Should I start Michael Mayer or Jahan Dotson in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Michael Mayer's market-based projection is 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 94th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Jahan Dotson's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 97th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

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.

Through Week 6, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 70 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jahan Dotson was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Mayer scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 2.7 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 and Jahan Dotson WR109, which are two different ladders.

Michael Mayer is a tight end and Jahan Dotson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

1.0 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.