Start Darren Waller or Mason Taylor? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Mason Taylor over Darren Waller in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Mason Taylor at 6.4 points and Darren Waller at 5.7, 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 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. No player market is posted for Darren Waller this week yet, so his 5.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (6.4, 6.0 and 4.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

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.

No Week 10 player market is posted for Darren Waller yet. His market-based projections were 6.4, 6.0 and 4.7 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 5.7, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Mason Taylor 0.7 points ahead of Darren Waller on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

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.

Darren Waller and CAR visit NO on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NO allowed 16.4 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 8th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 65 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NO.

By points allowed to the position, Darren Waller has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Darren Waller is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

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.

Through Week 9, Darren Waller played 49 percent of CAR snaps, drew 12 percent of the targets, earned 14 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Darren Waller, Week 6 against PHI: 36 of 79 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Darren Waller, Week 7 against TB: 25 of 56 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 50 yards, 1 touchdown.

Darren Waller, Week 8 against GB: 45 of 73 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

Darren Waller, Week 9 against DEN: 35 of 66 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 90 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Darren Waller played 9 games for MIA and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 210 air yards.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

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