Should I start Mason Taylor or Malik Washington in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Washington, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mason Taylor is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Malik Washington is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 56 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 7.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against CLE he caught 3 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIA he caught 5 of 6 targets for 62 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 7, Malik Washington has been on the field for 85 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 11.2 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 2 times for 3 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 1 time for 18 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Malik Washington played 17 games and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 6.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Malik Washington was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Malik Washington scored 6.9 PPR points a game and Mason Taylor 6.8, 0.0 a game between them.

Mason Taylor finished TE32 and Malik Washington WR54, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Mason Taylor is off in Week 13 and Malik Washington in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.