Should I start Michael Mayer or Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Michael Mayer's market-based projection is 5.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 134th highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Rhamondre Stevenson is 4.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 84 third down targets, had 2 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 5 of 6 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against SF he caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 65 percent of NE snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 65 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 1.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 93 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against GB he carried 6 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 40 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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rhamondre Stevenson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 7.1 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25, which are two different ladders.

Michael Mayer is a tight end and Rhamondre Stevenson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Mayer is off in Week 13 and Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rhamondre Stevenson is listed as doubtful on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Rhamondre Stevenson has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.