Should I start Pat Freiermuth or Mason Taylor in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Pat Freiermuth's market-based projection is 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Mason Taylor's market-based projection is 6.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 121st highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pat Freiermuth, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 44 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against TB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 11 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 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 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.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Mason Taylor scored 6.8 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 0.2 a game between them.

Pat Freiermuth finished TE25 that year and Mason Taylor TE32.

Mason Taylor had 11 more targets than Pat Freiermuth, 65 to 54.

Pat Freiermuth had 117 more receiving yards than Mason Taylor, 486 to 369.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 56 percent.

This season Pat Freiermuth holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Pat Freiermuth is off in Week 9 and Mason Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.1 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.