Mark Andrews or Michael Mayer: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Mark Andrews at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Michael Mayer at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 108th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mark Andrews: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Mayer: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 63 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against NO he caught 6 of 7 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

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

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 85 percent of LV snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAC he caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 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.

Mark Andrews was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Mark Andrews scored 7.7 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 2.0 a game between them.

Mark Andrews finished TE16 that year and Michael Mayer TE38.

Mark Andrews had 20 more targets than Michael Mayer, 70 to 50.

Mark Andrews had 94 more receiving yards than Michael Mayer, 422 to 328.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 63 percent.

This season Mark Andrews holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 18 percent.

What would change the answer

0.4 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 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.