Start AJ Barner or Mason Taylor? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start AJ Barner over Mason Taylor in Week 10.

Market-based projections have AJ Barner at 7.3 points and Mason Taylor at 6.4, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for AJ Barner this week yet, so his 7.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (7.0, 8.2 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Mason Taylor this week yet, so his 6.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (5.5, 6.3 and 7.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for AJ Barner yet. His market-based projections were 7.0, 8.2 and 6.9 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 7.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Mason Taylor yet. His market-based projections were 5.5, 6.3 and 7.3 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 6.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts AJ Barner 1.0 points ahead of Mason Taylor on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

AJ Barner and SEA visit LV on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LV allowed 18.2 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 4th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 56 yards and a touchdown a game against LV.

Mason Taylor and NYJ host BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 14.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 71 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against BUF.

By points allowed to the position, AJ Barner has the softer matchup.

Injury status

AJ Barner is not on the injury report.

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, AJ Barner played 87 percent of SEA snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

AJ Barner, Week 6 against DEN: 79 of 85 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 16 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 7 against KC: 55 of 69 snaps, 3 carries for 4 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 42 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 8 against CHI: 60 of 63 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 23 yards.

AJ Barner, Week 9 against ARI: 48 of 67 snaps, 3 carries for 3 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 9, Mason Taylor played 59 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

Mason Taylor, Week 6 against NE: 34 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Mason Taylor, Week 7 against MIA: 37 of 59 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 62 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Mason Taylor, Week 8 against LV: 39 of 64 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Mason Taylor, Week 9 against KC: 40 of 63 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, AJ Barner played 17 games for SEA and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets and 248 air yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Mason Taylor played 13 games for NYJ 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 and 235 air yards.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Dalton Schultz over AJ Barner.
• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Mason Taylor.
• Start Darnell Washington over Mason Taylor.
• Start Mason Taylor over Darren Waller.