Michael Mayer or Jacoby Brissett: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Mayer: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacoby Brissett: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Michael Mayer at 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 142 players the market prices.

The market has Jacoby Brissett at 16.6 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 6 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jacoby Brissett's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 82 percent of LV snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 4.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 5, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 214 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 33 of 214 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 3 against SF he completed 38 of 51 passes for 280 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 4 yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he completed 21 of 35 passes for 166 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 4 times for 18 yards.

In Week 5 against DET he completed 29 of 46 passes for 292 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 19 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jacoby Brissett was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 11.1 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 and Jacoby Brissett QB16, which are two different ladders.

Michael Mayer is a tight end and Jacoby Brissett a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jacoby Brissett is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Michael Mayer.

What would change the answer

Jacoby Brissett is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.