Should I start Jordan Mason or Jordyn Tyson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordyn Tyson, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jordan Mason is 10.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jordyn Tyson's market-based projection is 10.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 70th highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

Jordan Mason's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 47 percent of MIN snaps, taken 51 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 34 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he carried 8 times for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against BUF he carried 6 times for 35 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Jordyn Tyson has been on the field for 24 percent of NO snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 9 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jordyn Tyson is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Jordan Mason is a running back and Jordyn Tyson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jordan Mason is off in Week 6 and Jordyn Tyson in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Jordan Mason has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.