Start Eli Raridon or Michael Mayer? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 11:01 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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Start Michael Mayer over Eli Raridon
- Market projects
- 7.2
- recent weeks avg
- SF D vs TE
- 12.0
- 10th fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 81%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 15%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 5.0
- recent weeks avg
- GB D vs TE
- 9.0
- 2nd fewest to TEs (2026)
- Snap share
- 56%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Eli Raridon for Michael Mayer?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Michael Mayer projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.4 a game over 8 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Michael Mayer over Eli Raridon.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Michael Mayer over Eli Raridon in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Michael Mayer at 7.2 points and Eli Raridon at 5.0, a gap of 2.2. No player market is posted for Michael Mayer this week yet, so his 7.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (6.9, 8.1 and 6.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Eli Raridon this week yet, so his 5.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (4.0, 4.2 and 6.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Michael Mayer yet. His market-based projections were 6.9, 8.1 and 6.5 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 7.2, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Eli Raridon yet. His market-based projections were 4.0, 4.2 and 6.8 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 5.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Eli Raridon is 0.3 touchdowns (7 market sources).
That puts Michael Mayer 2.2 points ahead of Eli Raridon on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Michael Mayer and LV visit SF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
SF allowed 12.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 7 games, the 10th fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 44 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against SF.
Eli Raridon and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
GB allowed 9.0 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.
Tight ends caught passes for 35 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against GB.
By points allowed to the position, Michael Mayer has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Michael Mayer is not on the injury report.
Eli Raridon is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Michael Mayer played 81 percent of LV snaps, drew 15 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.
Michael Mayer, Week 5 against NE: 39 of 60 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.
Michael Mayer, Week 6 against BUF: 52 of 66 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 95 yards.
Michael Mayer, Week 7 against LAR: 56 of 68 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 32 yards.
Michael Mayer, Week 8 against NYJ: 50 of 63 snaps, 6 targets and 5 catches for 53 yards.
Through Week 8, Eli Raridon played 56 percent of NE snaps, drew 10 percent of the targets, earned 8 percent of the air yards and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
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.
Eli Raridon, Week 7 against CHI: 29 of 54 snaps, 4 targets and 3 catches for 56 yards, 1 touchdown.
Eli Raridon, Week 8 against MIA: 55 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 5 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Michael Mayer played 13 games for LV and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.
He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets and 132 air yards.
He was on the field for 57 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Eli Raridon for Michael Mayer?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Michael Mayer projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.4 a game over 8 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Michael Mayer over Eli Raridon.
Should I drop Michael Mayer for Eli Raridon?
No. Keep Michael Mayer: he projects 59 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.4 a game over 8 games), Eli Raridon 35 (4.4 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Michael Mayer over Eli Raridon.
Week 9 on the board
- Is Eli Raridon playing Week 9?
- Is Michael Mayer playing Week 9?
- Patriots depth chart
- Raiders depth chart
- Week 9 TE rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
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