Justin Jefferson or Mason Taylor: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Justin Jefferson at 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

The player markets price Mason Taylor at 4.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 172nd highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 15.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mason Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 68 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 8 of 9 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 55 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 0.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he caught 2 of 3 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against GB he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Mason Taylor played 13 games and scored 88.9 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing TE32.

He caught 44 of 65 targets for 369 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 8.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Justin Jefferson was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Justin Jefferson scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Mason Taylor 6.8, 5.0 a game between them.

Justin Jefferson finished WR21 and Mason Taylor TE32, which are two different ladders.

Justin Jefferson is a wide receiver and Mason Taylor a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Justin Jefferson is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Mason Taylor.

Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

13.0 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 the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.