jr. at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Jordan Mason is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Harold Fannin Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Harold Fannin Jr. has been on the field for 83 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against TEN he caught 6 of 9 targets for 91 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PIT he caught 10 of 12 targets for 154 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 54 percent of MIN snaps, taken 51 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he carried 8 times for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. scored 11.7 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 3.6 a game between them.

Harold Fannin Jr. finished TE6 and Jordan Mason RB36, which are two different ladders.

Harold Fannin Jr. is a tight end and Jordan Mason a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Harold Fannin Jr. is off in Week 11 and Jordan Mason in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.