Start Mason Taylor or Cole Kmet? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Mason Taylor over Cole Kmet in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Mason Taylor at 3.9 points and Cole Kmet at 3.2, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Mason Taylor this week yet, so his 3.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (3.9 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Mason Taylor yet. His market-based projections were 3.9 and 3.8 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 3.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

Player markets imply 3.2 fantasy points for Cole Kmet, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cole Kmet is 9 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (9, 9 and 13 market sources).

That puts Mason Taylor 0.7 points ahead of Cole Kmet on these projections.

Injury status

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Cole Kmet is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Mason Taylor played 56 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Mason Taylor, Week 1 against TEN: 44 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for -2 yards.

Mason Taylor, Week 2 against GB: 34 of 74 snaps, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

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

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

Through Week 6, Cole Kmet played 61 percent of CHI snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 5 percent of the air yards and had 1 percent of the red zone chances.

Cole Kmet, Week 3 against PHI: 43 of 72 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 4 against NYJ: 68 of 93 snaps, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 5 against GB: 29 of 69 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards.

Cole Kmet, Week 6 against ATL: 2 targets and 2 catches for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Cole Kmet played 16 games for CHI and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets and 198 air yards.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Mason Taylor over Austin Hooper.
• Start Darnell Washington over Mason Taylor.
• Start Mason Taylor over Davis Allen.
• Start Cole Kmet over Austin Hooper.
• Start Darnell Washington over Cole Kmet.
• Start Cole Kmet over Davis Allen.