Should I start Michael Mayer or Mason Taylor in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Michael Mayer's market-based projection is 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 104th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Mason Taylor's market-based projection is 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 4.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 7 of 9 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 56 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

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

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Both were available for 13 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Mason Taylor scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 1.2 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 that year and Mason Taylor TE32.

Mason Taylor had 15 more targets than Michael Mayer, 65 to 50.

Mason Taylor had 41 more receiving yards than Michael Mayer, 369 to 328.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 56 percent.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger target share, 16 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

1.8 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.