Start Mason Taylor or Charlie Kolar? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Charlie Kolar over Mason Taylor in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Charlie Kolar at 5.5 points and Mason Taylor at 5.2, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Charlie Kolar this week yet, so his 5.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (5.8 and 5.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Mason Taylor this week yet, so his 5.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (3.8, 5.5 and 6.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Charlie Kolar yet. His market-based projections were 5.8 and 5.3 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 5.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

No Week 9 player market is posted for Mason Taylor yet. His market-based projections were 3.8, 5.5 and 6.3 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.2, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Charlie Kolar 0.4 points ahead of Mason Taylor on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Charlie Kolar and LAC host HOU on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

HOU allowed 10.1 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 46 yards and 0.1 touchdowns a game against HOU.

Mason Taylor and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 5th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 71 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against KC.

By points allowed to the position, Mason Taylor has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Charlie Kolar is not on the injury report.

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Charlie Kolar played 65 percent of LAC snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Charlie Kolar, Week 2 against LV: 42 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 21 yards.

Charlie Kolar, Week 5 against DEN: 51 of 67 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Charlie Kolar, Week 6 against KC: 45 of 68 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards.

Charlie Kolar, Week 8 against LAR: 4 targets and 1 catch for 20 yards.

Through Week 8, Mason Taylor played 57 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 13 percent of the targets, earned 13 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

Mason Taylor, Week 5 against CLE: 41 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 24 yards.

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: 5 targets and 3 catches for 19 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Charlie Kolar played 17 games for BAL and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets and 90 air yards.

He was on the field for 40 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 9 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Charlie Kolar.
• Start Chig Okonkwo over Charlie Kolar.
• Start Charlie Kolar over Colby Parkinson.
• Start AJ Barner over Mason Taylor.
• Start Mason Taylor over Colby Parkinson.
• Start Darren Waller over Mason Taylor.