Should I start Mike Gesicki or Mason Taylor in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Gesicki, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Mike Gesicki is 1.4 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 Mason Taylor is 1.3 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Mike Gesicki has been on the field for 46 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against MIA he caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Mike Gesicki played 13 games and scored 70.7 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing TE41.

He caught 28 of 42 targets for 307 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 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 Mike Gesicki 5.4, 1.4 a game between them.

Mike Gesicki finished TE41 that year and Mason Taylor TE32.

Mason Taylor had 23 more targets than Mike Gesicki, 65 to 42.

Mason Taylor had 62 more receiving yards than Mike Gesicki, 369 to 307.

This season Mason Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 46 percent.

This season Mason Taylor holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

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