Should I start Michael Mayer or Tommy Tremble in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tommy Tremble, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Michael Mayer 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 Tommy Tremble 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.

Michael Mayer'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, Tommy Tremble has been on the field for 57 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 3.8 air yards.

In Week 7 against TB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he caught 1 of 3 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DEN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 24 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 Tommy Tremble played 17 games and scored 63.9 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing TE42.

He caught 27 of 37 targets for 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.2 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.

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

Tommy Tremble was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Mayer scored 5.7 PPR points a game and Tommy Tremble 3.8, 1.9 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 that year and Tommy Tremble TE42.

Michael Mayer had 13 more targets than Tommy Tremble, 50 to 37.

Michael Mayer had 79 more receiving yards than Tommy Tremble, 328 to 249.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 57 percent.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Mayer is off in Week 13 and Tommy Tremble in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.