Start Michael Mayer or Cade Otton? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Cade Otton over Michael Mayer in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Cade Otton at 7.6 points and Michael Mayer at 7.1, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 7.6 fantasy points for Cade Otton, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cade Otton is 31 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (7, 7 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.1 fantasy points for Michael Mayer, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Michael Mayer is 28 receiving yards and 2-3 receptions, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (13, 11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Cade Otton 0.5 points ahead of Michael Mayer on the market projections.

Injury status

Cade Otton is not on the injury report.

Michael Mayer is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Cade Otton played 93 percent of TB snaps, drew 18 percent of the targets, earned 16 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Cade Otton, Week 2 against CLE: 58 of 65 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 38 yards.

Cade Otton, Week 3 against MIN: 65 of 69 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards.

Cade Otton, Week 4 against GB: 60 of 64 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 37 yards.

Cade Otton, Week 5 against DAL: 66 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 25 yards.

Through Week 5, Michael Mayer played 82 percent of LV snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Michael Mayer, Week 2 against LAC: 53 of 63 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards.

Michael Mayer, Week 3 against NO: 61 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards, 1 touchdown.

Michael Mayer, Week 4 against KC: 74 of 84 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 82 yards.

Michael Mayer, Week 5 against NE: 39 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Cade Otton played 16 games for TB and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.6 a game, finishing TE22.

He caught 59 of 81 targets for 572 yards and 1 touchdown, with 5 red zone targets and 261 air yards.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Michael Mayer played 13 games for LV 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 and 132 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Cade Otton over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Cade Otton.
• Start Cade Otton over Chig Okonkwo.
• Start Michael Mayer over AJ Barner.
• Start Brenton Strange over Michael Mayer.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Michael Mayer.