Should I start Michael Mayer or Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Wan'Dale Robinson, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Michael Mayer is 1.7 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 Wan'Dale Robinson is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 7

Through Week 7, 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 7 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 4.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he caught 7 of 9 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

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

Through Week 7, Wan'Dale Robinson has been on the field for 66 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 43 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 6 of 7 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 3 of 7 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 4 of 6 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

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 Wan'Dale Robinson played 16 games and scored 217.9 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing WR14.

He caught 92 of 140 targets for 1014 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Wan'Dale Robinson was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Wan'Dale Robinson scored 13.6 PPR points a game and Michael Mayer 5.7, 7.9 a game between them.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 and Wan'Dale Robinson WR14, which are two different ladders.

Michael Mayer is a tight end and Wan'Dale Robinson a wide receiver, 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 Wan'Dale Robinson in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.