Eli Raridon or Mason Taylor: Week 6 result

Our Week 6 call

Start Eli Raridon over Mason Taylor in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Eli Raridon at 4.0 points and Mason Taylor at 3.8, a gap of 0.2. 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 4.0 fantasy points for Eli Raridon, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 14 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 13 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 3.8 fantasy points for Mason Taylor, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Mason Taylor is 14 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (13, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Eli Raridon 0.2 points ahead of Mason Taylor on the market projections.

Injury status

Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Eli Raridon played 49 percent of NE snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Eli Raridon, Week 1 against SEA: 38 of 71 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards, 1 touchdown.

Eli Raridon, Week 2 against PIT: 11 of 55 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 30 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 4 against BUF: 44 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Eli Raridon, Week 5 against LV: 43 of 75 snaps, 5 targets and 5 catches for 57 yards.

Through Week 5, Mason Taylor played 56 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 7 percent of the targets, earned 2 percent of the air yards and had 0 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.

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.

How Week 6 went

Eli Raridon scored 2.1 PPR points and Mason Taylor scored 7.3.

The call was wrong: Mason Taylor outscored Eli Raridon by 5.2.

Eli Raridon finished 1.9 points below the 4.0 the market projected.

Eli Raridon, Week 6 against NYJ: 39 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards, 2.1 PPR points.

Eli Raridon finished as the week's TE39 in PPR scoring.

Mason Taylor finished 3.6 points above the 3.8 the market projected.

Mason Taylor, Week 6 against NE: 34 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards, 7.3 PPR points.

Mason Taylor finished as the week's TE24 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Colby Parkinson over Eli Raridon.
• Start Eli Raridon over Cole Kmet.
• Start Eli Raridon over Elijah Higgins.
• Start Colby Parkinson over Mason Taylor.
• Start Noah Gray over Mason Taylor.
• Start Oronde Gadsden over Mason Taylor.