Should I start Harold Fannin Jr. or Mason Taylor in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin Jr., and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Harold Fannin Jr. at 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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 Mason Taylor is 1.3 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Harold Fannin Jr. has been on the field for 84 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 5.4 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.

In Week 9 against NO he caught 2 of 2 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 59 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.

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 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.

Harold Fannin Jr. was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Harold Fannin Jr. scored 11.7 PPR points a game and Mason Taylor 6.8, 4.8 a game between them.

Harold Fannin Jr. finished TE6 that year and Mason Taylor TE32.

Harold Fannin Jr. had 42 more targets than Mason Taylor, 107 to 65.

Harold Fannin Jr. had 362 more receiving yards than Mason Taylor, 731 to 369.

This season Harold Fannin Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 59 percent.

This season Harold Fannin Jr. holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Harold Fannin Jr. is off in Week 11 and Mason Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.