Start Darnell Washington or Mason Taylor? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Darnell Washington over Mason Taylor in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Darnell Washington at 5.9 points and Mason Taylor at 3.9, a gap of 2.0. No player market is posted for Darnell Washington this week yet, so his 5.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (5.6 and 6.2); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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 Darnell Washington yet. His market-based projections were 5.6 and 6.2 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 5.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

The market-based projection for Darnell Washington is 0.3 touchdowns (6 market sources).

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.

That puts Darnell Washington 2.0 points ahead of Mason Taylor on these projections.

Injury status

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report.

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Darnell Washington played 65 percent of PIT snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 6 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Darnell Washington, Week 3 against CIN: 47 of 62 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 67 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 4 against CLE: 51 of 72 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darnell Washington, Week 5 against IND: 38 of 60 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 12 yards.

Darnell Washington, Week 6 against TB: 6 targets and 4 catches for 25 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Darnell Washington played 16 games for PIT and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets and 135 air yards.

He was on the field for 57 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 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Darnell Washington.
• Start Darnell Washington over Austin Hooper.
• Start Cade Otton over Darnell Washington.
• Start AJ Barner over Mason Taylor.
• Start Mason Taylor over Austin Hooper.
• Start Mason Taylor over Cole Kmet.