Should I start Keon Coleman or Michael Mayer in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Keon Coleman's market-based projection is 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 81st highest figure of the 158 players with a market-based projection.

Michael Mayer's market-based projection is 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 99th highest figure of the 158 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keon Coleman, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Keon Coleman has been on the field for 64 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 14.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 6 of 7 targets for 116 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keon Coleman played 13 games and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 4-5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 13 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Keon Coleman scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 2.2 a game between them.

Keon Coleman finished WR60 and Michael Mayer TE38, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Keon Coleman is off in Week 7 and Michael Mayer in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.4 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.