Should I start Michael Mayer or Jameis Winston in Week 6?
Updated Oct 18, 10:51 PM ET. Week 7 answers post Tuesday.
Start Jameis Winston: 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Michael Mayer's 81 percent of the snaps and 12 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
TE23 · LV · bye 13
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- Market-based projection
- 7.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 126
QB22 · NYG · bye 8
2026 vs pass yds line 2-3
- Market-based projection
- 14.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 127
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jameis Winston, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Michael Mayer, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Jameis Winston, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
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, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 148 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 148 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.
In Week 3 against TEN he completed 14 of 22 passes for 118 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 15 yards.
In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.
In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 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 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.
He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Michael Mayer was available for 10 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Jameis Winston scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 9.4 a game between them.
Michael Mayer finished TE38 and Jameis Winston QB46, which are two different ladders.
Michael Mayer is a tight end and Jameis Winston a quarterback, 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 Jameis Winston in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
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