Start Eli Raridon or Mason Taylor? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Mason Taylor over Eli Raridon in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Mason Taylor at 3.9 points and Eli Raridon at 3.8, a gap of 0.0. 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 3.8 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 (9, 9 and 12 market sources).

That puts Mason Taylor 0.0 points ahead of Eli Raridon on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Mason Taylor and NYJ host MIA on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

MIA allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 4th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 76 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against MIA.

Eli Raridon and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 10.5 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 45 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against CHI.

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

Injury status

Mason Taylor is not on the injury report.

Eli Raridon 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: 34 of 62 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 33 yards.

Through Week 6, Eli Raridon played 51 percent of NE snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 7 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start AJ Barner over Mason Taylor.
• Start Mason Taylor over Austin Hooper.
• Start Mason Taylor over Cole Kmet.
• Start AJ Barner over Eli Raridon.
• Start Eli Raridon over Austin Hooper.
• Start Eli Raridon over Cole Kmet.