Should I start Harold Fannin or Michael Mayer in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Harold Fannin's market-based projection is 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 201 players with a market-based projection.

Michael Mayer's market-based projection is 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 201 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Harold Fannin, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Harold Fannin has been on the field for 88 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 4.5 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he caught 8 of 10 targets for 82 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 7 of 9 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Harold Fannin 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 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Harold Fannin was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Harold Fannin scored 11.7 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 6.0 a game between them.

Harold Fannin finished TE6 that year and Michael Mayer TE38.

Harold Fannin had 57 more targets than Michael Mayer, 107 to 50.

Harold Fannin had 403 more receiving yards than Michael Mayer, 731 to 328.

This season Harold Fannin holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 81 percent.

This season Harold Fannin holds the bigger target share, 17 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.7 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.