Michael Mayer or Pat Freiermuth: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Michael Mayer at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 109th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Pat Freiermuth at 7.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 110th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Mayer: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Pat Freiermuth: 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, 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.

Through Week 4, 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 5 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

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

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 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.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth scored 6.7 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 1.0 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 that year and Pat Freiermuth TE25.

Pat Freiermuth had 4 more targets than Michael Mayer, 54 to 50.

Pat Freiermuth had 158 more receiving yards than Michael Mayer, 486 to 328.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 69 percent.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 13 percent.

What would change the answer

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