Should I start Travis Kelce or Mason Taylor in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 181st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mason Taylor, and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Travis Kelce is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 market sources. 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 1.8 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 78 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Mason Taylor has been on the field for 57 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 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.

Travis Kelce was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Mason Taylor 6.8, 4.5 a game between them.

Travis Kelce finished TE3 that year and Mason Taylor TE32.

Travis Kelce had 43 more targets than Mason Taylor, 108 to 65.

Travis Kelce had 482 more receiving yards than Mason Taylor, 851 to 369.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 57 percent.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Travis Kelce is off in Week 5 and Mason Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.